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Understanding Solar Inverter Functions & When to Schedule Repairs
Your solar system is only as strong as its inverter. Whether you’re using SolarEdge, Enphase, SMA, or Fronius, your inverter…
The Best Home Battery Storage Options for PG&E Customers in California
With California’s transition to the 2025 Net Billing Tariff (NBT), PG&E customers are seeking the best home battery storage solutions…
Solar And Battery Storage Can Protect Bay Area PG&E Customers From Rising Energy Costs
If you’re a PG&E customer in the Bay Area, you’ve likely noticed the strain of rising energy costs on your…
Should California Homeowners Switch to Solar in 2025
With California’s push for renewable energy and the increasing emphasis on sustainability, many homeowners are wondering whether 2025 might be…
Removing and Reinstalling Solar Panels: Process and Costs Explained
Going solar is a long-term investment with numerous benefits, but maintenance over the years is inevitable. Solar panels typically last…
Understanding PG&E Avoided Cost Rates and Their Impact on Bay Area Solar Customers
If you’re a Bay Area homeowner considering solar energy, understanding PG&E’s avoided cost rates is crucial. These rates play a…
How Does PG&E Net Metering Work?
Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) net metering program allows customers with grid-tied solar to earn credits for the excess electricity…
Navigating PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS): What Bay Area Customers Need to Know
Overview of PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) Program PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) program is a critical initiative…
Why Now Is the Perfect Time for San Francisco Area Homeowners to Invest in Solar Energy
The Bay Area is known for its progressive, eco-conscious community and beautiful natural landscapes. Now, more than ever, San Francisco…
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Beautiful Green Homes Designed With Solar
Whether you’re building a new environmentally sustainable solar-powered home or making your existing abode more energy efficient, we recognize the importance of curb appeal. That’s why Solar Technologies takes a fundamentally different approach to how we design and engineer complete solar energy solutions. Even with 70 percent fewer visible parts,1 our solar systems deliver 70 percent more…
What’s the best renewable energy for you?
You want your company to use renewable energy, but you don’t have a clue about your options or how to weigh them. Don’t worry. It’s an increasingly common challenge as renewables gain in popularity. There are seven main types of commercial renewable energy. All of them reinforce sustainable business practices, but—just like fossil fuels—all of them come with unique…
Collaboration Is Key to Our Solar Future
Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” By all accounts, we’ve witnessed the best of multi-stakeholder collaboration when it comes to developing long-term strategies that promote clean energy adoption. The COP21 agreement and bipartisan extension of the U.S. Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar and…
How solar power can increase your commercial property value
Listing the many benefits of solar panels for business is easy, but quantifying the value of each can be more challenging. The impact on property value is a prime example. While it’s likely true that a building equipped with quality solar panels for commercial property is more valuable than a facility that relies on fossil…
Solar Technologies Customers Share Why They Went Solar
At Solar Technologies our customers are at the heart of everything we do. After all, our customers are the reason that we’ve spent the past 30 years innovating relentlessly to deliver the most advanced solar solutions powering our world and changing the future of energy. Here are excerpts from some of our favorite customer reviews and…
Sustainability Star: Toyota is going places few companies have been before
This past July, Toyota officially opened its new, 100-acre North American headquarters in Plano, Texas. Cutting the ribbon on such a groundbreaking, 3-years-in-the-making corporate sustainability success story would be reason enough for most companies to celebrate. But the folks at Toyota are just as energized by the many sustainable design principles they’ve incorporated into their state-of-the-art campus.…
Home Solar Savings Make for a Happier New Year!
We recently asked some of our home solar customers to share with us on Facebook how much money they saved with Solar Technologies® solar in 2017; how much energy they produced; and how much CO2 they avoided. Such information is easily accessible thanks to Solar Technologies monitoring app, which customers can access on any smart device such as a cell…
Solar Technologies Warranty Agreement
Solar Technologies is pleased to provide a limited product and power warranty on its photovoltaic modules and/or systems components (“PV System”). Warranty rights may be assigned and transferred to subsequent assignees subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the limited product and power warranty for the PV System being assigned and transferred. Please…
Solar Power Plant O&M: Robots Offer Smarter Way to Protect and Enhance Your Investment
Cleaning solar panels installed at large-scale solar plants in arid regions of the world is generally considered a necessary evil. Operators must clean the panels to meet energy production goals, but cleaning requires precious O&M resources in terms of increased labor, water and other costs. As a result, the number of cleanings is minimized to…
Solar power – The best way to use natural resources
Solar power – The best way to use natural resources Solar power is one of the fastest growing inventions and many products are still being designed with the use of this technology. You don’t only save on electricity bills but are indirectly helping to save the environment. Here are some of the benefits to using…