Solar Adoption: California Makes History
Beginning in the year 2020, all new construction homes in the state of California will be required to include solar panels for energy production. This is a bold move by the state, as building new homes with solar panels will obviously increase the cost of a new home...
SEIA and Cleanlites: Partners For a Sustainable Solar Future
Energy created by solar panels has seen quite the jump in adoption rate as of lately; In 2017 alone, the United States added installed almost 11GW of new solar energy capability. This equates to approximately 35 million solar panels installed, in a single year. This...
California Solar Energy: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Solar energy production in the state of California has been thriving for a while now, but a they may have just outdone themselves last month. The most populated state in the United States, California, supplied 50% of it's electricity demand on March 5th, 2018 with...
Solar Panel Tariff: What We Know
One of the more popular doomsday scenarios that is kicked around in Washington DC is our power grid being hacked by nation state, such as China, Iran or Russia. There are also experts that view aluminum and steel production as a national security threat, though the...
Modern Solar Energy or 1980's Sci-Fi?
Well folks, it is officially here, the long awaited ‘’future’’ we’ve all eagerly anticipated has finally arrived. As of 2015, humans in Nevada, humans no different than you and I, brought online an energy facility which is capable of producing 110-megawatts of energy....
Solar Energy-Powered Refugees
Since August, refugees have been fleeing violence in the Rakhine State of northern Myanmar for Bangladesh. While the basis of this story is very unfortunate, we’re trying to shine a positive light on some key factors within the story. Our thoughts and prayers...
Tesla Battery Goes Up, Down Under
You may have heard the news, but the hype machine himself, Elon Musk, promised the South Australian government delivery of the world's largest lithium ion battery in less than 100 days - Or it's free. Pretty tall order, but we've grown to expect such behavior from Mr....
Solar Energy: Growth, Adaptation and Sustainability
We’re posting this blog not only to highlight the rapid adaptation, growth and advancement of solar energy, but also to highlight the efforts from one of our valued customers in Michigan State University. The Spartans of East Lansing have been busy, busy at work...
Know Your Recycler 2018
Recent revelations from the Basel Action Network have confirmed that even after the original 2016 report, there are still household names exporting electronic waste overseas to China. Initially, we’re shocked that such behavior would continue after BAN blew the...
LED Recycling: Overlooked Importance?
A team of researchers at University of California Irvine ran tests on multiple LED lighting types, including LEDs used in traffic lights, automobile lighting fixtures and even Christmas lights. The results were astounding. The most toxic LED lights are those found in...