What are Microgrids and How Will They Influence the Future of Energy?

Aloha, and welcome back! Lately weโ€™ve been thinking a lot about the awesome potential of clean energy delivery systems (OK OKโ€ฆweโ€™re always thinking about that, but even still), and thought the time was right to share with you the exciting and ongoing developments of microgrid technology and how they can help to lead us towards…

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The Cost of Electricity on Maui is a Hair-Raising Proposition

So maybe youโ€™ve been looking to finally make the switch to solar power, or have just been curious about how much power it takes to run the average home here on Maui. Itโ€™s a good question to ask, particularly when we consider that Hawaii has some of the highest costs for energy in the nation,…

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A New EV Frontier: The Ford F-150 Lightning

Aloha! As always, itโ€™s an extremely exciting time in the world of renewable energy: recently, Ford officially announced the F-150 Lightning, one of the worldโ€™s first commercially available, electric-based pickup trucks on the market. The Lightning will sport a range of up to three hundred miles per charge, along with 10,000 pounds of total towing…

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How Energy Efficiency is Shaping Our Lives

Back in the 1950s, the โ€˜Home of Tomorrowโ€™ was imagined to come complete with flying cars and talking robots who would attend to our every domestic need. Although weโ€™re not quite there yet, thereโ€™s much else about the future of our homes and neighborhoods that has come to fruition, particularly around the ideals of clean…

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Living Off The Grid: Is It Right For You?

The ideals of energy independence have been well-established for centuries now, reflecting our innate desire for the beauty and preservation of nature and our own inherent, personal freedoms.ย  Henry David Thoreau helped to advance the ideas of independent living and self-sustainability in the mid-1800s with the publication of Walden, his treatise on transcendental living in…

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Getting the Scoop on Electric-Based Vehicles

Youโ€™ve heard a lot about them, probably seen them on the streets, and spotted those brand new charging stations popping up around Maui and Molokaโ€™iโ€ฆbut are you truly in the know about electric-powered cars and what exactly they do? Electric Vehicles (EVs) are vehicles that utilize one or more electric motors for their movement, utilizing…

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A Brief Guide to Understanding Solar Power

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Human beings have relied upon the power of the sun since the dawn of mankind, benefitting from its energy to help grow our food and to sustain us with oxygen from photosynthesis. In specific, the earliest recorded examples of harnessing solar energy for a specific task stretches back to the 7th Century BC, in which…

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Our Super-Duper Tips and Tricks to Get the Most Out of Your Solar Energy System: Donโ€™t Miss Out!

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Hello and welcome back! If youโ€™ve chosen to live that solar life, then youโ€™re already made one of the most critical and beneficial decisions possible towards keeping more green in our environment and in your wallet. However, that doesnโ€™t mean that your brand-spanking-new PV solar system doesnโ€™t require some optimization and forethought in order to…

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WikiWiki and SunPower Technology: A Match Made in Lani

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Aloha! I kฤ“ia lฤ, weโ€™d like to share a bit about the SunPower Corporation and their innovative Maxeonโ„ข Solar Cell technology, which has been helping to lead the way towards solar-based energy solutions in the United States and all across the globe. WikiWiki Solar and Energy is proud to be a SunPower Certified Elite dealer,…

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