Solar Wolf Energy Blog

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

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

Solar Industry, Let's Cut The Crap

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As an individual immersed in solar I often venture over to the informed folks over at Greentechmedia.com each day to stay abreast. True to form in this and like any other industry there are always foreclosures and bankruptcies. Lately there seems to be a common thread with solar companies in the recent weeks and it is time someone pull out the BS meter and let everyone know its way past pegged. This ration of "We blame the industry we couldn't...

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Ted "The Wolf" Strzelecki

Go Green with Us for St. Patrick's Day! Join the #SWETrashTag Challenge to Make Your Community Greener!

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This March 17th is one of the most iconic holidays for Irish Americans, or just anyone who likes wearing green - St. Patrick’s Day! To initiate the festivities, we want to encourage our readers to participate in a challenge that will help make our world a little greener. A lot of organizations share tips on going green for St. Patty’s, but we like to mix things up here at Solar Wolf. We want to start a trend that will motivate people to get...

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Alex "Solar Girl" Steele

Today is Earth Day! Let's Reflect on the Work We Do to Help the Planet!

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Every year, over 1 billion people in more than 193 different countries around the world come together to observe Earth Day on April 22. This holiday was originally held in 1970, and every year there are different themes and activities related to ecological stewardship for people to participate in. This year, the main theme of Earth Day is climate action, and the Biden Administration has actually planned a global climate summit to occur on this...

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Alex "Solar Girl" Steele