Tag Archives: solar water heating for homes

The lack of competition for solar water heating services in California is startling. Despite the rich solar thermal rebates that are available in California—and other states—there are few installers who can legally use them and collect the rebates. In fact, … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever wanted to see the potential of solar thermal energy, watch this video below. Or better yet, go to Okotoks, Alberta, and see The Drake Landing Solar Community (DLSC),  a unique solar water heating AND solar space heating housing … Continue reading →

The latest SEIA/GTM Research U.S. Solar Market Insight report is out, and it includes news about California, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Arizona, and Maryland. Here’s a summary of the report and a bit of our own perspective.   Arizona. Arizona’s solar hot … Continue reading →

More solar water heating news from Free Hot Water HQ: The Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC) has approved a total of 12 new OG-300 residential solar water heating systems manufactured by Free Hot Water. The certifications include 12 closed-loop … 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 →

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 →

Despite solar water heating being a 100 year, plus, solar technology, it still plays second fiddle to PV, which is more expensive and less efficient on a per watt basis. Better, more aggressive marketing, of course, is the solution to … Continue reading →