President Trump has accepted the US International Trade Commission’s November 13 recommendation to impose significant tariffs on imported solar modules, panels and cells. It could have been worse, but it’s not good news for solar consumers. It will hurt the big integrators most of all. One can only hope that this is not enough to…
Category: Solar panels
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…
How the International Trade Commission is about to shake up solar pricing
Probably the biggest issue to confront the solar industry since we’ve been around is the petition filed with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) by two foreign-owned companies – Suniva and SolarWorld – that manufactured solar cells and modules in the United States. In April of this year. Suniva filed for bankruptcy, and in…
Why are some solar systems all black, while others show silver and white lines in the panels ?
All-black solar modules and racking are definitely an option we encourage customers to consider. In fact, at least one HOA in our area requires all-black for a solar system to be approved by the reviewing committee. On some houses or roofs, an all-black system looks very subtle and elegant, in my opinion. You may not…