Recently the Solyndra bankruptcy has been grabbing a lot of headlines. Most of them are permutations of “Obama tainted by Solyndra scandal” or ”taxpayers money lost on Solyndra”. Mainstream media outlets are missing the point big time! The first misunderstanding is that a “failure” means that the government should not have made the investment. Instead, we [...]
Solar States goes to China to partner with Renogy!
Recently, I traveled to China to tour the Renogy solar manufacturing facilites. Wow, it was truly an amazing experience!
Solar States distributes Renogy solar panels
Recently, Solar States founder Micah Gold-Markel traveled to Wuxi, China to tour the Renogy solar panel manufacturing plant. The trip was a huge success with Solar States becoming a fully qualified distributer of the full Renogy line of panels.
American Israel Business Lab opens in the Navy Yard
From the second floor of his new office, entrepreneur Randy Schulz can gaze across the Delaware River; past the decommissioned Navy vessels and utility trucks of South Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, past the struggles of a local Philadelphia economy, all the way around the world to another economy in need of jobs, innovation and national unity. [...]
Philadelphia Solar Legislation
The Department of Energy (DOE) has designated the city of Philadelphia a Solar City. But right here at home Solar States is working with Councilman Kenney’s office to make Philadelphia even friendlier to solar. First, Solar States is assisting with legislation that will allow solar installers to defer some of the cost pertaining to electrical [...]
Commercial
Solar States owns and operates the largest rooftop solar array in the downtown Philadelphia area. On February 24th, 2011, Solar States celebrated the opening of West Kensington’s Crane Arts Building solar array. Designed and installed by consultants Rene Ermilio and Greg Katz of Helio Power Systems; and Pat McDonald of G.R.A.S.S., Solar States added 450 [...]
Government
Solar States is actively pursuing government partnerships to bring solar power to cities across the Northeast. With states currently looking to diversify energy portfolios, solar power helps create jobs, improve air quality, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. And with governments looking to buy Solar Renewable Energy Credits but also looking to spend the [...]
Crane Arts Complete
They say go with what you know best. So we installed solar on the roof of our very own office, here at the Crane Arts Building. Located at 1400 N. American Street in Philadelphia, the Crane has been providing post-industrial artist spaces for the last 3 years. With a massive concrete rooftop (roughly 16,000 sq/ft) and [...]
Commercial Rooftop Solar
Solar States is actively looking for rooftop power purchase agreements (PPA) in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, and Massachusetts. We partner with commercial building owners to generate 100% renewable energy for their facility. All at NO COST to the building owner! So, What’s in it for the building owner you ask? Are you interested in learning [...]
Renogy Solar – Wuxi, China
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March 21, 2012 | 0 Comments
Solar panel tariff much smaller than expected
Good news for the solar industry came out of the Commerce Department today. The dark cloud of a major tariff on Chinese manufactured panels had been hanging over the head of the industry ever since Solar World filed anti-dumping claims with the International Trade Court (ITC). However, the Commerce Department wisely decided on a much lower tariff than had been rumored.