Welcome to the blog – how I got started

January 28, 2004 by
Filed under: Solar Energy 

Hello, world.

This blog is intended to log my journey purchasing and installing roof-top solar cells for my house in Hamilton, NJ.
I’ve been intrigued by solar electricity for a long time, but it’s always been too expensive. However, right now New Jersey has some amazing state rebates that reduce the cost to reasonable levels. Also, it’s just really cool to be able to generate your own electricity.
This summer, the Northeast and parts of Ohio suffered a major blackout. That pointed out to me how frail the electric infrastructure is, and pushed me to look at alternatives (generator, fuel cell, etc). As you’ll see below, we didn’t choose anything that backs up the utility system, but this is what pushed me in this direction.

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