Do you ever look at your kids and wonder what their world will look like when they’re your age? I do it all the time, and it’s a bit of a frightening proposition, in many ways.

Our water and our air are already dirty; how much dirtier will they be in 30 years? Our landfills are already full; how many more will we have to build to hold all our garbage? The marine life in our oceans is dwindling and our jungles hold fewer animals than they did 30 years ago. Which creatures will be extinct in another 30 years?

When we worry about these things, our fears should do more than simply scare us; they should be a call to action. While we can all acknowledge that, as a society, we’ve gotten a bit of a late start on our environmental consciousness, we do have one, and many people have reason to feel good about the steps they’ve taken personally.

At Sungate Energy Solutions, our employees and our customers do feel good about the steps they’re taking to create a healthier future for their children. Every day our employees see progress toward a better environment as they design and install solar energy systems, solar hot water heaters, insulation, energy efficient windows and other environmentally friendly solutions for our customers.

Our customers can see the impact their making on the environment each month when they see lower energy usage and enjoy the financial benefits of those lower energy bills. They can use their solar panels as a teaching opportunity to show their children the power of the sun and how we can harvest it for our benefit and that of the earth.

So, when you worry about your children’s environmental future; don’t just worry. Do your part. If you take the steps today to reduce your own carbon footprint by letting Sungate Energy Solutions work with you to increase your home’s energy efficiency and reduce your dependence on the utility companies, you’ll not only be creating a better future for your children, but you’ll also be giving yourself peace of mind.

Insulated windows are one of the best, yet most overlooked, home improvements you can make. New windows immediately add beauty to your home, and their design makes keeping them clean so much easier. But, the best reason to install double insulated windows from Sungate Energy Solutions is the money you can save on your heating and cooling bills. You’ll be able to keep the heat out of your home next summer.

Energy efficient windows work in both winter and summer to save you somewhere between ¼ and 1/3 of your energy costs. They do this, quite simply, by keeping inside air in and outside air out. Much of your heating and cooling costs come from leaking air if your windows and doors are not energy efficient.

Sungate Energy Solutions offers lots of options in energy efficient windows. Some people resist adding new windows to old homes, fearing they will look out of place with an older home’s design. But, with so many windows to choose from, you can certainly find ones that work well with the architectural detail of your home.

You’ll also enjoy your insulated windows for the quiet they bring to your home. They eliminate a huge amount of traffic and street noise to your home.

So, contact your Sungate Energy Solutions representative today about replacing some, or all of your home’s old windows with new energy efficient ones. We can make the project painless, and offer you the best value for the best windows money can buy. And, if you buy by the end of 2010, Uncle Sam will give you a 30% tax credit on those insulated windows, up to $1500. So, there’s never been a better time to improve your home’s energy efficiency than right now.

We’ve known for some time now that using solar energy to reduce our dependence on our utility companies was a great way to help the environment. But many people have continued to be “on the fence” about whether or not it was really a good financial investment, since solar energy systems do have some significant upfront costs.

But, solar energy systems have also just gotten the nod from the financial experts, too. A report in the September 7, 2010 Healthy Financial Habits online news letter says that between the fact that they are a long term investment and the energy tax credit you’ll receive from the federal, and possibly your state, government, solar energy solutions are indeed a sound financial decision.

That’s why the solar energy experts at Sungate Energy Solutions are working so hard to get consumers up and running on their solar energy systems, including solar hot water systems for your home and your swimming pool, and for converting your other home energy needs to solar to reduce your dependence on the local utilities.

The government’s tax credits run through 2016 on solar energy systems. Some states also offer tax credits, though their expiration dates don’t necessarily coincide with those of the federal government.

Now that you have the peace of mind that you’re making a good financial decision when you install a solar energy system for your home, it’s time to make that call to Sungate Energy Solutions. Choosing a company like Sungate that specializes in solutions that make homes more environmentally friendly and energy efficient ensures that your money is well spent and that all your needs are met. Sungate’s engineers are highly trained in design and installation of solar energy systems, solar hot water systems and lots of other home improvements. Check us out – and make a great financial investment in your home.

