Posts tagged: Solar Energy

New Going Green Class on March 24 at RCCC

New Energy Saving Class at RCCC on Saturday, March 24 from 9-11 AM. Topics include Electric Cars, Charging Stations, Energy Audits, Hyper-Insulation, Solar Thermal, Solar PV, Biomass, Pellet heating, biomass and much more.

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Our Second Leaf

I picked up our second 2012 Nissan Leaf on Saturday, January 28.  It was definitely worth waiting for.  Kevin Murphy of Ben Mynatt Nissan on the right sold both Leafs. The first Cayenne Red 2012 went to my wife, Kat, and the Ocean Blue 2012 SL shown is my new baby.   It is absolutely [...]

Tuesday January 31st, 2012 in , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Welcome!

Welcome to Ken Clifton’s blog. This site is powered with the open-source WordPress blogging software connected to a MySQL v.5 database. If you are a student, you will be most interested in the “teaching” category content. Please feel free to explore the “About” and “Resume” links at the left.  We have Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) [...]

Saturday January 7th, 2012 in , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Story on Our Solar-Powered Nissan Leaf by the Center for the Environment

Story on our solar powered all-electric car by the Catawba Center for the Environment Campaign for Clean Air: http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/salisbury-family-powers-car-with-solar-rays.html

Wednesday December 28th, 2011 in , , , , , , , | No Comments »

NC Renewable Energy Certificates Available for Solar Set-Aside

I have NC Renewable Energy Certificates Available for Solar Set-Aside We have two Renewable Energy Facilities registered in the NC-RETS Renewable Energy Portfolio Tracking System.  Both facilities are located inside North Carolina and produce power from certified and calibrated metered systems.  I will consider selling solar PV and metered solar thermal RECS to North Carolina [...]

Wednesday December 28th, 2011 in , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Going Green via Solar with WordPress ™

I released a new plug-in for the very popular WordPress blogging and CMS system ! UPDATED: 11/24/2011 new version 3.01, features noted below. The plug-in retrieves solar production from the outstanding Enphase solar microinverter system. Features include: An Administration page to save the API key used to retrieve solar production, near real-time. A side-bar widget [...]

Saturday November 26th, 2011 in , , , | No Comments »

The First All-Electric Nissan in Rowan County

The first all electric production car in Rowan County for a regular family of four. The first charge was all powered by solar.

Saturday November 5th, 2011 in , , , , | 1 Comment »

Solar Presentation at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Giving another talk about my process of using solar energy to run our home at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on October 13, 2011 at 7PM in Salisbury NC.   Download the presentation here.

Wednesday October 12th, 2011 in , , , | No Comments »

Why Would A Solar Producer Go With NC GreenPower?

Perhaps someone can clear this up for me since I do Net-Metering… Why would a small solar producer go with NC GreenPower? From my understanding, with NC GreenPower you are required to have a second meter, with a monthly charge of around ($15 per month), then pay some administrative charges to the power company ($2-3 [...]

Sunday September 25th, 2011 in , , , | No Comments »

August Introductory Solar Classes

I will be teaching two introductory solar energy classes in August, 2011 at the RCCC North Campus in Salisbury, NC. Each class is 2 hours long.  To register for any of the following classes, please call continuing education registration at 704-216-3512 or 704-216-RCCC (7222) to register over the phone. Class information follows: Basics of Solar Electric [...]

Friday July 15th, 2011 in , , , , | 2 Comments »