Residential Solar Service

Residential Solar Service

Solar is the cleanest and most sustainable form of energy on Earth, producing no emissions and requiring little or no maintenance. It is also an excellent financial investment.

An expertly installed solar system can generate all of the electricity needed to power your home. Green Apple Energy systems add value to your home while protecting you from rising energy costs. Solar simultaneously allows you to control your electric bill and your impact on the environment.

We are  providing a true turnkey solar experience utilizing in-house experts to design the best system to fit your energy  needs. We use only the best of brand products to deliver custom PV solutions that optimize return on investment and aesthetic appeal.

Residential Solar Installations

Green Apple Energy is a leader in the design and installation of residential photovoltaic power systems. We are a turnkey solar integrator delivering a wide range of services from initial homeowner consultation through final construction completion and beyond.

Our integrity, dedication to client satisfaction, and experienced teams set us apart from our competitors. When working with Green Apple Energy you can be sure that we deliver what we promise,on time and on budget.

Analysis and consultation

Our knowledgeable Energy Consultants conduct a detailed energy usage analysis and a free site evaluation of your home in order to determine which systems are optimal. Our solar experts will listen to your specific objectives and help you understand your choices and the technologies available. Our objective is to help you realize your goals, by working together to ensure your aesthetic and budgetary concerns are addressed, while delivering production performance and reliability.

Residential Solar Design and Permitting

Our team of North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioner (NABCEP) designers will design a system that complies with the National Electric Code and abides by local jurisdiction regulations. You will have the final approval of the solar system design prior to our submittal for permitting. Green Apple Energy has direct relationships with top solar product manufacturers worldwide and only premium products will be used in the construction of your solar system. Green Apple Energy delivers technical expertise and attention to detail. As a premier professional solar contractor, we take care of every last project detail to optimize the performance and aesthetics of your solar system.

Solar Installation and interconnection

Green Apple Energy takes great pride in every system we build. Installation dates are coordinated with the client and project timelines are clearly communicated. Our professional crews arrive each day on time, conduct their work in a respectful and courteous manner, and leave work sites clean every evening. Residential systems are generally completed within 3-5 days depending on size and complexity.

Post Installation Customer Service

Green Apple Energy Customer Service and Warranty Team guides each client through the transition from construction to full system operation and provides long-term maintenance and service for years to come.

SREC Management

We  offer Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) Management, ensuring our customers take full advantage of current pricing and not missing out on their yearly payout.

Comprehensive Warranties

We offers full service warranties for up to 5 years in addition to manufacturer’s equipment warranties that cover equipment for 25 years. We guarantee that your system will have exceptional performance over its lifetime and with high quality equipment that’s built to last.

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2012, Energy Development, Solar, Solar Energy,

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PN 7700/PN7710-Power Navigator

PN 7700/PN7710-Power Navigator

We are offering power navigator
power navigator – high profile power analyser
elmeasure has developed “power navigator”, a quality product that would help in conserving energy. Categorized as high profile multifunction meter, power navigator is used for measuring the amount of power consumed and for keeping a tight check on power wastage. With the help of power navigator, one can even combine all the meters together in a centralized location and check data in real time.

true to its name, this power navigator has four 4 keys with lcd display displaying 7 parameter at a time for easy navigation.

several of the features of this product are unique and first time in india which include:

7 row 7 digit lcd dispaly
4 keys in the front panel for easy navigation.
Displays energy, power, basic and options like minimum and maximum demand, etc.
Displays wave forms, phase wise voltage & current.
High low - voltage, current, hz, w, va, var, pf
digital outputs (4 potential free contacts-optional with programmable delay periods hysteresis 1%)
digital input (upto 4 inputs - optional)
analog output voltage (0-1v) / current (0-20ma or
4-20ma), programmable for any measured parameter.
% of unbalance v & a for all the phases
thd for voltage and current individual phases
ampere hour and pf average
optional built-in memory data logging with time stamp – 1 mb / 8 mb.
demand (optional) updates every second for better prediction and control.
Dynamic communication for easy communication of user selectable parameters
display and communication of total harmonic distortion and individual harmonics upto 3rd harmonics


all these attributes enhance user value in analyzing electrical signals without any break.

