Date: Saturday, September 23, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Location: 102 Barton Drive, Sudbury. Has your electric load and consumption increased since your solar PV system was installed? Are you thinking about adding heat pumps or an electric vehicle? Come to this open house: the details of an added or expanded system will be discussed. The … Continue reading Solarize Open House: Saturday, 9/23, Sudbury

This is Kaat again. Our solar PV system came online in 2011 (you can read more about that here). We had purposely left the shadiest part of our roof for solar hot water (SHW). That system was put on in 2013, when our  old water storage tank (plugged into our oil-furnace) broke. We knew we wanted … Continue reading Profile: A Solar Hot Water System in Wayland

On August 19, two Wayland homeowners opened their houses to show interested visitors their clean energy systems: both show solar PV arrays, and one shared the ins and outs of  their Solar Hot Water system. We thank  them as well as their visitors! Next week it's Lincoln's turn. On August 27th, these will be the open  houses … Continue reading Thanks to All who opened and visited Solar Open Houses – and More to Come in Lincoln on 9/27

Wayland's tour is on August 19th  Solar PV and Solar Hot Water. From 1-3 PM, the host will show both her 5 kW solar PV array and two collector Solar Hot Water array with oil furnace backup. She will also show how she charges her LEAF plug-in. 13 Rice Spring Lane in the Happy Hollow … Continue reading Solar Open Houses in Wayland and Lincoln

A shady spot, some snacks, good music, a thin brush and a pot of paint. Signage, coming up!

Hello, it's Kaat, the Wayland Solar Coach. My husband and I have both solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar hot water (SHW) on our roof.  I'll share some details about the PV system here. More about the SHW here. We turned on our PV array in August 2011. You can follow the production of this array in … Continue reading Profile: Solar PV in Wayland