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Free Hot Water’s Intersolar Booth Has Changed to Booth #8111!

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If you’re heading to Intersolar North America in San Francisco and planning to meet the Free Hot Water team and see our latest solar thermal products, please note that we’ve changed our booth number. We are now at Booth# 8111. … Continue reading

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SEIA Releases 1st Qtr 2011 Solar Market Insight Report – AZ, HI, and CA Solar Hot Water Growing

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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

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Update on Recent State and Utility Solar Water Heating Incentives

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  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

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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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5 Reasons To Follow Free Hot Water On Twitter and Facebook.

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  For anyone who’s read the Free Hot Water blog regularly, you know we don’t just try to “sell, sell, sell” to you.  Instead, this blog always tries to offer you, our solar installer partners and distributors, useful information that … Continue reading

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Hot News: 3rd Quarter 2010 Solar Thermal Market Report from SEIA

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SEIA (The Solar Energy Industry Association, of which Free Hot Water is a member) recently released its third quarter 2010 Solar Market Report for the industry.  Unfortunately for the solar hot water industry, the trends are pointing downward for the … Continue reading

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A new 2010 Solar Thermal Market Report. How’s your solar business? How can we help?

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It’s been a great October. Free Hot Water had a great show at Solar Power International, and we’re so excited to learn that the Solar thermal market and pool heating market is growing in 2010. Want numbers? Sure: According to … Continue reading

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A Telling InfoGraphic: The Average American’s Energy Consumption. Is this you?

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I love infographics. Anyone can throw out facts and figures about the average American’s use and source of energy, but it’s another thing to show that information visually and comparatively. At a glance of the above, I know that: 20% … Continue reading

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Solar Hot Water is a Fracking-free Alternative to Gas Heaters

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There’s no doubt that if your heating water with electricity or oil, then installing solar hot water makes economic sense, especially with all of the state and federal incentives. But there’s also a very good environmental reason for choosing solar … Continue reading

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Renewable Energy World Interviews Free Hot Water’s Founder

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We had a great time at Intersolar 2010 this year. Along with meeting our partners and installers at the show, Free Hot Water’s co-founder, Gal Moyal, was interviewed by Jennifer Runyon, managing editor of RenewableEnergyWorld.com. If you haven’t seen it … Continue reading

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