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 | Sep 26, 2012 | LA City Council, LA Times, LADWP, LADWP rate increase, rate hike, renewable energy, Solar, Solar contractor, solar lease, solar panel installer, SunPower
They’re at it again. LADWP is raising electricity rates 11.1% over the next two years, unless the LA City Council votes against the hikes, which they won’t. After internal LADWP approval, endorsement from the LADWP Rate Payer Advocacy Group, and now tentative backing...
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...
by admin | Apr 28, 2012 | Chinese panels, green, marketing, PV, renewable energy, roof, Solar, solar electric, solar hot water, solar lease, solar panels, SunPower, sustainable, yelp
What could a solar company offer you to sweeten the deal? How about throwing in an iPad or cash gift for signing a lease contract? The Solar market out there is competitive. And with competition comes sneaky marketing. Incentives like a free iPad or cash-back to...
