by Mathias | Mar 14, 2013 | Electric Vehicles, Solar News
Would you buy 30 years of fuel for the equivalent of $1.00 a gallon, a clean fuel, an environmentally friendly and renewable fuel, a politically current fuel? Like many of us as we pass the 50-year old mark, we begin to plan for our retirement years. The one thing...
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by Mathias | Oct 23, 2012 | Solar News, Utility Companies
In the solar industry, we often get trapped in focusing on the investment side of the solar justification while forgetting the energy independence and environmental side. So I think it is time to take a look at what is the mix of resources being used every time we...
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by Mathias | Jun 27, 2012 | Solar News, Solar System Maintenance
I am always asked, “What is the customer’s responsibility for maintaining a solar system”? The answer is to check the inverters or performance monitoring to ensure your system is running, and to clean your panels and inverters. Synergy maintains our...
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by Mathias | Jun 26, 2012 | Solar News, Solar System Maintenance
I am always asked, “What is the customer’s responsibility for maintaining a solar system”? The answer is to check the inverters or performance monitoring to ensure your system is running, and to clean your panels and inverters. Synergy offers up to...
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by Mathias | Jan 12, 2012 | Solar News
In the past, if a diesel generator is purchased to run a well pump at a vineyard, it receives a tax exemption from state taxes, but a solar system used to off-set an electrical pump did not. Why? The thought was that since the diesel generator was directly tied to...
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by Mathias | Sep 21, 2011 | Solar News
A Renewable Energy Credit or REC, represents a positive environmental attribute from one megawatt-hour (or 1,000 kWh) of renewable energy generation. With the State of California mandating that utilities produce 33% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020,...
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by Mathias | Sep 14, 2011 | Solar Installation
Ground mount system installations have more steps than systems mounted on a roof and can cost more. They have the advantage of easier access for cleaning, and energy production improvements since the angle and tilt are not dependent on the roof. The Bailey’s...
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by Mathias | Aug 31, 2011 | Community Support, Solar News
This month Synergy kicked off our new Community Solar Program, donating $1,000 to the Sebastopol Educational Foundation (SEF) , by finishing our first solar system installation under the program. Liz Schott, Superintendent of the Sebastopol Union School district, said...
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by Mathias | Aug 9, 2011 | Community Support, Solar News
On July 1st, Synergy kicked off the Community Solar Program for Sebastopol Schools. The first signed and installed customers, Dominic and Ellen Houlemard, signed up to install solar shortly after the kick off. Synergy installed a 5 kWh CEC-AC rated solar system at...
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by Mathias | Jul 1, 2011 | Solar Installation
Every new job has a unique twist, but this one had several. The first was getting the plans approved by the Bodega Harbor Home Owners Association (HOA). The Owner did a great job of putting together the plans, and requirements for the HOA, an all black system, low...
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