Blog Posts in 2021

Your Solar Supply Chain Matters - Consider the Source

When it comes to outsourcing the production of solar panels and equipment, a company must know its supply chain. Roughly 25 million people worldwide are victims of forced labor. Without consciously putting forth policies and practices to vet one’s supply chain, a business can unknowingly be complicit in labor abuse. The human rights abuses of hundreds of thousands of Uyghur Muslims in the Peoples ...

Solar Carports - Infrastructure for the EV Future

With nearly 280 million cars on the road throughout the United States and as many as two billion parking spots across the nation, you could say the potential in the solar carport market is more than plentiful. According to the International Energy Agency, we can expect to have at least 145 million electric vehicles (EV) on the road by 2030. While that’s exciting, you may be wondering how are we ...

Juneteenth - A Day of Freedom and Reflection

On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers reached Galveston, TX to announce that Black people were officially free from enslavement and the Civil War was over. The announcement came almost two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation and this is the day that we now recognize as Juneteenth, the end of slavery in the United States. Slavery would not be legally abolished until December 1865 and ...

Minimizing Soft Costs Associated with Solar while Keeping Consumers Safe

As the solar energy industry continues to expand globally, there will continue to be ways to streamline the process for customers who wish to make the switch to clean energy. As it stands, processes like permitting, inspections, and grid interconnection varies widely based on where you live. For example, in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho solar permitting is currently automated through email and can ...