Seems a little hard to believe, but we’re just about into October and the last quarter of calendar year 2018. If you’re seriously considering a solar system, and if you really want or need to 30% federal tax credit this year, time is running out for getting your order in place and your installation in…
Category: Solar Power Systems
You probably know why to buy a solar system. But do you know how?
While solar energy pays for itself and then some, it’s still too big an investment to make blindly. So here are some facts to help you make that investment wisely and safely – with an installation that performs as promised and gives you decades of trouble-free, dependable service. Choose the type of system More than…
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…
Storage Options for Solar Owners - West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania
This post addresses two storage system designs we continue to get inquiries on as we head into the home stretch for 2017: The SolarEdge StorEdge 7600 with the LG battery, and the relative merits of AC Coupling for adding batteries to a legacy ( existing) solar system. The SolarEdge/LG Battery System Each month, we…
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…