Spottlight on the Sun

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A Sunny State of Mind

There’s plenty to marvel about when it comes to the sun from its enormous size, able to hold 1 million Earths to its near perfect sphere that continues to be a science spectacle. Did you know that the sun rotates on its axis about once every 26 days? It is 93 million miles away from the Earth; but it only takes eight minutes for its light to reach us.

Perhaps one of our favorite extraordinary facts about the sun is its generous offering of energy. The amount of sunlight that strikes the Earth’s surface in just an hour and a half is enough to handle the entire world's energy consumption for a full year. As June comes to an end and we’re all enjoying long sunny days we explore the power and strength of the sun.

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Harnessing the Sun's Power: Solar 101
Harnessing the Sun's Power: Solar 101

We’re all about making the world a better place. The summer sun reminds us to not only enjoy sunniness on the inside, but to enjoy the remarkable nature of the sun outside.

Considering Solar?
Considering Solar?

Solar power is a cost-effective decision as it drastically decreases your electric bills, even if your solar system doesn’t produce 100% of your consumed energy. Likewise, switching to solar can help prevent paying for rising energy costs and add value to your property.

Solar in Numbers
Solar in Numbers

What’s a megawatt hour? While a megawatt measures the power or capacity of an electric system, a megawatt-hour represents how much electricity is delivered through that system in an hour. For example, if a 1 megawatt solar array runs in the full sun for an hour, it will theoretically produce 1 megawatt-hour of electricity.

Between Wires: Electricity 101
Between Wires: Electricity 101

How exactly does your microwave run? Or, your hair dryer and your bedside lamp. Did you ever wonder how electricity is created and then gets from the wire to the device? We put our electrical engineers to the test to answer the question: “How does electricity work?”

A Solar Energy Case Study
A Solar Energy Case Study

The client’s operation now leverages an ecologically sound electric dredge powered by a large solar array.