White Lightning Axiom: Redux: Power, all the way to 11

Friday, January 21, 2005

Power, all the way to 11

John Atkinson has a recent New Energy Currents post up and I found something interesting over there. You can apparently buy solar panels at Costco now - I guess that means they've gone 'mainstream', no? The article has an interesting little quip too:

"The sales are potentially huge," said Taylor, who expects to add about 10 employees next year, including electrical engineers and technical manufacturing workers.

Consumers can buy the systems at Costco but must have it installed by a licensed professional to get state energy rebates, Taylor said.

California, Oregon and New Jersey, where PV Powered has most of its sales, offer some of the strongest incentives in the country, he added.

Costco will only choose certain demographics to offer the systems in a "road show" format, Taylor said.

Well, that is interesting. I wonder how these contractors get 'certified' and who is doing the certification. In any event, the company making these things is PV Powered.

# posted by mdmhvonpa @ 11:20 AM