Tag Archives: Solar Thermal/Solar Hot Water

We love to give solar thermal marketing advice at Free Hot Water. We’re a manufacturer and a distributor of solar hot water equipment, so our job isn’t to sell solar thermal jobs, but to support our installers with engineering, equipment, … Continue reading →

  There is no dispute that solar PV has grown faster than solar thermal in the United States. Why? I think there are three basic reasons. 1) More and better financing for PV than solar thermal Banks and venture capitalists … Continue reading →

We hate to be the bearer of solar bad news…. So, first we’ll be the bearer of solar hot water good news! In the great state of Idaho, the Questar gas utility has just launched a new residential and multifamily … 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 →

We often talk about how social media can help your solar business here on the Free Hot Water blog. At SPI 2011, Free Hot Water helped to organize what’s called a “Tweet-up,” where solar people who know each other on … 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 →

  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 →

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 →

Need some feel-good solar video PR for your solar thermal website? The Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) produced a series of promotional webisodes last year around the time of Solar Power International. These videos clocked in about 5 or 6 … Continue reading →

The Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) and Greentech Media have published their final market report of 2010 on the U.S. Solar industry. Here are the highlights about the 2010 solar thermal market: The good news: The U.S. saw close to … Continue reading →