Oct 13, 2016 | Palomar Solar
Do solar panels have to go on a South-facing roof? South and West facing roofs are ideal for solar. East facing roofs also benefit greatly from solar with a slight difference in energy production. When designing a system, Palomar Solar’s drafting team takes into...
Sep 29, 2016 | Palomar Solar
Palomar Solar was thrilled to partner with 600 KOGO for the 2016 MCAS Miramar Airshow. The Miramar air show is always a must see event in San Diego, but this year was especially important to us as it was our first year as a sponsor and also the 100th...
Aug 31, 2016 | Palomar Solar, Solar News
Every December homeowners call us wanting a guarantee of their solar system being installed by the end of the year, in order to take advantage of the 30% Federal solar tax credit. Many are shocked to hear that we are unable to guarantee we can complete the...
Jul 14, 2015 | Palomar Solar
Palomar Solar, under the leadership of Andy Anderson and Adam Rizzo, co-founders and owners, learned early on about the effectiveness of radio as a medium to increase awareness of their solar panel installation company. During the initial years of the five year old...
Nov 12, 2014 | Palomar Solar
I get asked this all the time (Adam Rizzo, one of the founding partners of Palomar Solar). Why does Palomar Solar prefer Enphase microinverters over central inverters in residential applications? We were just like most solar contractors when we started out. We started...
Jun 18, 2014 | Palomar Solar
Palomar Solar WAXIE Goes Solar Project WAXIE was looking for a local family owned solar company to complete a 1,260 solar panel project, and Palomar Solar was chosen. Overall the new solar panels should offset approximately 80% of their electricity. Check out the...
Dec 6, 2013 | Clean Energy, Palomar Solar, SDGE
My friend and I were sharing stories the other day. This story is hers: “As a long time Southern California resident, I never doubted my decision to go solar back in 2006. It’s hard to argue with positive cash flow from day one, but there are countless other times...
Dec 5, 2013 | Palomar Solar
An alliance of corporations and conservative activists is mobilising to penalise homeowners who install their own solar panels – casting them as “freeriders” – in a sweeping new offensive against renewable energy, the Guardian has learned. [*] Over the coming year,...
Dec 2, 2013 | Palomar Solar
It is true that solar-system owners are being compensated at a higher rate than wholesale energy suppliers, but the energy is being consumed on site. This reduces the stress on the power lines during peak load and can reduce the need to upgrade or add capacity to the...
Nov 27, 2013 | Palomar Solar, Solar News
530 megawatts (MW, as millions of watts) of electricity have been added to the United States energy grid in October. All of it came from the sun. That’s nearly 100 MW more than the previous quarter. Big and small solar projects are popping up across the nation....