Solar Wolf Energy Blog

Beware of Lighting The Solar Candle at Both Ends

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Another year is rapidly coming to a close and with it another step toward solar needing to stand on its own two feet. I am referring of course the to the tax credit and subsidy that gives both homeowners and commercial clients the same 30% tax credit. It seems that from the beginning that solar has been disliked for such an obvious subsidy. Too many are quick to throw the statement "Once the subsidy is gone solar will fold" Nothing could be...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

Thanks For Another Great Year Wolf Pack

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Well another year has gone. Although a cliche stated each and every year, this year really has gone way, way to fast. It seems like yesterday we were discussing opening our Dallas office. At the same time, it feels like it has been open forever. We have grown our office several times in just a few short years. Proof positive of the hard and diligent work by our dedicated team.

2017 has taken us into 22 states of this great country, meeting with...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

The Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) Is Dropping Soon!

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The solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) is one of the most important federal policy mechanisms to support the growth of solar energy in the United States. Since the ITC was enacted in 2006, the U.S. solar industry has grown by more than 10,000% - creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and investing billions of dollars in the U.S. economy in the process.Currently, the ITC is a 26 percent tax credit for solar systems on residential and...

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Mike "Tech Overlord" Collette

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

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

SolarCity Cannot Afford To Supply Batteries Upfront

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Here's how Solar city & Tesla just proved to everyone they have no real long term vision. The vast majority of SolarCity's customers are leases. SolarCity touts how they can put more panels than needed on the client's roof and sometimes offset their bill. Okay, but the financially intelligent (and often capable) folks didn't lease their solar, they bought it. So they will be the purchasers of batteries. Chances are Solarcity pissed off these...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

Remembering "Low Oil Will Kill Solar" How'd That Work Out?

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It seems that oil is staying lower for longer. Can you remember when everyone thought that low oil would crush the solar industry? Seems like everyone was instigating that "Low oil is the end of solar". Wow were they ever wrong! If anything it has HELPED the industry by homeowners not trusting it, helping solar companies pay less at the pump for work and installation company vehicles and heat their offices for less. About one of the only things...

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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