How Much Will Solar Cost?
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“Well, what color is your house?”…..have you ever been given this not super helpful response after asking “how much will solar cost for my property?” The real answer is actually not mystifying or complicated. Minnesota residential solar arrays are priced generally between $10,000 – $30,000 upfront depending on the size of system. A larger home […]
Homes with Solar Panels Sell Faster!
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Homes with Solar Panels Sell Faster! Solar producing and solar ready homes are the in thing. Real estate listings now note “Solar Ready”, “Great South Facing Roof”, and “Solar Powered System” as a highlighted attractive feature when describing homes for sale. Over 1.3 million homes in the United States now have a rooftop home solar […]
PV + EV = The Future
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PV + EV = The Future. You own one already (lucky dog) or you are dreaming about purchasing a fully electric car, and are obsessing about what it would take to charge that car with solar energy produced with your own rooftop solar panels. Well, there is simple math to gain a good idea of […]
Part 2: Guide to Net Metering and Billing – Solar*Rewards FAQs
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Our last blog post, the “Part 1: Guide to Understanding Your Solar System Components,” gave an in-depth overview of the new components you’ll find on the side of your home or business when you go solar! These new items include the DC/AC inverter, the AC disconnect, the production meter and the new bi-directional meter. The bi-directional […]
Drones Heighten Solar Energies Future
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[metaslider id=”2863″]At the edge of muddy Wisconsin farmland, down the road from Stout University, a college engineering student lets go of a white two-foot, loudly humming drone. Grass blows flat on take-off, the flying robotic flies steady and strong. Within seconds, the drone – which weighs less than 2lbs and carries a powerful camera – […]
Part 1: Guide to Understanding Your Solar System Components
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When you install a solar energy system, you gain a few additional components on the side of your home or business. The Inverter, the AC Disconnect, the Production Meter, the Service Panel and the Bi-Directional meter all work together on your new system. Below are some commonly asked questions on how they work: 1. THE […]
Honey Bees and Solar are Sticking Together
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[metaslider id=”2827″]Nowadays, on a hot July in Minnesota, one can easily discover buzzing plots of prairie beneath renewable energy producing ground mounted solar arrays. The rows of angled solar panels providing a safe haven structure for shade tolerant flowers as well as space for sun-loving plants. This pollinator-friendly “solar sanctuary” concept nourishes the natural environment, […]
Solar Panels are themselves “Sustainable”: Recycling Solar Panels to Make More Solar Panels!
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[metaslider id=”2805″] Solar Panels are themselves….”SUSTAINABLE”: Recycling Solar Panels to make more Solar Panels! In the United States the vast majority of solar installations have occurred within the past ten years. Because of the durability of solar panels, which often last well beyond their warrantied 25 years, the recycling of them is not a major […]
19th Century Homestead Leaps Into the 21st Century — A Journey from Coal to Solar
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A Journey from Coal to Solar Driving up to the charming 1901 homestead of high school sweethearts Joe and Vonda Schertz, it looks and feels a bit like stepping back in time. After seeing more than a hundred years of technological changes, the farmhouse, which originally was heated with coal, prepares to transition into the […]
SolarEdge Monitoring is Geek Nirvana
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[metaslider id=”2768″]Ready to geek out? The high-tech SolarEdge Monitoring Platform is provided with each new solar electric system that TruNorth Solar installs, which allows the solar system owner the ability to view their own real-time solar energy production at the modular level 24 hours a day! Some of TruNorth Solar’s Client’s check both their day […]