This is a great day for Florida’s solar industry. Florida solar panel maker, Blue Chip Energy (aka Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP)…), has officially gone belly up, and their assets are being auctioned off. If you haven’t been following this ongoing saga, here’s a quick and very dirty timeline of events: 1. Blue Chip Energy manufactured [...]
Over the past few months, we’ve covered an ongoing scandal surrounding Florida solar panels manufactured and sold by ASP (a.k.a BlueChip Energy). Most of our posts have documented the fallout based on our own experiences at USSolar Institute and much of the backlash from organizations like Underwriters Laboratories and Florida Power and Light (FPL). Missing [...]
Local Jamaican company, Chad Ad Distributors, contracts USSolar to install 30K watts of solar panels at its New Port West Kingston Jamaica Distribution and Service Center. Kingston, Jamaica West Indies – June 3, 2013 – As one of the Caribbean’s busiest ports, Kingston, Jamaica receives a daily influx of barges from around the world. Every [...]
Fort Lauderdale, FL – May 15, 2013 – Today marks the One Year Anniversary since Fort Lauderdale officials honored solar PV training school, US Solar Institute (USSI), for becoming the city's first downtown commercial building to earn the "Net-Positive Energy Building" badge of honor. "We, as City Commissioners of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, [...]
USSolar Institute is now running its 6-month real world solar PV challenge. We will test some of the world's leading panels and inverters under live conditions Fort Lauderdale, FL – May 13, 2013 – In collaboration with Caribbean and Florida certified PV installer & state licensed contractor, Florida Solar One, USSolar Institute, is conducting a 6-month [...]
USSolar Institute hosts Schletter second-annual Solar Roadshow, which focuses on commercial and utility-scale solar applications, as it travels to the Sunshine State stopping in Ft Lauderdale on May 10th and 11th. Fort Lauderdale, FL – April 30, 2013 – Schletter©, a worldwide leader in photovoltaic mounting systems, is staging its second-annual nationwide Solar Roadshow [...]
USSolar Introduces PV Panels Designed for the Miami Florida Market. Some consumer products are truly universal. An iPod bought in Japan performs and operates the exact same way an iPod purchased in New York does. The same goes for televisions, shoes, and Ikea furniture. Sometimes the manuals are a bit different. And sometimes you end [...]
Solar Panel Fraud Florida. The Sunshine State historically has been a hideout for the bad guys, hustlers and con artists. Al Capone bought his mansion on Palm Island in 1928 as his escape. In 1935, “Ma” Baker was gunned down in her Ocklawaha home after robbing a Florida bank. In 1980, John Gotti was grieving the [...]
After weeks of waiting, we’ve finally launched our much-anticipated “Real World PV Panel Challenge” – an unbiased, side-by-side comparison of some of the leading solar products on the market. We first started receiving requests for such a Challenge as far back as 2010 – maybe even earlier. And had we done it then, I’m sure it would [...]
Product comparisons are fun. As a species, we can’t seem to get enough of test drives, blind taste tests, comparison charts, and the like (remember the Pepsi Challenge and those Mac vs. PC ads a few years ago?) Some of us even take it to the next level. Have you ever secretly switched your friend’s [...]
