What is SolarPowerRocks.com?
Our environment is in trouble. So is our economy. We’re here to help.
While some of the brightest minds have created innovative technologies to help us overcome our pollution and reliance on imported non-renewable resources, we face an enormous challenge - implementation. Dave has learned from selling solar energy systems that the primary motivation to purchase a solar system is financial - not environmental. Dan has learned from his graduate studies in industrial psychology that ignoring primary motivators is a serious mistake.
Therefore, we created SolarPowerRocks.com knowing that to get people excited enough to install solar across the country, they would have to be able to access the long-term financial benefits of solar energy in a simple and easy to understand manner. We noticed a lack in the accuracy and availability of state-specific, financial fundamentals of going solar and reasoned that many of those who were interested may likely have given up or were frustrated by the task of seeking this information out, and the whole world loses.
We have compiled the local subsidies for solar by state, in a very palatable and solar specific format (we found that many solar seekers were frustrated sifting through dozens of subsidies on the web to find the ones that really matter). We also provide easy to understand financial models of what a solar installation might do for that person. It’s working too! We forward handfuls of people a day to our trusted network of installers and we know some of those people go solar.
Our Mission
We are doing our damndest to change the perceptions of legislators, decisionmakers, homeowners, and business-owners alike to get more solar technology on roofs. Our activities include educating our readers about their local subsidies and solar related legislation, as well as connecting them to solar installers in their areas to make their dream of renewable energy a reality. Specifically, we synthesize solar data, maintain an updated state-by-state solar incentive resource with validated cost-impact analyses, and we champion solar legislation and technology around the world. We also provide a valuable service to home and business owners by forging relationships with installers around the country so they receive multiple perspectives on the advantages of going solar.
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