For a long time on this blog we have been talking about the financial implications of using solar panels for your daily energy needs. As a side note we also sometimes talk about what devastating impact the conventional sources of energy are making on our environment. “Side note” because, unfortunately and tragically, when it comes to worrying about the environment and the purity of the air that we breathe and the food that we eat and the water that we drink, we keep sweeping the issue under the carpet unless the water is over our noses.

We forget, or choose to ignore, what sort of world we are going to leave for our children and their children.  If we don’t take constructive measures right now our children will resent us forever, if they are able to survive the neglect we wrought upon the only planet we’ve got.

At Sungate Energy Solutions we not just do the business of providing solar energy solutions to our customers we also try to educate them and sensitize them towards the need for cleaner and renewable energy sources. You may think that it is good for our business if more and more people by solar panels and of course it is good since we are into this business, but that’s simply because  we are into “right” business.  The pioneers in this field are going to make a significant contribution towards the well-being of the planet.

When you stop using power generated from fossil fuels less oxygen and other toxic gases are released into the atmosphere. Do you know that approximately 667,000 school-age kids have been diagnosed with asthma (source: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/asthma/asthma.htm) and most of these cases are due to air pollution?  The problem has attained epidemic proportions and it is mostly left neglected because the symptoms are not very drastic (we’re not talking about people who actually have asthma).  And this is just one single problem.  Many new mutations are occurring due to air and water. Millions of children around the world are growing up carrying around poisonous residues inside their bodies with alarming ramifications.

Of course these problems cannot be solved in a single day but Sungate Energy Solutions is surely playing an important role by formulating a business model around this urgent need: installing devices that derive energy from the sun. You can also become a part of this revolutionary shift towards healthier and renewable alternative.  Contact us today to know more about how you can make a big difference in what sort of world your children and their children are going to inherit.

What better place would it be to think of our future generations than Orange County, California?  Hundreds of thousands of children flock to the county to visit Disneyland.  They remind us how fragile and precious our planet is and how relentlessly we have to pursue the dream of a power source that is renewable and has no adverse effect on the environment.

That is why Sungate Energy Solutions is so excited about introducing its wide range of solar power products to the citizens of Orange County, California.

Solar power, as is evident from the expression, is derived from the sun, and California has plenty of it.  Of course it also means lots of power consumption in terms of using air-conditioners and refrigerators. Our photovoltaic solar panels and windows insulation solutions can drastically bring down your conventional energy consumption derived from fuel and coal.

Once installed on your rooftop or in the surrounding area the solar panels start using the light present in the atmosphere to produce electricity. You can use this electricity to run almost every gadget and appliance present at your home or at work.  They provide you non-stop electricity at a marginal cost that gradually moves towards zero. You don’t always need bright sun in order to get electricity as the panels basically convert light into energy and that light can be derived from any source, even if the rays of the sun are not directly falling upon the photovoltaic panels.

Does the cost of installing photovoltaic solar panels seem prohibitive?  It is a one-time cost, of course and you can recover it within a few years, depending upon the type of solution you go for.  In order to encourage renewable energy consumption various government and non-government agencies provide financial assistance to those who show interest in switching over to nonpolluting energy sources.  After the one-time investment you simply get your power from the sun instead of the grid. You don’t run a recurring cost no matter what is your energy consumption.  So unlike the electricity that you get from the grid your energy cost does not go up as you use more and more devices that use electricity.

Although savings are a big incentive you can make a significant impact towards creating a healthier living environment and setting an example for your neighborhood.  Even if you can easily afford conventional electricity switching over to solar panels will help you considerably reduce your carbon footprints.  Millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other toxic gases are released into the atmosphere in order to generate electricity that we so casually use. At Sungate Energy Solutions we don’t suggest that you stop using your electronic devices — use them to your heart’s content but run them with power that doesn’t put strain on the environment and doesn’t destroy our ecology.

Contact us today for more details.

Northern California has a diverse climate but despite that its residents are rapidly adopting solar energy as their primary energy source.  To complement this trend Sungate Energy Solutions provides photovoltaic solar panels to all major locations in this part of California including San Jose, San Mateo, Redwood City, Hayward, the San Francisco Bay Area, Livermore, Novato, Marin County, Foster City, San Carlos, Castro Valley, Sunnyvale and more.  All these locations enjoy ample exposure to sun.

