Solar Update: May 2008
Taking off to Rome tomorrow morning. I think I have everything I need except for the conversion plug for Italy - will probably have to...
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Sichuan Earthquake: Reflections on the Week
I think I have finally recovered from an extremely hectic, albeit interesting, week. Often times, during the latter part of a busy work week, I...
Stark’s Solar Initiative: Initial Results Are In
After a slew of analysis on the projected return-on-investment of our solar panel project, the results are finally in for the first complete month of...
Junk Mail, Be Gone
Clint and I get an endless stream of mail order catalogues. Over the years, I have been guilty of signing up or innocently added after…
Loreto Selected #1 Place to Invest in Mexico
Calling growth in Loreto a “cinderella story of sorts”, NuWire Investor has ranked Loreto as the number one place to invest in Mexico. Rounding out…
Solar Update: April 2008
What kind of Type A person would I be without the proverbial self-induced deadlines and tasks? This is only the third month that I have...
Date Night at the Viking Cooking School
A while back, Clint and I attended our first ever Viking cooking class in Walnut Creek. We had such a great time at it that...
In Review: Horizon Energy Systems
Rick Niemi from Horizon Energy Systems dropped by last Friday to hand over product manuals and to get final signoff on our solar system project....
Solar Industry Heats Up First Part of ’08
Although the economy is in a downturn triggered by the mortgage crisis, solar, on the other hand, was on an upswing in Q1 2008. SunPower...
Solar Update: March 2008
This is the second month since we installed our Sunpower solar energy system. We got the system hooked up mid February. PG&E this month came...