Are High-Power Home Solar + Battery Systems A Game-Changer? With Arnold Leitner, CEO Of YouSolar Inc.
Welcome back, Solar Warriors. Welcome to a special holiday version of SunCast. Happy Thanksgiving to those of you faithful who listen on the day that episodes are produced. My dear friend Arnold Leitner, an entrepreneur and pioneer in his own right, founded a company called SkyFuel that, as I was kicking
Customer Interview with Lee Klinger, Ph.D., Arborist, Big Sur, CA
Lee Klinger, Ph.D., is an arborist specializing in forest restoration. Lee lives in an off-grid house on California’s Big Sur coast. YouSolar sat down with Lee and asked him about his experience with the PowerBloc™ solar+battery systems.
Meet SPOT™. YouSolar’s Global Real Time Solar Irradiance with Terrain Shading
YouSolar has developed its own historical and real-time solar irradiance data service, SPOT™, that has global coverage and includes terrain shading. SPOT™ accesses historical and real-time meteorological and terrain data from international satellites to create a location-specific historical data set and real-time forecast.
A 16kW Inverter, the Size of a Shoe Box
2 October 2019- YouSolar is introducing the FORCE™, a 16 kilowatt (kW) inverter with peak power of 32 kW that fits inside a shoebox! The FORCE™ Inverter is a high-power grid-forming inverter with a 2 x peak capacity that allows it to start motors, such as in air conditioners, water pumps, or refrigerators. The FORCE™ is the first all-silicon carbide grid-forming inverter and super efficient. The FORCE™ is also
Big Sur Solar + Battery + Generator Nano-Grid
22 September 2019 - YouSolar installed a PowerBloc™ solar+batterynano-grid at an off-grid house located on one of the most spectacular sections of the Big Sur Coast, California. The home is perched on a bluff between Highway 1 and the ocean with breathtaking views. The house is part of a small cluster of houses, all of which have no utility power. The primary energy source is solar, but a small propane-powered generator seamlessly integrates for complete reliability. The system is fully automated. YouSolar delivered the system as a turn-key solution.
GreenSchool Bali Expands Solar Array
11 March 2018. YouSolar is helping the GreenSchool Bali to expand its solar array which will make the school even greener. Last year, YouSolar and its partners donated a 6 kW solar array to the GreenSchool. The implementation of the project was.
YouSolar Becomes National Finalist at CleanTech Open
28 January 2019 - YouSolar became a National Finalist of the 2018 CleanTech Open (CTO) accelerator. Since 2005 the Cleantech Open has trained over 1200 early-stage clean technology startup entrepreneurs through its annual business accelerator.
YouSolar Closes 1st Round of Series A Financing
12 December 2018 - YouSolar closes its first round of a Series A financing. The diligence on the round was led by the MIT Angels of Northern California.
YouSolar at Plug-and-Play Indonesia
16 October 2018 - YouSolar participated in the Plug-and-Play Technology Center accelerator in Jakarta, Indonesia.