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Continuing Education

This last August 20th 2010 I attended a 6 hour accredited seminar for engineers and architects. I was the only one the room without a 4 year college degree and was popping off questions and absorbing all I could. The seminar was of course solar power oriented. It was 4 hours of solar PV and …Continue reading →

Hot, Dry and Non-Productive

That is the way I feel about now. I’ve been going around to prospective neighborhoods testing out the market. I walk up to the door with sales literature in hand and hope someone is at  home. IF they answer I introduce myself and claim that I am a solar energy consultant, although my business card …Continue reading →

Problems From Within

When self-employed you have to wear many hats and shirts to get through a day. There are always problems and hurdles to get over. Some are self-inflicted, other come from outside your realm of control. You just have to deal with it and keep on moving forward.Continue reading →

My First Solar Quote

Getting started is the hardest part. You would be surprised how many people do not fully understand how sunlight turns into electricity. Or just what really is solar energy. So I took some of SolarTEk’s literature and proceeded to go to various sub-divisions and well to-do neighborhoods and knock on doors. The response was mostly …Continue reading →

Hit The Ground Running

Getting acquainted with the solar energy business requires a person to really roll up their sleeves and learn a new knowledge based on available technology. But it doesn’t rule out understanding the history of solar.Continue reading →