This BBC article discusses how the not only this initiative will provide jobs, but it will provide energy from the sun to power over 70,000 homes WHILE cutting carbon dioxide emissions.

Good news!

If you’re thinking solar, or renewable energy, be sure to give us a call at (239) 574-1500, or visit our Web Site at: www.FafcoSolar.com.

Enjoy!

- Dan

…saving a LOT of money on your electric bill, then you’ll probably be very interested to hear about Hybrid Solar Air Conditioning .

Recently, John & Dominic, stopped by Fox4’s Morning Blend, and talked about our Hybrid Solar Air Conditioning product, be sure to watch the video above to learn more.

Our Hybrid Solar Air Conditioning system uses a roof mounted solar thermal collector panel to assist a high-efficiency compressor. By using the power of the sun, we can significantly reduce your electrical consumption.

Benefits:

• Reduce your electricity consumption
• Efficiently cool your home
• Enjoy the comfort of air conditioning at a lower cost

Different than solar electric systems, which produce electricity, hybrid solar air conditioning systems use evacuated tubes to heat a transfer fluid in the solar collector. This fluid superheats an environmentally friendly refrigerant to make the cooling process more efficient. The hybrid solar air conditioner reduces the amount of electricity required to cool your home.

Learn more about How Hybrid Solar Air Conditioning Works, or give us a call at (239) 574-1500.

Currently, our Hybrid Solar Air Conditioning product is available in most of Southwest Florida.   Call us at (239) 574-1500 if you want to assure it’s available for you.

- Dan

Buying Eight Track Tapes in an IPad World” is a special blog series written by Melissa Upton, of our team here at Fafco Solar, reviewing four arguments against drilling for oil off of the coast of Florida.

…expensive way to produce energy – investing in clean energy would create four times as many jobs as investing the same amount of money in oil.

We need energy efficiency coupled with new, advanced, sophisticated, clean renewable energy technologies such as solar energy.

What we can do is thank Florida Senators Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson for their continued strong opposition to drilling and spilling oil on America’s best beaches, drilling that would ruin our state’s number one economic resource: our beach sand.

People in other states can help by getting their Senators to take Florida drilling out of the Senate’s energy bill.

Renewable energy technology works extremely well in an iPad world!

- Melissa

“Buying Eight Track Tapes in an IPad World” is a special blog series written by Melissa Upton, of our team here at Fafco Solar, reviewing four arguments against drilling for oil off of the coast of Florida.

Nearly every hurricane in recent memory has caused some type of oil spillage.

Does it make any sense to put rigs near Florida, a major “Hurricane Zone”?
Don’t we have enough to worry about when we get struck by a storm?

Case in point…Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005, destroying 115 oil platforms, significantly damaging 52 more and setting adrift 19.

More than 7 million gallons of petroleum products spilled, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. When you consider the onshore spills into that estimate, then the combined total spillage is over 9 million gallons, as estimated by the Department of Homeland Security.

According to the oil industry’s own assessment, Hurricane Ivan caused oil pipelines to fail in the mud slide areas off the mouth of the Mississippi River, which would “take a significant effort to locate and repair.” Hurricane Ivan also destroyed a number of production platforms in the U.S. Gulf.

Hurricane Hugo, in 1989 caused damage to a refinery which led to a significant oil spill.

Hurricane Andrew damaged or destroyed nearly 300 manned and unmanned platforms due to the combined effects of wind and waves.

When Hurricane Floyd wreaked havoc on the East Coast from the Carolinas to New York City, the US Coast Guard coordinated responses to the various disasters left in its wake – including an oil spill. The United States Coast Guard is the “first responder” when an oil spill endangers our environment.

Here in Florida, the Coast Guard is busy enough protecting our citizens and visitors from illegal activity. Why should we compromise the safety and security of our own state for the oil industry?

- Melissa

…Spain used a solar distiller to break down sea water into drinking water, and the thought came to me:

“Can Solar Energy Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill?”

There’s a section in the article “Purifying Water, with the Sun” (feel free to read the article here), that talks about how pesticides and other contaminants are made contaminant free after a reaction initiated by UV, and pinch of titanium dioxide.

Then the water is shipped off to a desalination plant that extracts the sea salt from the water, helping Spain assure it’s thirsty population has plenty of water.

Basically, the water condenses and is collected, leaving behind the salt…

What if we put together distiller barges that did something very similar, except leaving the oil behind (on those barges)?

What do you think?

- Dan

PS – If you’d like to learn about how my company, Fafco Solar, can help you tap the power of the sun, be sure to visit our Web Site at: www.FafcoSolar.com.

…to our product offerings!

What is Zep?

The Zep system eliminates costly and cumberson aluminum rakcs by integrating the rails WITH the solar modules.   It also provides the most reliable electrical grounding system WITHOUT separate grounding wires.

Zep is simpler, easier, and cleaner – the best part?  It’s less expensive, too!

What does this mean for you?

• Dramatically shorter installation times on our solar panels,
• Elimination of mounting rails and clip hardware,
• Elimination of separate grounding hardware,
• Ultra-reliable hyper-bonded grounding matrix,
• Ultra low part counts – 3 parts for the entire array,
• Enhanced aestetics – low-profile, straight and level!

Learn more about Zep on our Web Site, or by giving us a call at (239) 574-1500.

- Dan

…our new Hybrid Solar Air Conditioning product (see video above).

You can learn more about our Solar Air Conditioning solution, along with all of our Solar & Renewable Energy solutions on our Web Site.

If you have any questions, contact us, or give us a call at (239) 574-1500.

Enjoy!

Dan

..about using our Hybrid Solar Air Conditioning product.

They excitedly talk about using Solar Energy to cool their Dental Office, reducing their electric consumption (as well as their demand on fossil fuels), while harnessing the power of the sun to help them succeed.

A great story, indeed!

Enjoy,

- Dan

PS – Our solar air conditioning solution is available in Charlotte, Collier, Sanibel Island, and Cape Coral at this point — very shortly, we’ll have approval in Lee County & the City of Fort Myers as well.

Learn more by visiting our Web Site at: www.FafcoSolar.com, or by giving us a call at (239) 574-1500.

www.toptenusa.org.

Their mission is to help residential and commercial users find and purchase the most energy efficient products in the U.S. marketplace.

TopTen is part of a global effort, first launched in Europe (www.topten.info) to accelerate world-wide competition among manufacturers to save energy and stabilize the climate.

Sounds like a good idea to me!

- Dan

…that was held at the Koreshan State Historic Site in Estero, Florida.

The event was co-sponsored by the Sierra Club Calusa Group & The Happehatchee Center.

It was a great event, the weather was beautiful, and there were speakers there and bands playing all day.

We supplied our very own power (from the sun!) via our Mobile Photovoltaic (PV) trailer!

At the event, most were involved in exalting and celebrating the earth.  The band mentioned several times that the sound stage was being powered by Fafco Solar’s mobile trailer – it’s amazing that our small array could handle the entire stage!

The crowd seemed very intrigued by that.

If you’re interested in learning more about the Mobile Photovoltaic (PV) Trailer be sure to contact us, or give us a call at (239) 574-1500.

Here are some more photos from the event: