by admin | Mar 26, 2013 | clean energy, climate, climate change, coal, electricity, energy, fossil fuels, global warming, green, Green energy, grid, jobs, los angeles solar, New York Times, oil, power, renewable energy, solar energy, solar forward, solar panels, sustainability, unleash solar, wind and solar, wind power
When it comes to our energy future, we need to change the debate. Clean power is readily accessible but is there the political will to make it a priority? Or will old school oil barons continue to secure fossil fuels now in order to have them in the future? A...
by admin | Mar 14, 2013 | battery back-up, clean energy, climate change, electricity, energy, Green energy, grid, no electricity, panel installer, photovoltaic, power outage, renewable energy, Solar, Solar contractor, solar energy, solar forward, solar panel, solar panel contractor, solar panel installer, solar panels, SunPower
Anyone who has ever used a gas generator knows three things: they are loud, run out of fuel and smell bad. Often they don’t work when you need them most! Solar Forward was generating 1,800 Watts all day with this portable and clean SunPower solar system. Even...
by admin | Aug 31, 2012 | electricity, global warming, Green energy, hottest summer, LADWP, Los Angeles City Council, Solar, Solar contractor, solar inspector, solar panel, SunPower
The LADWP solar program has deteriorated into chaos. New applications into LADWP for solar are experiencing over two month delays! Solar contractors and homeowners are being held captive by the utility. Until given the go ahead by LADWP, we are unable to move...
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 | Jun 14, 2012 | clean energy, Feed-in Tariff, Governor Brown, Green energy, LADWP, LOS ANGELES, renewable energy, Solar, solar forward, unleash solar
From Obama, to Brown, to Villaraigosa, everyone has a plan to wean us off fossil fuels. Elections are near, but are we any closer to the renewable energy goals mandated by our political leaders? We’re talking the green talk, but are we walking the green walk?...
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...
