Solar Wolf Energy Blog

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

Back up Batteries Are Full Of Hot Air (So Far)

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Solar battery backups are the savior right? Not really. To be honest they are kind of a let down so far. Software issues, capacity and storage rates. This doesn't even include the elephant in the room. The ridiculous cost!

Folks, the cost of these is outrageous. When an 8K battery is 10,12,15, or 20 grand that is far too much. Now I know the pro battery folks are thinking "Shut up Wolfie" but let's be honest. I was the guy calling bullshit on...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

The Dominoes Keep Falling - NRG, Sungevity, Direct Energy

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Another week has come and gone for us at Solar Wolf Energy. Another dozen or more applicants to work here from yet another solar company closing down. On one side we of course like being right, we of course like that some of our competitors are going under.

We would be lying in business if we said we didn't enjoy it. However, we do realize on a human level that these companies employ real and decent folks. That is the only part we are not happy...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

Lease vs Own Your Solar System

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This is just one of the reasons why you should never lease a solar system. You should purchase it and own it instead. The amount you earn is far higher!...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

Your Solar Leasing Company Can Now Pay For Your Annual Increased Property Tax

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Many customers opt for solar leasing or Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), so that they don't have to pay any upfront cost for the solar panels, equipment, and installation. With the new state laws on solar leasing, thousands of customers would have to start paying property taxes on the solar panels that have been installed on their rooftops. Customers would now have to pay an estimated $150 a year in taxes for a leased residential solar array and...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

The Added Value of Having Solar

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The real estate market is currently booming and green energy is the future not only in generation but in real estate as well. Studies have shown that millennials are a lot more conscious of their carbon footprint than previous generations. They are also the largest demographic of potential home-buyers. The average person will buy three homes in their lifetime. As time goes on, more and more homes will have solar on them.So how exactly does solar ...

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Marty "The Brain" Peña

Our Children Are Why We Cannot Afford To Avoid Solar

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Playing with my children on the floor last night and I found myself asking the age old question, what have I done for them to secure a better world than I inherited? Cliche I know, but it is true.

I have never been a "tree hugger" or one that ever thought about the environment. Funny how kids can do that to you though. You have to ask yourself is the old way of drilling the earth for oil & NatGas cumbersome, environmentally taxing, and limited?...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

An Industry Built On A Tax Credit

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So it is no secret the solar industry got off the ground because of the federal ITC or the "Investment Tax Credit". What is a secret is the amount of companies that will fall like the Berlin wall once it is gone. Never to return from the abyss.

Mainly the PPA and leasing companies. You know, the companies that are offering the lengthy 20 year leases? Yea those. See they won't be around after 2020. How? Why? When they install that system on your...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki