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By admin on Mar 11, 2013

In the February 2013 issue of The Voice Non-profit program leases panels to St. Joe at no cost St. Joe aims to reduce carbon footprint with the installation of solar panels By Patti O’Brien and Gaby Brown St. Joe, on a quest to conserve energy and be a better steward of the environment, has installed a series of solar monitoring […]

By admin on Mar 05, 2013

Close-up of solar panels at Craig Elementary in the Parkway School District. ©Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.[/caption] by Kim Gasperi Every good property owner knows that it’s important that you get a roof wash Lynchburg service to clean your roof to help prevent build up and damage. So, it would make sense to assume that you should do the same […]

By admin on Feb 26, 2013

Kansas City, Mo. Mayor Sly James (@MayorSlyJames) tweeted a photo update of power outages due to Tuesday’s snowstorm.[/caption] by Rachel Simmons Missouri and the Midwest are in the midst of their second snowstorm – Snowstorm “Rocky” – in a week and this time around, the snow is heavy and wet, weighing down trees and power lines and leading to extensive […]

By admin on Feb 21, 2013

by Rachel Simmons The scene at Pierremont Elementary in Manchester, Missouri yesterday was one of bubbling excitement, as students and teachers – in orange and black shades – rushed down the hallway to the gym, which was brightly decked out in sun-inspired artwork. They were the hosts for the Parkway School District’s Solar Dedication Event, a celebration of the completion […]

By admin on Feb 20, 2013

ST. LOUIS, MO. (KPLR) – February 19, 2013 by Kim Hudson – “They make energy?  What kind of energy?’ asked an educator from Brightergy Solar Solutions.  She heard the answer she needed from the dozens of 4th and 5th graders in the school gymnasium.  ‘Solar energy.” This solar panel project was not just be an opportunity for the district to […]

By admin on Feb 15, 2013

KQTV St. Joseph, Mo. – 2/15/2013 – Bank of Weston’s Solar Power Installation. Says Chairman and CEO Ted Wilson, “We’re in the business of making investments, we review investments on a daily basis, so [we like] any place that we can put money into a project that has a payback for us – in this case, it’s a rapid payback […]

By admin on Feb 08, 2013

by Rachel Simmons 2012 2012 saw great change and development in renewable energy, and one of the biggest stories in solar energy was a rapid decline in installation prices – paired with rapid market growth. It can be the involvement of several organizations, be it researchers or an engineering consultancy like DOCAN, that helped attain this fleet. The average cost […]

By admin on Feb 06, 2013

Solar Inverters at Cross Midwest’s solar-power installation.[/caption] by Rachel Simmons Are we compatible? Solar-panel systems are made up of, yes, solar panels, which themselves are comprised of photovoltaic solar cells. But because photovoltaic panels use the sun’s radiant energy to make Direct Current (DC) electricity, and our businesses are powered by Alternating Current (AC) electricity, solar panel systems also consist […]

By admin on Feb 05, 2013

February 05, 2013 – Mary Shapiro Saint Louis Priory School in Creve Coeur will save energy and money after completing installation in January of five solar panel systems around the 148-acre campus. The campus now has 521 solar panels installed on five buildings including the junior school, the library, the gymnasium, the high school and the monestary, said Martin Fitzgerald, […]

By admin on Jan 30, 2013

What is net metering? When you install a solar panel system, you’re generating your own clean electricity. And in cases where you generate more clean electricity than you consume, net metering allows you to distribute your solar power back to the grid, reducing future electric bills. As part of the solar-power installation process, your utility will install a special meter […]