generally, for any industry, electrical measurement is different from process measurement (temperature, pressure, rpm, oil level etc), whereas in the power navigator, these electrical and process parameters can be clubbed together and both these parameters can be read in real time and can be integrated to a common network (pc). Power navigator has optional dual communication port so that the process parameter network can access the instrument simultaneously while the electrical parameter network is accessed. Since it has a high speed ti processor, it can even measure individual harmonics to the tune of 31st level and thd.


power navigator can reduce power cost and therefore enable elimination of power wastage. By connecting such instruments to different symmetrical loads (motors, transformers, etc.), one can compare the efficiency of the power and rectify it if required, thereby increasing efficiency of the equipments. This device is quite user-friendly. It has seven parameters that can be displayed at the same time and can measure electrical and process parameters. It also has a controlling application with features like digital output with 1,2 & 4 relays that can be programmed for any threshold for parameters like voltage, current, frequency, kilo watt (kw), power factor (pf). this innovative product has generated rave reviews in the market.

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2012, Analyzer, Efficient energy use, Energy Development, Power Quality,

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Aemc Instruments, Three Phase Power Quality Analyzer

Aemc Instruments, Three Phase Power Quality Analyzer

Condition :

New

We are offering aemc instruments 8335 three-phase power quality analyzers (no probes)

the powerpad model 8335 is a three-phase power quality analyzer that is easy-to-use, compact and shock-resistant. It is intended for technicians and engineers to measure and carry out diagnostic work and power quality work on one, two or three phase low voltage networks.
the powerpad 2gb of memory is conveniently partitioned to let you store four different types of data, synchronized or independent of each other. You can store up to 50 screen snapshots, up to 300 captured transients that contain four cycles for each active input, and 10,000 alarm events from up to 40 different parameters. You can also record trend data for days, weeks or even months.

features

* measurement of trms voltages up to 1000vrms ac/dc for two, three, four or five-wire systems
* measurement of trms currents up to 6500arms (sensor dependent)
* frequency measurement (40 to 69hz systems)
* direct measurement of neutral current for wye configurations
* record and display trend data as fast as once per second for one month for up to 25 variables.
* transient detection on all v and I inputs
* inrush current
* calculation of crest factors for current and voltage
* calculation of the k factor for transformers
* calculation of short-term flicker for voltage
* calculation of the phase unbalance for voltage and current (3 phase only)
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* measurement of harmonic angles and rates (referenced to the fundamental or rms value) for voltage, current or power, up to 50th harmonic
* display of harmonic sequencing and direction and calculation of overall harmonics
* real time display of phasor diagrams including values and phase angles
* monitoring of the average value of any parameter, calculated over a period running from 1 sec to 2 hrs
* measurement of active, reactive and apparent power per phase and their respective sum total
* calculation of power factor, displacement power factor and tangent factor
* recording, time stamping and characterization of disturbance (swells, sags and interruptions, exceedence of power and harmonic thresholds)
* 2gb internal memory
* dataview software included

applications

* verification of power distribution circuits
* measurement and recording of power system quality (kw, va, var)
* energy metering (kvah, varh, kwh)
* in plant troubleshooting of power distribution panels and individual machinery
* monitor pad mount transformers
* determine harmonic problems originating from source or load
* monitor phase unbalances
* determine transformer k-factor

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2012, Analyzer, Approved Energy, Audit, Clients, Cooling, Efficiency, Energy Development, Power Quality, Project, Report,

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Election 2012 Romney on Energy

 Election 2012: Romney on Energy

After last week's review of President Obama's energy record and campaign materials on energy, Governor Romney's energy plans present a sharp contrast. They are based on a fundamentally different view of energy and the economy, relying on markets to allocate capital to the most productive opportunities, rather than on government to guide a mix of public and private investments along specific paths towards designated ends. They also emphasize technologies that are already deployed at scale today, not those still under development or striving to attain scale. Implicitly, the Romney plan prioritizes supplying the energy for a robust economic recovery over programs designed to address long-term environmental challenges like climate change. These positions present voters with a serious and consequential choice on November 6th.

The Romney campaign's website on energy arrays the candidate's ideas mainly in words, rather than with the kind of images and interactive features that dominate the Obama campaign's sites. Energy is the first plank of Governor Romney's five-point "Plan for a Stronger Middle Class", though it requires a little work to explore the details of his energy program. A list of bullet points  is backed up by a lengthy policy paper with numerous references to external sources, but you have to look for it. 

