October 17, 2016
New England Clean Energy’s Solar Engineer Kevin Gebo, and Alpha Rho President David Tall, recently led a tour of Alpha Rho in Fitchburg, Mass., for students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The students are members of the WPI chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB). The group toured the rooftop and indoor components of Alpha […]
October 7, 2016
Solar Reviews — the largest consumer-generated solar reviews website in the U.S.– puts New England Clean Energy at the top of a new list highlighting the Most Reviewed and Best Rated Solar Installers for Massachusetts. This may be the only list out there that takes quantity of reviews into account, as well as quality or rating. […]
September 12, 2016
One of our Hudson, MA customers sat down for a Q&A session on his solar, two years after turning on his system. Mike (pictured here with his wife, Nancy), has a 10,695-watt system that went live in July 2014. New England Clean Energy: Why did you decide to install solar on your property? Mike: I was initially […]
August 31, 2016
This post is simply a bunch of fun photos of New England Clean Energy signs installed this week. First is a sign on Main Street in Lancaster, MA, where we are installing a 354-panel system for Perkins, a non-profit agency helping children, adolescents, adults and senior citizens. Second is a new sign on the exterior […]
August 23, 2016
New England Clean Energy has started construction of a 115.8-kilowatt solar energy system at Perkins in Lancaster, Mass. Perkins is a human service agency for children, adolescents and senior citizens. We’re installing the system on the roof of the Perkins’ classroom building, and it should produce about 25 percent of the building’s electricity. The financial […]
August 10, 2016
I don’t brag about our accomplishments very much or very often. But recently, New England Clean Energy was ranked the third largest rooftop solar installer (based on kilowatts installed) in New England on Solar Power World‘s annual list of the Top 100 Rooftop Contractors, and 63rd among rooftop contractors in North America. More important than the […]
July 21, 2016
Click here for a short time lapse video of this installation. Cutting the ribbon on a birthday present is fun. Cutting the ribbon on a 745-panel solar energy system is mind-boggling, financially beneficial, and really fun. That’s what New England Clean Energy customer David Tall — president of Alpha Rho — did this morning on […]
November 13, 2015
“Do you sell solar panels made in America? I really want to buy American.” I hear this a lot from people considering going solar. I don’t mind the question at all. I support buying American, too. (Even more, I support buying local, but that’s another blog article.) It’s not that easy to buy a solar […]
October 30, 2015
I love helping people help the planet with solar. So it dismays me to see sub-par installation work that could ultimately give the solar industry a black eye. Homeowners can’t be expected to know what qualifies as a good vs. a bad installation. Recently, one of my employees pointed out this installation to a friend […]
September 24, 2015
On December 13, 2012, I published my original “Tree Math” article here on The Energy Miser. Nearly three years later, it continues to be our most visited blog post. But much of the source data for my original analysis has since disappeared from the “Inter-Tubes”. So, allow me to present “Tree Math 2” with updated […]
