How to Prepare Your Solar Panels for 2023’s ‘Very Active’ Hurricane Season

June 1 is quickly approaching, marking the official start of the 2023 hurricane season, and forecasters are already predicting a ‘very active’ season. Compared...

05/26/2023

Duke Energy’s Net Metering is Changing: Here’s What You Should Know

Net Metering is Not Going Away in North Carolina Starting July 1, 2023, net metering is changing and will look a little different. Here...

04/12/2023

10 Tips on Staying Warm in a Winter Power Outage Without Solar Panels & A Battery

Living close to the coast, we are all too familiar with hurricanes causing power outages during the summer and autumn months. Regardless of whether...

12/06/2022

Ancient Indigenous Passive Solar Design for Modern Day Construction

Did you know that solar energy was once a primary consideration in ancient architecture? Without electricity or indoor plumbing, ancient civilizations had to develop...

11/29/2022

World Humanitarian Day 2022: Revisiting Clinica de Santa Maria

When you flip the light switch, do you have any reservations of whether the lights will come on? What about if you get sick–is...

08/19/2022

Solar Panels in Space: Looking Back to Look Up

Last month, the James Webb Space Telescope revealed high-resolution photos of distant galaxies, including “the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe,”...

08/09/2022

Leveraging Smart Home Automation with Solar Panels

Smart technology is not a new concept. For years now, the Internet of Things (IoT) has included digital thermostats syncing with outside weather conditions,...

07/07/2022