Maximizing Energy Production in the Year. When residential rooftop solar started, the goal was to produce as much solar energy as possible. In the early 2000s, a single 125 Watt solar panel cost $1,000, and the focus was on maximizing solar energy production during the year. A solar panel produces the highest amount of solar energy annually when mounted facing south* at a tilt equal to the latitude of the location where the solar array is installed. (*or north in the southern hemisphere)

As part two of our mini-series on Home Energy and Power Management, we are now looking at what is happening inside the home, shaping the all-electric future and driving YouSolar’s business.

Part of the YouSolar team spent the past two days in Phoenix, AZ, attending the Grid Edge Innovation Summit 2022. The conference has been a great opportunity to network, learn and discuss major trends and developments with industry peers. We were also thrilled to see that YouSolar’s PowerBloc® is the right product at the right time.

When I launched YouSolar a decade ago in the “Dark Ages of Solar”, defined as the two or three years after the collapse of the solar technology company Solyndra in 2011, I gave an elevator pitch to a venture capitalist. I do not think he listened to anything I said while he studied my business card. But after I was done, he looked up and said: “No one will invest in a company with the word ‘solar’ in its name.” My response was that that was crazy because solar energy will be the single most important energy source in this century.

Last week the New York Times reported on the Return of the Jaguar in Mexico, which is coming back in the Yucatán Peninsula thanks to conservation efforts. The Times reports that “in Mexico, an alliance of ecologists, nongovernmental organizations and local communities have embarked on an ambitious conservation project that has effectively pulled the species back from the brink — part of a broader mission to save the jungles of the Yucatán."