People are getting interested in solar. They are interested in producing their own energy, reducing the energy bill, and taking another step in reclaiming self-sustainability. According to a 2015 article in Fortune, the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) reported, “[m]ore solar panels were installed on U.S. home rooftops in the first quarter of [the] year than ever…
Category: Affordability
Many jobs along the Grand Strand are seasonal with unemployment fluctuating as much as 4 percent between January and June. Those who work seasonal jobs must save earnings over the tourist season in order to support the household through the winter. Unfortunately, energy bills are at their highest in the winter months when unemployment is…
The reality is chasing sunlight to get work finished and not having electricity consistently available is not out of the norm for the rest of the world. 17 percent of the world’s population currently lives without electricity. That is almost unimaginable for the majority of Americans because, as a nation, the U.S. uses 25 percent of…
1.2 billion people,17 percent of the global population, in the world presently live without electricity. In developing nations where incomes are low and jobs are difficult to find, there tends to be lower education achievement. A large part of has to do with lack of electricity; when the sun goes down, the books have to close. There are…
The reality is that chasing sunlight to get work finished, and not having electricity consistently available, is not out of the norm for the rest of the world. Seventeen percent of the world’s population currently lives without electricity. South Carolina ranks 19 out of the 50 states in greatest energy consumption and is the number one…
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