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The solar panels spread haphazardly across the north side of this roof is an example of the unethical approach of some solar energy companies in McHenry and Lake Counties. When done right – sized, located and installed properly – a solar energy system is a great way...

All summer long, the solar panels on your Vernon Hills roof pumped out electricity as you scoffed at the utility company and its costly electric bills. But now, with winter setting in, they’ll have the last laugh of 2019. After all, solar panels don’t work in winter,...

Residential solar installations reached a record high of 712 megawatts in the third quarter of 2019 while overall solar photovoltaics installations reached 2.6 gigawatts in the U.S. during that period, according to a report from U.S. Solar Market Insight – Wood...

Since the panels with most solar energy systems are mounted on pitched roofs, the idea of clearing snow from your Antioch solar panels is generally not the best idea. How to get at the solar panels and accumulated snow is a risky business in the best of conditions....

Those people considering the installation of a solar energy system on their home or business may want to get busy and have the system installed now. Federal tax incentives are decreasing and, for residential purposes, going away completely. Federal solar tax credits,...

There’s never a bad time to have a solar energy system on the roof of your Antioch home. If the solar panels are up there, they’re soaking in the sunlight and turning it into energy. Correspondingly, they’re casting a protective shield over your wallet. One of the...

You’re preparing to put a solar energy system on your home’s roof, or maybe you already have solar panels up there, and you’re thinking of adding a battery backup system, too. This way you can really ‘stick it to the man’ – the utility companies that relentlessly...

Act before year’s end to maximize federal tax incentives The pandemic will end. It may not seem like it right now but, trust me, it will. When the coronavirus is past us, we will get back to normal. Imagine if your new, post-COVID normal included solar energy panels...

When you go into an auto dealership, you’ll never hear a car salesman say ‘NO!’ when you pick out the car you want to buy. If you want one of their cars, and you have the financial wherewithal to make the purchase, they’ll get the paperwork ready in a hurry before you...