Thought on this approach? [RE-wrenches]

[Michael Welch]

Hi Gang. I'm singing a slightly different tune. Still "vaporware," but...

They apparently ARE working quite hard on developing an inverter. They even have hired some folks that many of us know, to work on the engineering. (Rob Wills is one, a long-time solar bozo that I greatly respect. Part of Rob's career was with Advanced Energy, the inverter manufacturer that got absorbed by Beacon. I remember when Rob showed up at a SEER fair in Willits with the first MPPT controller I'd heard of, all breadboarded out.)

But most important, notice the citizenre concept of installing RE systems and financing them based on utility savings. This may very well be the way that all of you will be marketing RE systems some day soon. I do not think this is something that can be ignored, and I hear is already having some success with 30+ KW systems ( http://www.sunedison.com ). 

Mark Frye wrote at 08:16 PM 12/13/2006:
 

>Tom,
>
>See Michael's reply to my post earlier. They have postings on Craigslist 
>and Findsolar. To summerize, it's a scam of some sort.  I haven't figure 
>it out but they give me the creeps.  It feels like a cross between 
>Amway, EST and the mofia.  Be careful.
>
>
>MPF
>
>Tom Elliot wrote:
>> 
>> Well, this ought to be interesting.  A sales person for this website 
>> http://renu.citizenre.com/index.php showed up in an online community I 
>> belong to and is really pushing this stuff.
>> 
>> I'd love to know what "micro-inverter" they are using to harvest power 
>> from 
>> their panels, what the "Advanced Hybrid Controller" is and just how the 
>> heck 
>> they think they are going to get local installers all lined up to 
>> install 
>> and maintain this stuff.
>> 
>> Tom 
>> 
>> 
>
>
>
>Berkeley Solar Electric Systems
>
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