The Romney energy plan focuses mainly on oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy, which together meet 91% of current US primary energy demand and which the Department of Energy projects will still provide nearly 90% in 2020 under the policies in place today. You won't find much on his campaign's website about the new renewables that generated electricity equivalent to 2% of our energy use last year, beyond a critique of the administration's investment in Solyndra and a commitment to R&D on new energy technologies.

Among the details of his plan are support for expanded offshore drilling, including areas such as offshore Virginia that were originally in the Obama administration's early-2010offshore development blueprint, along with a comprehensive assessment of US resources using current technology, rather than further extrapolations based on 1980s technology. Governor Romney proposes expanding energy cooperation with both Canada and Mexico and would approve the entire Keystone XL pipeline. His goal of attaining North American energy independence is aggressive, yet recent analysis by Citigroup puts it within the realm of possibility. It appears to be based on an assessmentby Wood Mackenzie, a top-notch energy consultancy, indicating that US oil and natural gas liquids output could expand by 7.6 million barrels per day, with 6.7 million of that coming from federal lands and waters currently off-limits to development. That compares to US net petroleum imports of 8.5 million barrels per day in 2011.

Another aspect of the plan aimed at streamlining the permitting of energy projects could be just as useful for utility-scale renewable energy projects as for oil and gas exploration and production. Regulatory and permitting delays are among the key reasons it takes longer and costs more to develop crucial energy and infrastructure projects here than in many of the countries against which our competitive standing has been slipping. Governor Romney also proposes giving states greater control of permitting on their non-park federal lands. That could substantially increase energy access and output, especially in the west, where the federal government owns over 280 hundred million acres, or 37% of those 11 states, net of tribal lands. 

There are also some missing elements. I would have liked to see more about how renewables fit into Governor Romney's vision. He apparently supports the Renewable Fuels Standard but is silent about the increasingly urgent need to reform it. He is on record against the extension of the wind Production Tax Credit (PTC), a 20-year old subsidy roughly equivalent to the current price of natural gas, yet misses the opportunity to explain how all types of energy would be treated under his proposal to reduce corporate income tax rates while broadening the tax base--policy-speak for closing loopholes and eliminating incentives. In last night's debate he said, referring to the $2.8 billion in annual tax incentives for oil and gas identified by the Department of Energy, "... if we get that tax rate from 35 percent down to 25 percent, why that $2.8 billion is on the table. Of course it's on the table. That's probably not going to survive (if) you get that rate down to 25 percent." I'd also like to hear more about how Governor Romney would address greenhouse gas emissions once the economy returns to stronger growth. 

Superficially, much of the Romney energy agenda evokes a return to the pre-2008 status quo: heavy on oil, gas and coal, light on renewables, and largely ignoring climate change. I see it from a different perspective: When Barack Obama began running for President in 2007, the US was considered by many to be tapped out on conventional energy, with domestic oil and natural gas production exhibiting signs of deep and permanent decline. In that context it made sense to look beyond those resources to the potential of renewable energy and vehicle electrification, even if the transition involved would be lengthy. That approach also appeared synergistic with reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and a strategy was born. In the meantime, however, it turned out that US oil and gas were far from exhausted, and the most productive new energy technology of this decade wasn't wind, solar or biofuels, but the combination of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and horizontal drilling that has unlocked hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of shale gas and tens of billions of barrels of shale oil or "tight oil" resources. Since 2008 the expansion of shale gas drilling has added as much new US energy production as over 250,000 MW of wind turbines or solar panels--8x the wind andsolar power added in the same interval. To the surprise of many, the big global energy opportunity of the 20-teens is US hydrocarbons. The Romney plan reflects the unexpected energy transformation we're experiencing. 

As in 2008, this blog isn't in the business of endorsing candidates. Energy remains an issue that, like the Cold War, demands bi-partisan cooperation and some level of consistency from one administration or Congress to the next. However, that doesn't prevent me from observing that the energy agendas of the two campaigns are not equally well-suited for a period of serious US fiscal constraints and shrinking federal discretionary expenditures, in which our energy security and economic growth will still depend largely on fossil fuels. In that context, it's highly relevant that the "all of the above" credentials of one candidate depend on oil and gas outcomes that his policiesdid little to support. Of course, energy isn't the only issue that matters, but then you wouldn't be reading this if you didn't think it was important.

