Opinion – Sure, sometimes economics can stand in the way of solar heating and cooling projects, but nowadays customers have several new financing options, and more and more are using them to finance SHC projects. Funding & Financing Sources “Third-party financing,” as it’s called, is attractive because it allows for the property owner to...
Opinion – The Antarctic Swimmer’s Club would likely find little value in solar pool heating. The rest of us, however, might enjoy a swimming pool heated with solar energy. Although solar heating’s effectiveness had been proven for decades, sales of domestic hot water systems declined in the ’80s for numerous reasons. To find new...
Opinion – If the recent SolarPower International tradeshow in Dallas this year was any indication, the plumbing industry is very hot on the potential sales of solar heating. Industry giants like Caleffi and others were eagerly exhibiting their solar heating goods and services in Texas at the October show. In fact, Caleffi is a...
Opinion – Five months before the 9/11 attacks, General Tommy Franks told lawmakers protecting energy resources was vital for the interests of America and it was a key role for Central Command. Franks later led the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan as well as the war against Iraq as Commander of the U.S....
Opinion – You could sort of say Fort Knox has just moved to California, and that plumbers may hold the key to the gold. That’s because California just began a $350 million program that helps pay plumbers to install solar water heating in homes and buildings. Plumbers licensed in California should jump at this...
Opinion – Recently, I was fortunate to have U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) offer me her thoughts on the benefits of ST. Cantwell has been a champion of solar thermal in the senate. “Though photovoltaics often command the solar spotlight, we should not overlook the tremendous potential of solar thermal technologies to reduce fossil...
I sat down with Larry Sherwood, one of the nations leading experts on the solar thermal market, to ask him what the 2010 market would look like for solar thermal. Larry is the author of the US Solar Market Trends report for the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.