Questions about how solar works? Wondering whether solar is right for your home? Does solar really work well in the US? Join Danielle Hudson of groSolar for a solar education presentation, brought to you in celebration of 350.org’s 10-10-10 Global Work Day Initiative.
“As America converts to renewable energy, it’s going to need professionals of the caliber of groSolar. They got us up and running on sunlight in a matter of days; the system has worked reliably for years, and now we’re adding more. They are a necessary part of America’s environmental future.”
-Bill Mckibben, Founder, 350.org.
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groSolar CEO, Jeff Wolfe, was the featured guest on the Joe Cardin show on Wisconsin Public Radio this past Tuesday morning. Listen to the full recording by using the link below:
Jeff Wolfe on the Joe Cardin show of WPR – click “Start Download Now!”
groSolar will be at Solar Power International (SPI) this October 12-14 at the LA Convention Center in Los Angeles. Stop by our booth, #931! SPI is the largest PV industry tradeshow and conference in the solar industry. Over 1,000 exhibitors and nearly 30,000 attendees will be there. Will you?
In addition to our booth at SPI, our CEO, Jeff Wolfe, will be presenting during public night and will also be speaking on a panel. The details are:
What: Jeff Wolfe presenting “Climate Presentation, Problems and Solutions based on ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and ‘Our Choice’ by Al Gore” Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm Location: Los Angeles Convention Center Description: Presented at the free “Public Night” of Solar Power International at the LA Convention Center. Attendance at the talk and for the exhibits if free to the public. The Climate Project’s (TCP) mission is to educate the public about the harmful effects of climate change and to work toward solutions at a grassroots level worldwide. Each TCP Presenter delivers a version of Gore’s slideshow based on his best-selling books and the Academy Award-winning documentary film “An Inconvenient Truth”. As part of this select groups of 1200 individuals in the US chosen to become TCP Presenters, Jeff completed the TCP training program in 2007. Less time is spent on defending the climate science, and more solutions are now presented in the slideshow, since climate change is now more widely understood and accepted.
What: Jeff Wolfe Speaking at “Wholesale Distributed Generation: FITs, Standard Contracts, Auctions, and the Next Big Thing in U.S. Solar” Date: Thursday, October 14th Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 515B Description: Wholesale distributed generation is one of the fastest growing and most exciting new solar markets in the country. These facilities have sufficient scale to deliver low prices to ratepayers, and virtually unlimited siting opportunities. Come learn from the experts about the multiple business models, programs, and market participants that are emerging to exploit this market opportunity. The panel will feature presentations from leading utilities, solar companies, and policy experts about current events, and a moderated discussion about future developments.
groSolar supports 350.org’s 10-10-10 Global Work Day to fight climate change. Here’s CEO Jeff Wolfe atop our corporate headquarters in White River Junction, VT showing support near the 100 kW solar electric array on our roof.
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groSolar is heading to Burlington, VT this evening to receive a 5×5x5 Growth Award. We are one of VT’s Top 5 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in the Past 5 Years!
Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and also a groSolar customer, was on David Letterman on Tuesday night talking about climate change, putting solar on the White House and the future of our little planet.
Bill has been involved in climate change since the 80’s and even wrote the first book on the subject back in 1989. The past two decades have seen the largest increases in carbon output during human history. For the first 10,000 years of human civilization our atmospheric carbon was about 275 parts per million (ppm). Right now we are at 392 ppm. Most climate scientists agree that we need to be at 350 ppm (hence the name of Bill’s organization).
So why aren’t we doing anything to change? Have we become complacent? Or are there enough powerful special interests in the world who don’t want to solve this problem?
Check out Bill’s interview below (and have a tissue handy to wipe away the tears of despair).
One of our customers, Bruce Pollard of Sicklerville, NJ, sent us a great email which laid out his costs and savings when installing a 4.5 kW solar electric system with groSolar. Here are the numbers:
It was just a little over a year ago that groSolar finished the installation of the 4.5kw Solar Project on our house. I thought it would be a good time to do some evaluations and see what my true saving was.
Let me lay some background. I had electric hot water heater, clothes dryer, stove, microwave, light and other normal stuff. We were using oil hot air heat but after the energy audit decided to switch to a Heat Pump with and electric back up system. Our oil cost was $3400 a year and our electric was $3168 a year. This totaled $6568.
During this past year our electric bill was $1975. Considering this was one of the coldest winters and this summer was on of the hottest we were still able to save $4593.
The cost of the heat pump was about $10,000 with the state of New Jersey giving us 50% back within 90 days of install. The savings basically paid for the cost of the heat pump in one year.
On the Solar side we spent about $39,000 with the stage grant paying $7,980. We have received over $6,000 in Federal tax credits this year and expect to get the remaining $6000 next year. We have also received the first 2 payments totaling $2,000 from selling our SREC. So we are down to $17,020. With $2,500 a year from SREC sales a for the next 4 years we are down to $7,020. With energy savings over those same 4 years of about $4,000 a year we should be ahead of the game by about $8,980.
Thank you for your assistance in getting all the details worked out. It was a pleasure working with you and groSolar.
groSolar will be at Solar Power International (SPI) this October 12-14 at the LA Convention Center in Los Angeles. Stop by our booth, #931! SPI is the largest PV industry tradeshow and conference in the solar industry. Over 1,000 exhibitors and nearly 30,000 attendees will be there. Will you?
