They did it last year, and they’re doing it again: The organizers of Intersolar North America are offering free registration to visitors until April 12. For those not familiar with Intersolar, it’s perhaps the second most prestigious international solar conference … Continue reading
At long last, it looks like it’s going to be a great year for solar thermal, especially with some exciting announcements that can potentially boost your commercial solar thermal business. We’ll have more details in the coming weeks, but here … Continue reading
Dear Free Hot Water Dealers and Distributors and blog readers, It’s not too late! That is, it’s not too late to close commercial contracts that can qualify for the 1603 Treasury Grant Program (TGP) that is set to expire at … Continue reading
“The Story of Broke” is the latest in a series of clever animations from the “Story of Stuff” project, developed by artist and simple living author and activist, Annie Leonard. In the past, Ms. Leonard has done short animated videos … Continue reading
The 1603 Treasury Grant Program (TGP) is set to expire at the end of 2011, although it is still uncertain whether Congress will renew the program for another year or longer. Cross your fingers. For those unfamiliar with the 1603 … Continue reading
When Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple, I wrote a blog post on RenewableEnergyWorld.com about lessons that the solar PV industry could learn from him. Now, as the news streams in about his death, I’d like to add my … Continue reading
We’d like to think that the Free Hot Water Blog and our various online solar calculators are the only resource on the web for solar installers. Of course, that’s not the case at all. Thankfully, for our industry, there are … Continue reading
It’s nice to be recognized…by Google’s search engine. How so? Recently, if you do a search on Google for “solar water heating for apartment buildings” or “solar hot water for apartment buildings,” or “solar thermal apartment buildings,” Free Hot Water … Continue reading
Every three months or so, SEIA (Solar Energy Industry Association) and the good people at Greentech Media (GTM) Research put out a solar industry report, and that’s great. We’ve summed up some of the insights from the solar hot water … Continue reading
Let’s face it. Incentives help make the case for solar technologies, whether it’s solar water heating systems or solar electric. We’ve written before about the current national solar thermal incentives, but here they are again, briefly: Both residential and … Continue reading
