How Much Would Your Solar Electric System Cost?

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NorthWestern Energy Utility Bill for solar electric system design SBS Solar designs custom solar electric systems with your lifestyle and budget as our primary focus.

 

One of the best ways to size a solar electric system is to look at your utility power bill. On the NorthWestern Energy … Read More...

Check Out this Net Zero Habitat for Humanity Home!

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SBS Solar is super excited to show you the latest Habitat for Humanity of Ravalli Co home in Stevensville, Montana.  This is an all-electric home with new energy star appliances, LED lighting and a very well insulated envelope.

With a … Read More...

Bimodal Solar PV, Grid-tied & Off-grid Combo, Close to Missoula

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9 kW array, just outside Missoula, Montana

SBS Solar was really excited to work on this bimodal system.  It is just a few minutes from downtown Missoula, and the customer wanted to be fully self sufficient when the grid was
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Thoughts from our Intern: MT Renewable Energy Factoids

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Our Energy Intern/Office Manager, Nick Bowman, recently gave this short talk for one of his classes at UM.  We thought it made for an interesting blog post which has some talking points about renewable energy you might not have heard … Read More...

Top Solar PV Testimonial, Ever.

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(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

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Ballasted Solar PV Mounting System for Flat Roof – Part II

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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...

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