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Solar Energy Newsletter Winter 2011 Apex Solar California
Most of us have heard the news about Solyndra going bankrupt earlier this year. So rather than focus on the $535 million in federal aid they got and why they received it, I thought I would focus on what I know and have seen from inside the solar industry.

Solar Energy Newsletter Summer 2010 Apex Solar California
For those keeping track of new developments in solar power technology, thin film cells have grabbed a lot of the spot light, mainly because its production is less costly . According to SolarBuzz.com, crystalline silicon wafers cost about 40-50% more so that production costs for thin film cells is markedly lower.

Solar Energy Newsletter Winter 2010 Apex Solar San Jose California
Solar Power 50% Cheaper: According the president of Sharp, a major module producer, the cost of generating solar power will drop 50 percent by 2010. Most industry experts say that the cost of producing solar power, currently about $0.50 per kilowatt hour, will fall by about five percent per year.

Solar Energy Newsletter Spring 2009 New Products
We have a whole new section on our web site devoted to our grid tie clients, www.apxsolar.com/grid-tie-solar-system-packages.htm. These are the best deals on the Internet for grid tie solar systems. We also launched the above new ad in home power magazine www.homepower.com. The goal of these two new additions is to let folks know that solar does not have to be complicated or expensive. Grid tie systems are really quite simple with few components.
 

Solar Energy Newsletter Winter 2009 Apex Solar
On October 3, 2008, the President signed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 into law (P.L. 110-343). This legislation contains a number of tax incentives designed to encourage both individuals and businesses to make investments in solar energy, including an 8-year extensions of the section 48 business solar investment tax credit (ITC). The important thing to note here is that the 30% tax credit during the last two years up to Dec. 2008 had a $2,000 dollar cap for residential property. This cap has been removed for the 2009 tax year.
 

Apex Solar Newsletter Presidential Candidates Positions Fall 2008
With the presidential elections soon upon us, I thought I would take a fact based look at the two candidates’ past and present records on renewable energy. We will also take a look at the two candidates’ campaign promises as far as renewable energy.
 

Apex Solar Newsletter Solar Power Technology Trends Summer 2008
We often get calls from clients interested in solar power but have heard that a new technology is on the way and should they wait. This is very similar to waiting to buying a new computer. The day you buy one it’s obsolete. So what to do?  To help answer this question I thought I would focus on a new type of solar module (panel) that incorporates a new type of solar cell production using Nano Solar.

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