Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Within the renewable energy industry, “grid parity” is one of the most important factors when determining how successful a country’s solar expansion will become. Grid parity describes the point at which the cost of electricity generated from solar technology...
Over the past 5 years, USSolar Institute has trained hundreds of solar PV installers from the Caribbean and Latin America. In fact – even though we initially launched our Department of Education licensed courses for the Florida market, more than 70%...
This is a great day for Florida’s solar industry. Blue Chip Energy (aka Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP)…) has officially gone belly up, and their assets are being auctioned off. If you haven’t been following this ongoing saga, here’s a quick and very...
Over the past few months, we’ve covered an ongoing scandal surrounding Florida solar panels manufactured and sold by ASP (a.k.a BlueChip Energy). Most of our posts have documented the fallout based on our own experiences at USSolar Institute and much...
If you’ve been following the ongoing saga about fake Florida solar panels manufactured and sold by Advanced Solar Photonics, Blue Chip Energy, now called Sfinkx – you’re probably as irate as we are. If you’re not familiar with the scandal, here’s some...
Some consumer products are truly universal. An iPod bought in Japan performs and operates the exact same way an iPod purchased in New York does. The same goes for televisions, shoes, and Ikea furniture. Sometimes the manuals are a bit different. And...
The Sunshine State historically has been a hideout for the bad guys, hustlers and con artists. Al Capone bought his mansion on Palm Island in 1928 as his escape. In 1935 “Ma” Baker was gunned down in her Ocklawaha home after robbing a Florida bank and...
After weeks of waiting, we’ve finally launched our much-anticipated “Real World Solar PV Challenge” – an unbiased, side-by-side comparison of some of the leading solar products on the market. We first started receiving requests for such a Challenge...
Product comparisons are fun. As a species, we can’t seem to get enough of test drives, blind taste tests, comparison charts, and the like (remember the Pepsi Challenge and those Mac vs. PC ads a few years ago?) Some of us even take it to the next level. ...
If you read our earlier post you already know that solar PV training leads to job security in all 50 states. According to a recent report by the Solar Foundation, the entire industry is hiring —and this job growth isn’t simply limited to the usual suspects...
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