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Get off the Grid

By A1A Solar/on June 26, 2020/in battery, Solar in Jacksonville, Solar Policy, Tech, Tesla, Uncategorized, Why A1A Solar? / No Comments

Solar plus storage is smart Under Florida law, privately owned utilities are required to “net-meter.” This means that they pay solar customers for excess electricity essentially the same rate that they charge them. JEA, Jacksonville’s largest utility provider, is not privately owned, and they changed their net-metering policy effective April 1, 2018. Honest solar salespeople […]

Concerned About Power Outages?

By A1A Solar/on June 3, 2020/in Tech, Why A1A Solar?/ tags hurricane, lightning, outage, powerwall, tesla / No Comments

As we head into hurricane season, power outages become a concern. Power outages can be caused by many circumstances. An outage, or “blackout,” occurs when something interrupts the flow of electricity to the end-user, and an outage can affect a few homes or an entire city —sometimes lasting for days. Here are some of the […]

Are You Prepared?

By A1A Solar/on May 27, 2020/in Tech, Uncategorized, Why A1A Solar?/ tags battery, grid down, tesla / No Comments

When the Grid Goes Down… Are You Prepared? The world these days is a scary place. Global pandemic, potential nuclear conflicts with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, wildfires in California and Australia, and talk of civil unrest in the wake of upcoming elections are in the news every day. On top of that, here […]

The essential parts of a solar energy system

By Jacob McKimm/on May 31, 2018/in How To, Tech/ tags how to / No Comments

Discover what equipment makes a solar power setup work To someone unfamiliar with a solar energy system, it seems to consist only of solar panels mounted on a roof or a ground-based device. However, there’s a lot more going under the hood of a solar energy system. A solar energy system consists of the panels, […]

What do we want? SOLAR ROOFS! When do we want them? NOW!

By Shellie Thies/on November 26, 2016/in Solar in Jacksonville, Solar News, Tech/ tags powerwall 2.0 jacksonville, solar shingles, solar shingles in jacksonville / No Comments

Last month, Tesla shareholders approved the two-billion dollar acquisition of Solar City, the nation’s largest player in the solar industry. Solar City will now operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tesla. Following this acquisition, visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk rolled out two tantalizing surprises: Solar roofs, and the new Powerwall 2.0. What does this mean for […]

So how much does it cost? Pitfalls of online solar calculators.

By Shellie Thies/on July 13, 2016/in Solar in Jacksonville, Tech / No Comments

Solar power is experiencing tremendous growth in Northeast Florida, and A1A Solar recently earned one of the top spots on Jacksonville Business Journal’s list of the fifty fastest growing companies in the city. The surge of interest in rooftop solar over recent years has given rise to a bewildering variety of online solar calculators. How […]