Solar Wolf Energy Blog

Running a Transparent Solar Company Pays Off For Solar Wolf & You

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Time and again, we meet homeowner's after solar company XYZ has just tried to sell them a lesser product for more money. At times MUCH more money. This isn't a rare occurrence. Often as we have grown now it has become a daily occurrence. Leaves me asking, why? Why do some of these companies feel the need to rip off people, overcharge them, and take advantage of them? Why not set a business model that will bear fruit through positive transparency ...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

Do You Even Know What You Are Paying For?

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Simple question. When you bought your solar array system, did you know what you were buying?

Let's talk financing for a minute. DO you know what you have for a rate? How about the "dealer fee" Did you even know about that? I bet you didn't / don't. What am I saying dealer fee? I will let you non solar industry green forward minded individuals in on a closely kept secret. Did you finance with Greensky or Sungage, or any of those low interest...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

When "Partnering" Is A Tell Tale Sign Of Bad Finances

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It seems if you are in the solar industry almost each morning you will find another solar company is buying or partnering with another. To the untrained financial eye this may seem like a good thing. However those of us in the industry and have the financial foresight know better. Often times it is because one of the companies need to be "propped up". As with the solar companies the solar lease model specifically it is essentially a legal Ponzi...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

Solar Wolf Energy - Sometimes We Have Nothing To Do With Solar

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The title is alarming! What? SWE the leading educational solar company that was the biggest advocate to uncover the pitfalls and fraudulent behavior in solar leasing sometimes has nothing to do with solar?

Well, yes. See today we attended a charity event. It wasn't about energy savings, it wasn't about us helping people make a better investment choice about their home. It was about helping kids. We were one of the sponsors for a charity that is...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

With SRECs, The Amount Of Money You Receive In ROI For Solar Is UNBEATABLE

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Very few things in life that are too good to be true actually turn out real. Except for the Solar Renewable Energy Credits. Once broken down often homeowner's say "That seems like it is too good to be true" Now I realize that with Bernie Madoff and other financial investments that end up blowing up in people's faces that more times than not if it sounds to good to be true it often is.

However, with the SRECs what you see is what you actually...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

After SunEdison, Who's Next?

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In a not-so-surprising news break last week we learned that ticker SUNE better known as SunEdison has filed bankruptcy. Those of us in the know, in the industry, or just investors saw this coming for months. You can't wildly spend and keep increasing your debt only to think nothing bad will happen.

I have to say as a financial guy myself, how did the board and management let this happen? It was so undeniably obvious there was no way with the debt ...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

Financing Solar In 2007 vs Financing Solar In 2016

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It seems the masses are becoming smarter and more knowledgeable about purchasing solar. Recent numbers show the decline in leasing on a national scale with more families and corporations alike wanting to out right own their systems instead of the obsolete and contractually damaging lease. One of the key reasons? Financing is becoming more accessible and user friendly. When solar leasing began it's quick rise to commonplace, it was because solar...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

Why Millennial's Are Not The Biggest Reason For The Solar Explosion

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In the days of the "recycled toilet paper", "This cup is made from 70% recycled paper", zero landscaping, devices creating drinking water from sunlight, caged free eggs, Whole Foods, & the war on GMOs the renewable energy issue seems to be right at home in the middle of this. Mainly solar being the front runner of course. When you look at all this things as a whole it makes sense.

Solar being no doubt the biggest impact on a global scale &...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki