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FPL Solar PV Rebates are Back!

The 5 year residential and commercial solar electric rebate program is ready to be funded again! The rebate program will re-open Thursday May 3rd at 8:30am FPL has made significant improvements to the rebate process by also providing a paperwork … Continue reading

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Get the Balance of your solar rebate payment

Important: Get the Balance of your rebate payment There are two identical bills in both the House and the Senate waiting to get to the floor. They are currently at rest in the Energy & Utilities Subcommittee. They will need … Continue reading

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Legislature should pay rebates in full

  This is an urgent message that we hope people who support solar and the solar industry will take seriously. There are over 12,000 Floridian home owners and businesses who were eligible to receive rebates for putting in solar energy … Continue reading

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Santa’s Reindeer VS. Solar Panels

With the mass amounts of people going green and installing solar panels on their homes, many of our customers have asked the obvious question. “Do I have to do anything to protect my solar panels from Santa’s Reindeer?” We decided … Continue reading

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Make a Pizza Box Solar Oven

Each year right around Thanksgiving time we like to tell our customers about crafty solar projects you can do around the house with the kids or at your favorite tailgate. The pizza box solar oven is one of the easier … Continue reading

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Ironwear – Riviera Beach

As a growing safety equipment supplier the owners of Ironwear decided that their corporate headquarters needed an upgrade. After investing in efficient business operations equipment Ironwear began researching solar energy to bring their utility bills down. IronWear chose to install … Continue reading

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Confirmed: Solar rebate checks are “in the mail”, with conditions.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) confirmed this week in a press release that eligible recipients, some who have been waiting since 2009, will begin receiving solar energy rebate checks. The proverbial check is in the mail, … Continue reading

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Florida State Solar Rebates only worth 55 cents on the $1

Another sad story for residents and business’s of Florida. Your legislature has devalued your solar energy rebate by nearly 50%. This announcement comes just as new legislative committee meetings head into session. Florida’s solar rebate program started under Gov. Crist was so … Continue reading

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Two US Solar Manufacturers face Bankruptcy Will More Follow?

There has been a lot of talk lately about two US based solar manufacturers that have either entered into bankruptcy protection, ceased to operate with the likelihood of entering bankruptcy shortly and a string of predictions on who will be … Continue reading

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FPL Florida Solar Rebate Program Exhausted Again!

Today FPL released approximately $5 million of unused solar rebate funds to customers in Florida. By 8:55 am all of the program funds for Business customers were exhausted and by 10:35 am all of the program funds for Residential customers … Continue reading

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