May 23, 2024
As we approach 2024, the case for transitioning to commercial solar energy has never been stronger, especially for nonprofits and for-profit businesses. Most people think of cost savings, which is true. But embracing commercial solar power offers that plus a myriad of other benefits that extend well beyond direct dollars and cents. Let’s explore each… Read the entire post »
November 5, 2020
In our last financial blog we covered Power Purchase Agreements aka PPAs. PPAs are a good option for companies looking to install commercial solar panels when they wish to avoid taking out a loan or can’t make use of solar’s Federal Investment Tax Credit or depreciation tax benefit. But there are other options and depending… Read the entire post »
September 23, 2020
A key part of figuring out if solar is right for your business is deciding how you want to pay for it. In fact, it is often the hardest question to answer. That’s because there are a lot of options for financing commercial solar and some are complex and thus confusing. But we aim to… Read the entire post »
May 25, 2017
If you run a manufacturing operation and someone said you could power 80% of your manufacturing, warehousing, and administrative operations with energy you produced on-site, would you listen? If someone said, here’s an easy way to introduce a new revenue stream and increase your profits, and oh by the way, it’s green, would you sit up… Read the entire post »
October 28, 2016
Today, our CEO Jim Elkind joined state and local dignitaries, and leaders and students from the Perkins human service agency, to cut the ceremonial big red ribbon on the 115.8-kilowatt, 354-panel solar energy system we recently installed on the non-profit organization’s classroom building. The ribbon wasn’t actually on the solar. And the dignitaries weren’t actually on the… Read the entire post »
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… Read the entire post »
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… Read the entire post »
June 16, 2015
The more mainstream solar becomes, the more those with different agendas denounce this clean, cost-effective energy source. That’s to be expected from utilities and others resistant to change. But it really frustrates me when factions within the solar industry spread false information for their own gain. Recently, I read an article from a commercial solar… Read the entire post »
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