VP Rick Gilbert featured in Solar Power World podcast

Posted by Solar Source on Mar 5, 2013

Solar Source Vice President Rick Gilbert is one of the top five podcast interviews featured on Solar Power World

Topics: News, Solar Blog, solar electricity, solar power blog, solar training

MIA Green was awesome!

Posted by Solar Source on Feb 4, 2013

Vice President Rick Gilbert speaking to MIA Green audience.

Topics: Green Expo, MIA Green, Miami, News, Solar Blog, solar power

Lease The Sun

Posted by Solar Source on Sep 24, 2012

Source: www.thegreenminer.com

I attended the Solar Power International conference in Orlando a couple of weeks ago and learned something interesting about the roof of the building where the conference occurred.

The Orange County Convention Center in Orlando is the second largest such facility in the US. My sore feet will attest to that fact after walking many miles through the exhibits. The roof of the Center is the surface for a big solar panel array. The capacity of this solar farm in downtown Orlando is almost 1.1 Megawatts.

James Doyle is a senior project manager for Solar Source, the Largo, Florida based company that designed and installed that solar power system in 2009. According to Mr. Doyle, the Orange County Convention Center’s average power bill is about $1 million a month. That’s a lot of electrons.

The solar panels on the roof save the Center between 10% - 12% of that power bill, month in, month out. It’s an impressive savings. But even more impressive is how much the economics for solar systems have improved since that system was installed.

Topics: News, Solar Source in the News

Solar Source Installs 3.06 kW Solar Photovoltaic System for St. Pete City Council Member Karl Nurse

Posted by Solar Source on Aug 14, 2012

solar-powered home of Karl Nurse in St. Petersburg Florida

The St. Petersburg home of City Council Member Karl Nurse is powered by 12 solar panels installed by Solar Source

Topics: home power, Karl Nurse, News, Press Releases, PV panel, residential, solar power

Habitat for Humanity installs solar water heaters in Clearwater homes

Posted by Solar Source on May 2, 2012

04/23/12 Olivia Kabat

Some homes that are being built in Clearwater for Habitat for Humanity will be getting solar hot water systems. The installations are provided for families in need.

The solar contractor, Solar Source, is installing 15 solar hot water systems to Habitat for Humanity in Pinellas County. Jeremiah Rohr, lead instructor for Solar Source says the installations are an energy-efficient way to reduce 85% of water heating costs.

Topics: News, Solar Source in the News

Clearwater's Habitat for Humanity homes harness solar energy to heat water

Posted by Solar Source on Apr 13, 2012

By Theodora Aggeles, Times Correspondent
In Print: Wednesday, April 11, 2012

CLEARWATER — Anyone who remembers Homer Villas, a public housing complex off N Betty Lane, wouldn't recognize the area now. It's now the Stevens Creek subdivision, a neighborhood of colorful single-family Habitat for Humanity homes.

Now those homes are starting to harness the energy of the sun.

Topics: News, Solar Source in the News

Green Jobs in Florida

Posted by Solar Source on Nov 18, 2009

West Ocala Green Jobs Coalition Pilot Project:

Topics: News

Nuclear Power: A Resurgence We Can’t Afford

Posted by Solar Source on Nov 12, 2009

Nuclear power could play a role in reducing global warming emissions because reactors emit almost no carbon while they operate and can have low life-cycle emissions. Click here to read more.

Topics: News