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Articles about solar energy that focus on its solid financial returns.
Illustration of Solar Hot Water System that appeared in the Wall Street Journal (Click to Enlarge) Wall Street Journal journalist Gwendolyn Bounds wrote a story on solar hot water for homeowners – what the technology is like, how it works, and the quite impressive economics of investing in solar hot water. Rather than tackling the… Read more
This low fossil energy home in Freeport has a 3 kilowatt grid-tied solar electric array that produces roughly 340 kwhrs of clean electricity per month. The solar thermal collectors at upper right produce enough domestic hot water for a family of four. You can see ReVision Energy’s workmanship up close on October 3rd when the… Read more
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