There is a lot happening in the solar world, and the world of groSolar. New marketing initiatives (watch not only for new graphics, but amazing new price offers in some areas), residential financing (MA and CA), and new technology that makes systems easier to install (read: less expensive), are but three of the areas we are working in. Doing a complete overhaul of our business process and interface to our ERP (NetSuite), while keeping everything running at break-neck speed, is simply business as usual for us.

To continue growing in this economy means that we must not only control costs, but also understand them. The upgrades to the ERP allow us greater visibility, faster, with less effort. We’ve done this before, and as our business continues to grow, we’ll do it again. It is this continued investment in process and systems that continues to set groSolar apart (along with our amazingly broad and deep management team!)

All this, taken together, is what creates what we call “The Speed of Solar”. Hang on tight, we’re not slowing down.

Jaws are dropping.

One person hollered, ‘I can FINALLY afford to go solar, woo hoo!’

Going solar in Massachusetts has been dramatically changed, and I wish I had peoples’ reactions on tape. With our new SunRun program, it’s as little as $1,000 to get a solar electric system on your home—then, you just pay for what the system produces! We can usually set the price for this electricity at or below what you are currently paying per kWh and lock it in for 18 years. SunRun owns the system for you. They maintain and monitor it daily. Since utility rates continually increase, our customers will save significantly and have clean electrons powering their home!

I spoke with a couple planning on retiring soon. They are going to have a fixed income, and this program will actually be a way for them to keep their energy costs stabilized, making it much easier for financial planning. An already retired couple pointed out that the solar electric system will be their legacy—a gift to future generations.

With the engineering expertise of groSolar and the game changing financial services of SunRun, solar power is within reach for nearly every home owner in Massachusetts– solar power to the people!

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The new operations center and warehouse in the Mid-Atlantic Region is now open!  The new space is located in Jessup, MD and will increase our direct installation services locally and introduce distribution capacity to our the Mid-Atlantic offices.  We hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate on April 17th, and were joined by many local officials.  In the picture the ribbon is cut by (left to right), Director of the Maryland Energy Administration Malcolm Woolf, groSolar VP of Policy & Market Development Richard Deutschmann, and Howard County Executive Ken Ulman.

Recently groSolar launched two new training classes for dealer and groDirect solar energy installers. Based upon training satisfaction survey results, 80% of participants in Photovoltaic (PV) class and 93% of the Solar Hot Water (SHW) participants rated their confidence level after training as very good to excellent. This compared to a confidence level ratings of 60% and 63% respectively before training. These results clearly demonstrates the combination of providing comprehensive theory of operation with real world hands-on training was well received.

The New Britain Rock Cats, AA affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, had their home opener last night against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. A couple of groSolar sales representatives were on hand for the opening night festivities and also got to see the new outfield sign featuring groSolar and hear the announcer read our Solar Fact. See pictures of our outfield sign below.

Check out groSolar.com/RockCats to receive special Rock Cats savings!

….The Fisher Cats pulled out a win against the Rock Cats but the season is still young!

Check out groSolar’s channel on YouTube for the latest Green Tips, speeches and other cool stuff.

The Northeast Residential Sales team along with our Mid-Atlantic Regional Sales Manager, our Training Manager and yours truly got an insider’s tour at the Evergreen Solar manufacturing facility in Devens, MA. What an incredible process to see the manufacture of PV panels from raw silicon through installation of the junction box on the final panel. The picture to the left is the crew just about to enter the clean room where the silicon cells are made.

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groSolar is pleased to announce the relaunch of our blog! We hope you find the updates from our multiple Exclaimers! fun, interesting and valuable. You’ll hear from groEmployees across the board – who are on the rooftops, in the field, on the government steps and at the tradeshows all in one effort – to install as much PV and SHW on as many buildings in as short a time as possible! That’s our mission and we hope you enjoy experiencing our efforts first-hand. We look forward to your comments!