Solar Myth #5 When the utility grid goes down I will have back up power.
Fact: When the power goes out, grid-tied systems go out too. That’s because it’s not safe to be pushing electricity back out onto the utility … Read More...
Solar Electric Mounting Structure
Solar Myth #4 Solar panels will cause my roof to leak, deteriorate, or collapse
Fact: Most solar panels are not attached directly to the roof itself, but rather to a mounted railing system. Solar engineers add … Read More...
ABC Acres is a permaculture farm in the Bitterroot Valley of Western Montana. Sustainable food production, healthy living systems, and ecological design is what they are all about.
Their Solar PV system utilizes two banks of sealed batteries of 48 … Read More...
Solarize Missoula: sponsored by The city of Missoula, Missoula Federal Credit Union and Montana Department of Environmental Quality are co-sponsors with MREA and Climate Smart for the Missoula program.
“We’re trying to make it simple for the homeowner to participate,” … Read More...
It is December in Montana. We received our first snowfall that stayed with us. Temperatures have dipped. We received a call: “Help. It is a beautiful day outside and my inverter is in nighttime mode.” We asked if there was … Read More...
9 kW array, just outside Missoula, Montana
There has been much talk about solar grants in our region this summer. It’s no secret that solar sales were up by near triple in first quarter for most solar installers in the greater Missoula and Western Montana region, as … Read More...
(What follows is quite possible the best Solar PV testimonial we could ever ask for. With pictures! We hope you agree.)
SBS Solar
401 South Orange St, Unit C
Missoula MT 59801
Dear SBS Solar:
Solar PV Pergoal, Central
We have finished our ballasted roof project from earlier this summer.
(This is continuation of Ballasted Part I.)
Before getting too far along, we realized we needed to replace the building paper with Colbond Enkadrain mat that allows the roof … Read More...