by admin | Jul 27, 2013 | 25-year warranty, battery back-up, California Friendly, clean energy, climate, community, conservation, energy, Environment California, green, Green energy, inverter, LADWP, local business, LOS ANGELES, los angeles solar, panel installer, photovoltaic, power, power bill, PV, rebates, renewable energy, roof, santa monica, save money, SCE, shop local, Solar, solar electric, solar energy, solar forward, solar incentive, Solar Los Angeles, solar panel, solar panel installer, solar panel warranty, solar panels, solar rebate, Solar Santa Monica, Southern California Edison, sun, SunPower, sustainability, sustainable, trusted solar company, unleash solar, utilities, utility, warranty, wind and solar
This is a panel cleaning system we saw at Intersolar 2013. Your panels will be clean and shiny, but surprise surprise, it’s more expensive than the panel itself.And it has lots of moving parts so it probably won’t last as long as our 25 year warranty...
by admin | Jul 22, 2013 | clean energy, climate, climate change, community, edison, electricity, energy, global warming, green, Green energy, grid, LA Times, news, nuclear, photovoltaic, power, renewable energy, solar energy, solar panels, solar rebate, sustainability, sustainable, utilities, utility
The mistake of trying to fix fifty year old nuclear technology is going to cost us over $2 billion. That is enough to pay for over 100,000 home solar systems or rebates for 1,000,000 homes that enable a five year break even point. That is more power than San Onofre...
by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | 25-year warranty, energy, maxeon, panel installer, solar forward, solar panel warranty, solar rebate, SunPower, trusted solar company, warranty
This month, SunPower announced the launch of the industry’s first combined warranty that covers both power and product for 25 years. The company is also shifting to a linear power warranty that offers the lowest power degradation over the life of the system....
by admin | Aug 16, 2012 | climate change, edison, heat wave, hottest summer, LADWP, obama, record temperature, Solar, Solar contractor, solar rebate
The act that granted the right to interconnect solar systems with the power grid is called PURPA. It was passed by Congress in 1978. Solar Forward installed its first grid-tied solar system in Los Angeles in 2005. Solar is not new. So why now, in 2012, do utility...
by admin | Jul 27, 2012 | batter backup, germany, Green energy, photovoltaic, renewable energy, Solar contractor, solar forward, solar incentive, solar lease, Solar Los Angeles, solar rebate, SunPower
In the golden state, solar is booming with over one gigawatt of rooftop solar installed. Still, many of us Californians are frustrated with solar – frustrated there is not more of it. We shouldn’t stop at frustration. We should be outraged. Greedy utility companies,...
by admin | May 24, 2012 | Green energy, photovoltaic, PV, renewable energy, Solar, solar forward, solar hot water, solar lease, Solar Los Angeles, solar rebate, Solar Santa Monica, SunPower, sustainability, wind and solar
Combine solar permitting bureaucracy and a no nonsense Solar Forward employee, and the result is a frustrated (and illustrating) work of art. See creation above. Gaining a permit may be the most cumbersome step involved in solar. As city departments acclimate to the...
