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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Interview with CEO of SunReports on Avoiding Silent Solar System Failures

Posted on by Solar Fred

  The following is a shortened version of an interview with Tom Dinkel, the president and CEO of our solar monitoring partner SunReports. The interview originally appeared on SmartPlanet.com. Tom is not only the CEO of SunReports, but he’s also … Continue reading

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Very Interesting Graphics and Charts for Solar Thermal Potential

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No matter what you think about the current presidential administration, the current US Department of Energy is huge proponent of solar technologies under Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize winning scientist. Case in point is the DOE’s development of Solar … Continue reading

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Free Hot Water’s Making News with Largest CSI Solar Thermal Install to Date

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Just wanted to share with our solar community about the news that Free Hot Water is about to start the largest solar water heating project under California’s new solar thermal rebate program. The Tradewinds, a lage condominium complex nestled in … Continue reading

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What I Learned About Solar Hot Water in China and From this Video

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I’ve just returned from China, a country that is the solar thermal leader of the world, and yet, I personally found a lot less solar hot water in Shanghai than I thought I would. Not only is China the world’s … Continue reading

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