Simple Solar?
Switching to solar energy may be easier than you think. Here’s a
5-step program to get you started.

THE DAYS of cumbersome above-roof mounts and minimum investments of $30,000 are gone. Solar technology is evolving quickly, and it may be time for you to give it a fresh look.

cess of adding solar. Federal tax credits for solar installations have been extended and California’s groundbreaking “Million Solar Roofs” bill went into effect in August 2006.

Already 2007 has been a good year
for solar power, with the launch
of new initiatives, like the inflat-
able concentrator announced by
CoolEarthSolar that increased
collection by 25 times, and the Vote
Solar Initiative in San Francisco,
that gives residents easy access to
the up-front costs faced in the pro-

Meanwhile, technology investors and entrepreneurs such as John Doerr and SunPower Corporation are jumping on the solar bandwagon in a way that seems to have world-changing possibilities.