Tag Archives: solar hot water for homes

Progress Energy, a Raleigh, NC-based utility, has completed a previously announced study showing that its residential customers could save $235 a year, or 63% of the water heating portion of their electric bill. The utility also offers commercial solar thermal … Continue reading →

In celebration of our 12 new SCRCC-approved OG-300 solar water heating systems, we decided to use Free Hot Water’s handy-dandy solar hot water cost calculator and find out which states provided the fastest payback time for residential solar water heating. … Continue reading →

I wish I had the exact answer to that question. All of the research regarding consumer attitudes toward solar is generally PV related, rather than solar hot water related. At the same time, solar hot water has some obvious challenges, … Continue reading →

Despite solar water heating being a 100 year, plus, solar technology, it still plays second fiddle to PV, which is more expensive and less efficient on a per watt basis. Better, more aggressive marketing, of course, is the solution to … Continue reading →