Labels: climate change, crude oil, election, electric car, energy independence, gas shale, keystone xl, obama, renewable energy, romney, solar power, subsidy, tax reform, tight oil, wind power

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2012, Energy Development, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Solar power,

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100% Carbon Free Electricity by 2018

100% Carbon Free Electricity by 2018

We need a massive increase in electricity generated from alternative energy.

Here's Al Gore's vision:

Here's one way to achieve 100% Carbon Free Electricity

Thoughts?

Labels: alternative energy, energy policy, energy politics, green electricity, peak oil

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2012, Energy Audit, Energy Development, Project, Videos,

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Energy development

Sustaining Energy Development in Eastern Utah

Energy development is the effort to provide sufficient primary energy sources and secondary energy forms for supply, cost, impact on air pollution and water pollution, mitigation of climate change with renewable 

energy

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Technologically advanced societies have become increasingly dependent on external energy sources for transportation, the production of many manufactured goods, and the delivery of energy services. This energy allows people who can afford the cost to live under otherwise unfavorable climatic conditions through the use of heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning. Level of use of external energy sources differs across societies, as do the climate, convenience, levels of traffic congestion, pollution and availability of domestic energy sources. Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). Renewable energy is an alternative to fossil fuels and was commonly called alternative energy in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2009, about 16% of global final energy consumption came from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from hydroelectricity. New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 2.8% and is growing very rapidly. The share of renewables in electricity generation was around 19.4%, with 16.1% of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3.3% from new renewables.[1] Wind power is growing at the rate of 21% annually, with a worldwide installed capacity of 238 gigawatts (GW) in 2011,[2] and is widely used in Europe, Asia, and the United States.[3] At the end of 2011, cumulative global photovoltaic (PV) installations surpassed 69 GW, an increase of almost 70%,[4] and PV power stations are commonplace in Germany, Italy, and Spain.[5] Solar thermal power stations operate in the USA and Spain, and the largest of these is the 354 megawatt (MW) SEGS power plant in the Mojave Desert.[6] The world's largest geothermal power installation is The Geysers in California, with a rated capacity of 750 MW. Brazil has one of the largest renewable energy programs in the world, involving production of ethanol fuel from sugar cane, and ethanol now provides 18% of the country's automotive fuel.[7] Ethanol fuel is also widely available in the USA. Climate change concerns, coupled with high oil prices, peak oil, and increasing government support, are driving increasing renewable energy legislation, incentives and commercialization.[8] New government spending, regulation and policies helped the industry weather the global financial crisis better than many other sectors.[9] Scientists have advanced a plan to power 100% of the world's energy with wind, hydroelectric, and solar power by the year 2030,[10][11] recommending renewable energy subsidies and a price on carbon reflecting its cost for flood and related expenses. While many renewable energy projects are large-scale, renewable technologies are also suited to rural and remote areas, where energy is often crucial in human development.[12] Globally, an estimated 3 million households get power from small solar PV systems. Micro-hydro systems configured into village-scale or county-scale mini-grids serve many areas.[13] More than 30 million rural households get lighting and cooking from biogas made in household-scale digesters. Biomass cookstoves are used by 160 million households.[13] Wind, water, and solar power using current technology can supply all of the world's energy by 2030, and has the advantage that consumption is reduced by 30%. Excess production would be used to produce hydrogen for use in ships and airplanes.[14] It also has the advantage that it lasts for as long as we are on the planet, vs. less than a century for most of the non-renewable resources. Conventional production of oil peaked in 2006, and the more we use the faster it will be depleted. An investment in non-renewable resources of $8 trillion is required to maintain current levels of production for 25 years,[15] a cost that is avoided by transitioning instead to renewables. A 2010 study estimated that Australia could transition to 100% renewables for $370 billion over a ten year period - about $8/household/week.[16] Driving an electric car is like buying gasoline for $0.60/gallon,[17] although in 2012 an electric car is over $8,000 more than one powered by gasoline. If they were mass produced, this differential would be reversed. The most expensive part, the battery, is projected to be reduced from $12,000 to $1,500 by 2020.[18] Charging an electric car from roof mounted solar panels is almost free, other than the cost of installation, which could be included in the purchase price of the home.[19] Electric cars have almost no maintenance costs. The EV1, an advanced prototypical electric car, was brought in once every 5,000 miles just to rotate the tires and re-fill the windshield washer fluid.[20]

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Efficiency, Energy Audit, Energy Development, Renewable Energy, Solar,

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