#News
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...
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Retired Shell Oil Engineer Goes Solar | The Hale Residence
Meet the David Hale! When he retired from Shell Oil Company after 35 years as an engineer, Mr. Hale knew he wanted his...
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Community Grand Opening Celebration May 13th
Cape Fear Solar Systems is proud to announce the Grand Opening of their new facility located at 901 South Front Street in Wilmington, North...
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GLOW Academy Shines Bright with Solar
The Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW), an all-girls public charter school, is proud to announce the completion of its latest sustainability initiative—the installation...
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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...
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How to Get Started with Solar | The Nelson Family
Keith and Heidi Nelson installed solar panels right after Hurricane Florence. Working for Wrightsville Beach Fire Department and PPD, respectively, the Nelsons know...
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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...
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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...
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Local Solar Company Helps Abandoned Solar Customers
According to several news reports, Power Home Solar (dba Pink Energy) has closed their doors, leaving thousands of solar customers without a company to...
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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...
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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,”...
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Local Solar Company Ranks #1 for the 10th Year in a Row
For the tenth year in a row, Cape Fear Solar Systems is proud to be named one of the top solar contractors in the...
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Cape Fear Solar Installer Becomes NABCEP® Certified
Jackson Fyfe, Solar Installer for Cape Fear Solar Systems has earned the solar industry’s leading recognition from the North American Board of Certified Energy...
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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,...
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