Harmon Solar receives Energy Star Award

In March of last year, Harmon Solar introduced a solar leasing program for residential customers. We partnered with SunCap Financial to offer our customers a zero-down, no maintenance lease on a photovoltaic system. This offers a viable option for those who want solar but don’t have the means to purchase a system. The leasing program has been extremely popular and a testament to its success, we received an “Energy Star” award from SunCap for selling more than 1 MW of solar in our first nine months of leasing. With a thorough understanding of the market and deep industry experience, SunCap … Read more

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Arizona Solar Power | Energy Independence | Energy Savings | Renewable Energy | Solar Energy Projects | Solar Leasing | Solar Panels | Solar Power


The Solar Debate: Buy or Lease?

This last year has seen a tremendous amount of change in the offers available from Arizona Solar Companies.  When utility incentives were at $3.00/Watt, customers were literally flocking to purchase their solar systems.  By doing so, consumers were able to take advantage of the utility incentives as well as the 30% Federal Tax credit and the $1,000.00 Arizona state tax credit.  Buying your solar system just plain made great economic sense.  In 2010, utility incentives started to decline and continue to do so as of this writing.  The interesting part of the solar financial formula, is that even with today’s … Read more

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Solana – A Giant Step towards Sustainable Energy in Arizona

Solana will be a 280-megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power plant with thermal energy storage that will generate enough electricity to service 70,000 homes. Read more

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Solar Energy Industry Report for Arizona

Arizona has gone from being entirely behind the eight ball to now being in the running for leadership status in the solar energy industry. Industry experts are actually hopefull that solar energy will become one of the state’s economic engines. Read more

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Should Private Companies Be Allowed to Sell Solar Energy?

I’m a big believer that expanding Arizona’s footprint in the solar arena is going to help diversify our economy and hopefully assist us the next time we face a downturn. Read more

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Federal Stimulus Money to Benefit Arizona…Sort of

The disheartening news is that three out-of-state companies were awarded the remainder of the $1.5 million, including a New York-based construction company enlisted for a solar panel installation project in Yuma. Read more

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New Incentives for Solar Companies

Arizona’s SB 1043 gives a variety of incentives to solar companies locating their headquarters or factories in our sunny state. Read more

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Solar Energy to Help Lead Arizona to Recovery

A variety of proposed programs will advance energy efficiency and renewable energy in Arizona, including solar energy projects. Read more

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Solar Industry Bill Advancing

In an effort to increase Arizona’s competitiveness in the solar manufacturing arena, early this week the State Senate passed a solar industry bill, 1403, to attract new industry to the state. Read more

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Solar Energy Companies Need Incentives to Come to Arizona

The positive side to this story is that Arizona is a prime target for solar energy companies looking for a home. Read more

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Arizona business incentives | Solar Energy Companies