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What to Expect For An Average Monthly Electric Bill With Solar Panels
Electricity bills can be expensive, but the average monthly electric bill with solar panels saves you significant dollars month after month.
The Most Popular Backsheet Material for Solar Panels
Backsheets are a vital part of solar panels as they protect the solar cells from the elements. Knowing the most popular backsheet material for solar panels can help you make the best decision when purchasing solar PV modules Because the back of a solar panel serves an...
Sun Badger Solar helps Janesville Non-Profit Go Solar
Sustainability and cost savings coming to ECHO ECHO is a non-profit organization in Janesville, WI that serves area residents with a large food pantry, assistance for those experiencing homelessness, and other services like emergency rent assistance, transportation,...
How Big Are Solar Panels REALLY?
You’ve likely noticed solar panels on homes and businesses in your area, but how big are they really, and will they fit on your roof? What size are solar panels? Are they right for your home, and safe for your roof? These are all good questions when considering...
Solar For My Home
What to Expect For An Average Monthly Electric Bill With Solar Panels
Electricity bills can be expensive, but the average monthly electric bill with solar panels saves you significant dollars month after month.
How Big Are Solar Panels REALLY?
You’ve likely noticed solar panels on homes and businesses in your area, but how big are they really, and will they fit on your roof? What size are solar panels? Are they right for your home, and safe for your roof? These are all good questions when considering...
Selling a House with Solar Panels: Is It Easier?
There is a prevailing myth that selling a house with solar panels is difficult. The fact is that selling a home with solar panels may require some extra steps but may also increase the value of your home and how fast it sells.Selling your home with solar...
Solar Energy Referral Program: Refer Your Friends and Family to Sun Badger Solar
Do you have a solar energy system? You’re probably already telling your friends all about it. But did you know you could be earning thousands of dollars for that? Or maybe you don’t have solar yet, but want it, admire it, and can’t stop talking about...
Solar For My Business
Sun Badger Solar helps Janesville Non-Profit Go Solar
Sustainability and cost savings coming to ECHO ECHO is a non-profit organization in Janesville, WI that serves area residents with a large food pantry, assistance for those experiencing homelessness, and other services like emergency rent assistance, transportation,...
Tricklebee Café Makes News and Makes a Difference with Solar
We get excited about all of our solar system installs here at Sun Badger Solar. But every once in a while, we help a customer harness the power of solar energy and it creates a little buzz. A few weeks ago, we wrote about our non-profit customer, Tricklebee Café going...
Helping Non-Profits Go Solar
This week one of our not-for-profit clients, Tricklebee Café, a pay-what-you-can community café in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is going live with their new solar system. And it got us thinking about our extensive history to help non-profits go solar and become more...
4 Ways Solar Panels Benefit Your Business
4 Ways Solar Panels Benefit Your Business There's no doubt that solar panels generate enough electricity to run your business's electrical needs and they are good for the environment. However, are solar panels worth the investment? Sun Badger® Solar offers...
Products & Materials
The Most Popular Backsheet Material for Solar Panels
Backsheets are a vital part of solar panels as they protect the solar cells from the elements. Knowing the most popular backsheet material for solar panels can help you make the best decision when purchasing solar PV modules Because the back of a solar panel serves an...
How Big Are Solar Panels REALLY?
You’ve likely noticed solar panels on homes and businesses in your area, but how big are they really, and will they fit on your roof? What size are solar panels? Are they right for your home, and safe for your roof? These are all good questions when considering...
4 Ways Solar Panels Benefit Your Business
4 Ways Solar Panels Benefit Your Business There's no doubt that solar panels generate enough electricity to run your business's electrical needs and they are good for the environment. However, are solar panels worth the investment? Sun Badger® Solar offers...
How Sun Badger Helps to Alleviate Solar Supply Chain Concern
How Sun Badger Helps to Alleviate Solar Supply Chain Concern It’s no surprise that nearly every industry is experiencing supply chain issues right now and for the foreseeable future. It’s been all over the media and you can experience it for yourself at any car...
Solar & Weather
What to Expect For An Average Monthly Electric Bill With Solar Panels
Electricity bills can be expensive, but the average monthly electric bill with solar panels saves you significant dollars month after month.
The Advantages of the Enphase IQ8 Microinverter
Microinverters are inverters attached to one solar panel that converts DC power to AC power, which is the type we need for our homes and businesses. Sun Badger® Solar is a solar developer that serves Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Florida. We focus on offering...
Winter Solar Power Myths DEBUNKED
Many people are under the impression that solar panels don't work as well during the winter, whether it's the lack of sunlight or the shorter days. However, the fact of the matter is that's just not true! Solar panels not working as well during the winter is just one...
