We often get the question from customers, “What are the best solar panels for my home?” It depends on what you mean by best. In our experience at altE, for some customers “best” means highest efficiency per square foot,…
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No, they are not new product lines from Gillette® and Weight Watchers®. Peak Shaving and Load Shedding are power management strategies that can help optimize your grid tied solar system. Elon Musk recently talked about peak shaving in his PowerWall…
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Last fall, I decided to walk the off-grid walk. Our altE customers have applications that run the gamut, from grid-tied, to battery backup, to off-grid. To get some hands-on experience with the kinds of products altE customers use every day,…
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So you’re thinking about getting a grid-tied solar system installed on your house, but aren’t sure the best way to pay for it. Of course the good old saving your money and not buying until you can pay for it…
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We’ve all heard the excitement over Elon Musk’s Tesla Energy battery announcement. We thought we’d take a moment to try to help sort through the bits of information released. Additional pieces of information are slowly coming through, so we are…
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Recently altE Store’s resident Solar Queen, Amy Beaudet, was given the opportunity to speak with Victor Norman, a Broker/Owner at Acton Real Estate Co., LLC, on his local television program Insider Guide to Real Estate.
Solar installers and dealers were gathered at the largest event of its kind in the Northeast, February 24th though the 26th, at the 2015 altE Direct Installer and Dealer Conference. The 4th annual event, held at the Holiday Inn Boxborough,…
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With the recent string of cold and wintry weather, many people are thinking, “Oh great, more cold weather?! When is it going to be warm again?!” However, if you have an off grid system with batteries, you should be thinking,…
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Making your own cost-effective solar electricity is looking better all the time – especially here in New England! National Grid recently announced a 37% rate increase for their MA customers starting in November. Certainly, always the 1st step – even…
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I admit, I already run my home with the help of a nice 8.8kW grid tie solar electric system. But in the event the power goes out, so does my big, bad solar array. Having an all electric house makes…
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