The segment of the solar industry that’s shown the most activity and interest over the past few years has been “storage.” We’ve received a lot of interest in this subject, and that makes sense. There are thousands of residential solar systems installed in the past 10 years, and the owners want to explore the option of adding battery backup for times…
Category: Maryland
Milestone Solar agricultural installation generates more power than five average homes use in a year
A newly completed commercial solar installation on a Washington County, MD, farm will generate more electrical power annually than five average homes use in 12 months. Incorporating 186 Panasonic 330-watt HIT® modules, six SolarEdge inverters and 186 SolarEdge optimizers, this best of class system is rated at 61.4 kilowatts (DC) and is expected to produce more than 85,000 kilowatt-hours…
Thank You for a Milestone Year (pun intended)
In one way, 2017 was a fairly typical year for Milestone Solar. But in other ways, it saw some major milestones. It was typical in that, like the past five or so years, the total number of installations has been extremely consistent – somewhere between 40 and 50 – while the distribution of the systems…
What it takes to be a Qualified Solar Installer
In a recent post I wrote that an Electrician license alone – even a Master Electrician license – does not qualify you to design and install solar systems. I totally respect the fact that a Master license is a great achievement that requires significant experience and training, but it’s not solar specific. Some took exception…
Why don’t more solar installers offer ground mounts?
We do a lot of ground mount systems each year, and over the last year or so we did an even higher percentage than usual. The list below features a dozen recent ground mount systems – ten as part of battery backup (bimodal) systems. Ground mounts are a particularly good option for battery backup systems…