Power Grid Outages Related to Intensified Storms
Power Grid Outages Related to Intensified Storms It's no secret that power grids are vulnerable to the effects of natural disasters. According to data from ClimageCentral.org, in recent years, two-thirds of the U.S. experienced an increase in power outages caused by...
Solar Installation Process
Solar Panel Maintenance Tips
Here at Sun Badger Solar, our customers are regularly asking us what they can do to both maintain their solar panels and help improve the efficiency of their home solar system. Thankfully there's a lot that solar-owners can do to keep up their panels and ensure...
What Are Solar Panels Made Of? A Look At Solar Panel Materials
At Sun Badger Solar, it's our goal to provide our customers with the best possible solar panels. Solar panels can be manufactured in a number of ways and are constructed of quite a few different material options. Some materials are better than...
7 Things You Should Know Before Putting Solar Panels On Your Roof
Save yourself from making an expensive mistake!There are more than just a few things you should know before putting solar panels on your roof. Putting solar panels on your roof isn’t too complex of a task, but there is a fairly small margin for error which...
How Much Do Solar Panels Save On Energy? (And Are They Worth It?)
Solar panels come with massive benefits both in the money that they save homeowners and the sustainable green energy they produce. Many homeowners wonder how much solar panels will actually help you save on electricity use and cost. However,...
Solar Cost & Financing
What to Expect For An Average Monthly Electric Bill With Solar Panels
Electricity bills can be expensive, but the average monthly electric bill with solar panels saves you significant dollars month after month.
How Much Can Solar Save Me in 2022? Solar Savings Explained
There’s been plenty of buzz in recent years surrounding solar energy, and with good reason! Aside from the significant average saving with solar panels, solar energy is one of the cleanest energy sources available.Deciding to switch to solar energy will positively...
How Does a Solar Lease Work? The Pros and Cons of Leasing Solar Panels
How Does a Solar Lease Work? Pros and Cons of Leasing Solar You’ve likely noticed residential solar panels in your area, especially if you live in a sunny state. But do you know how a solar lease works? This lesser-known solar financing option is one worth exploring....
4 Solar Financing Options To Help You Make The Switch To Green Energy
Looking to go green but don't have the green to do it? That won't keep you from going solar on our watch. Solar panels and solar energy systems aren’t cheap, so taking a loan or financing them in any way you choose isn't a bad thing. Many consumers choose to finance....
Solar Incentives
What to Expect For An Average Monthly Electric Bill With Solar Panels
Electricity bills can be expensive, but the average monthly electric bill with solar panels saves you significant dollars month after month.
Solar Energy Referral Program: Refer Your Friends and Family to Sun Badger Solar
Do you have a solar energy system? You’re probably already telling your friends all about it. But did you know you could be earning thousands of dollars for that? Or maybe you don’t have solar yet, but want it, admire it, and can’t stop talking about...
How Much Can Solar Save Me in 2022? Solar Savings Explained
There’s been plenty of buzz in recent years surrounding solar energy, and with good reason! Aside from the significant average saving with solar panels, solar energy is one of the cleanest energy sources available.Deciding to switch to solar energy will positively...
The Inflation Reduction Act Passed: What That Means for Solar
Welcome to the IRA Deep Dive for Solar Geeks The news has been brimming with headlines like “The Senate just passed one of the biggest bills to fight climate change, ever”, “the boldest climate package in US history”, or this heavy-hitter, “Inflation Reduction Act...
Solar Batteries & Storage
How Big Are Solar Panels REALLY?
You’ve likely noticed solar panels on homes and businesses in your area, but how big are they really, and will they fit on your roof? What size are solar panels? Are they right for your home, and safe for your roof? These are all good questions when considering...
The Advantages of the Enphase IQ8 Microinverter
Microinverters are inverters attached to one solar panel that converts DC power to AC power, which is the type we need for our homes and businesses. Sun Badger® Solar is a solar developer that serves Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Florida. We focus on offering...
Solar Battery Bank: Best Options For Homeowners + How They Work
A solar battery bank will allow you to take your energy-savings and efficiency to the next level. A solar battery can even offer other benefits like having power when the sun isn’t shining or when the grid turns off due to a storm or other...
Understanding Off-Grid Solar: How Do Off-Grid Batteries Work?
Integrating solar panels into your home is a great way to save money, as well as reduce your carbon footprint. Today, we’re going to discuss one method for installing solar panels, called off-grid solar kits. In this post, we’ll be answering...
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