Enphase vs. SolarEdge. As a registered solar engineer, certified contractor and licensed PV instructor of US Solar Institute, I frequently receive calls from homeowners and businesses asking for recommendations on the best solar PV products to use. Typical considerations include the usual shading culprits (i.e. leaves, clouds and bird droppings) that can dramatically reduce the [...]
Florida solar PV Industry. US Solar Institute has launched a new online portal that fuses solar training, equipment, and consulting into a unified platform for clients throughout Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America. Fort Lauderdale, FL (Marketwire) December 4, 2012 – Florida’s premier solar PV training school, US Solar Institute (USSI), has recently launched a [...]
It’s been all over the papers the past few days. The Florida Public Service Commission recently approved cost recovery figures for a number of planned and existing nuclear plants managed by FPL and Progress Energy Florida. The Sunshine State Ignores Solar. In other words, these two can begin charging us more for the electricity they [...]
We’ve seen this story play out many times before. A country or region invests heavily in solar energy, and then, quickly faces a labor shortage. It has become obvious that solar training boot camps is not enough to train enough people to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for qualified solar panel installers. When Germany introduced a [...]
A year ago, the unemployment statistics for returning veterans was substantially higher than the national population’s (which itself was already high). In the months since, however, unemployment amongst America’s returning heroes has fallen significantly. Although the unemployment stats for post-911 vets still stands at over 10%, the number for all veterans hovers around 6.3%, compared [...]
I’m proud to be an American. Truly proud. But in at least 2 very important areas, there is a lot we can learn from our European neighbors across the Atlantic – namely solar power development and transparency in solar energy education. These 2 areas are incredibly important to us at US Solar Institute (USSI). After [...]
Helping close the gap between underfunded solar education and overfunded problems. As the President and Founder of US Solar Institute, I’ve been a long-standing committee member of the Broward County GO Solar initiative – a Department of Energy funded program to lower the cost of solar installations. Over the months, I’ve watched in exasperation as [...]
We’re extremely proud that US Solar Institute was the first PV installation school tapped by the Department of Veterans Affairs to train America’s returning soldiers under the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP). These eligible men and women will be proud members of the alumni who have received hands on solar PV training. An extension of [...]
On September 25, Tuesday morning, we hosted a joint kick-off Go SOLAR Rooftop Challenge meeting with Broward County. And by all measures, the event was a resounding success, attracting over 70 inspectors, solar contractors, fire marshals, Go SOLAR committee members, and Broward County employees, not to mention our own US Solar Institute (USSI) team. This [...]
The results are finally in. Now that the Department of Veterans Affairs has added advanced solar PV training to its list of veterans benefits, a growing number of programs have begun launching competing offers. Note that since only the finest, Department of Education licensed and longest operating as qualified schools are rigorously selected to accept [...]
