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Profit Opportunity: The Government Has Solar’s Back
By Christian Hill [Comments by Wes Waddell]

[The Public is Left Paying the Bills]
Yesterday, I talked about the tremendous year the solar industry had in 2010. While the S&P was up nearly 20%, some [solar and utility] companies saw gains as high as 80% and 120%.

And for the first time ever …

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wwaddell on May 30th, 2010

As usual, it’s been way too long since I got you caught up on where we are with our own Passive Solar Home design and building project. Here’s what’s happend since my last update:

The house design: …

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wwaddell on March 5th, 2009

This is where passive solar home design comes into play.

Passive solar home and business design takes a better look at the energy coming from the sun ane how to use it to improve the home’s cooling and heating in a totally natural way. There are actually four (4) major principles in passive design that are easily understood and used to your advantage. These are…

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wwaddell on March 1st, 2009

You’ll be happy to hear that I just purchased a 2KW Power Save Solar system!!! … after factoring in installations costs, tax and incentives, my out of pocket expenses were closer to…

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wwaddell on January 13th, 2009

I had the Power-Save 1200 installed in January ’08. The first 5 full months of use resulted in a 22% reduction of KWH used from prior year. With the savings on my electric bill, about…

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wwaddell on January 8th, 2009

Been trying to get the next step done on our passive and active solar dream home. Unfortunately, the weather here in Deer Park (just north of Spokand Washington) has not been cooperating.

We have more than 4 feet standing in the fields on our 15 acres and a layer of ice on the roads and driveways. Looks like it will be late Spring or even Early Summer before we get…

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wwaddell on December 8th, 2008

“Hello, it’s David Pope from San Antonio, TX again. I am emailing you a copy of our electric bill for the 2nd month using my Power-Save 1200. This was a full month running with the Power-Save 1200. We’ve been at this residence for over 12 years and this is the lowest bill we’ve ever had. I am going to let the bill speak for itself…

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wwaddell on November 23rd, 2008

An unsolicited test of the Power-Save 1200 by Atlanta’s local CBS News affiliate revealed a significant reduction in kilowatt hours.

Greg and Michelle Mark of metro-Atlanta agreed to install a Power-Save 1200 on their home as part of a “CBS News 46 Investigates” report. After several months…

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