Sungate Energy Solutions can help you go solar in no time.  Do you think it’s another expense?  Hardly.  You just need to incur a one-time installation cost and once you have recovered that money the energy is practically free.

You no longer have to derive your energy from the grid and in fact some households can make money by giving excess energy to the grid instead of taking energy from it and paying for it.  From an energy consumer you become an energy producer. On top of that you will be using a 100% clean production method.

With the help of federal and local agencies Sungate Energy Solutions can provide you rooftop solar panels and other solar energy dependent equipment at considerably reduced rates.  In order to promote cleaner energy among its residents the State of California provides various incentives such as subsidizing installations and providing tax benefits to households and businesses using solar energy instead of conventional energy.

It’s not just solar panels that help you save your energy costs; you can even install solar hot water systems to meet your hot water needs and solar cookers to enable you to cook food without using fuel, electricity, or gas. Sungate also provide windows insulation solutions to optimize your energy consumption while using heating and cooling systems.

Sungate Energy Solutions is proud to say that California in general and Northern California in particular is setting a great example for the rest of the country: the world’s largest solar energy facility is situated in California’s Mojave desert.

We provide solar panels and various other solar energy solutions throughout Northern California including all possible cities and counties.  Our solutions are highly reliable and cost-effective; they will save you from the ever-rising utility costs.  As we have stated multiple times on our website, after you have recovered your installation costs a lot of the electricity you get is pretty much free of charge.

Inflation is pandemic and it manifests in almost all aspects of life including utility costs. Fortunately, when it comes to controlling or beating your rising utility costs things are not as daunting as they seem.  It just takes a few pragmatic decisions and you can reduce your utility bills by as much as 70-80%. Wondering how?

Sungate Energy Solutions brings you rooftop solar panels that can produce you electricity by using light from the sun throughout the year with no additional cost.  Once it is installed and configured the system costs you no money whether you use a single appliance or multiple appliances (provided it can support multiple appliances functioning at the same time).

The problem with your conventional electricity connection is that the cost goes up and down according to the usage. For instance if you watch the TV and use the food processor you are constantly incurring a cost for both the appliances.  If you switch off the TV then you’re not paying the electricity cost of keeping your TV switched on.  So the only way to save money is using less and less things that are powered by electricity.  Although there is nothing wrong in using less appliances (minimalistic lifestyle is fast catching up) it is sort of restraining if you’re constantly paying for the power use.

Sungate Energy Solutions can help you get rid of this problem.  No, it doesn’t advocate power pilferage.  It taps into the gargantuan power of the sun and produces electricity for your home or business establishment and it does that without any fuss.  The photovoltaic solar panels from Sungate Energy Solutions quietly reside on your rooftop, capture whatever light is available from the ambience of the atmosphere  and convert it into electricity.

Contrary to popular misconception you don’t need bright sun for the solar panels to work properly; any light would do.  This is because the photovoltaic cells work on the concept of converting light into electricity and that light doesn’t need to come directly from the sun.  The same concept is applied on those tiny calculators that you may have been using since the mid-80s.  You just need to expose them to some light source and they start working — you don’t even have to switch them off.  In the same manner the solar panels over your rooftop convert every light they get into electricity so that you keep on getting power even in cloudy weather.

So how do these solar panels help you beat the incessantly rising utility costs?  Once you have installed them you will be deriving 70-80% of your electricity from them.  Of course there is an initial installation cost but considering the amount of money you are going to save this is nothing.  If the seemingly prohibitive installation cost holds you back please rest assured: the entire cost can be recovered within a small period of three years and after that all the electricity that you get — at least in the portion being produced by the photovoltaic solar panels over your rooftop — is totally free.  Whether you are running a TV or a food processor or both together you don’t have to worry about incurring extra costs (these appliances referred to here just for example, you can run all the gadgets and appliances that are powered by your conventional electricity connection).

You still get the remaining 30-20% of your power from your conventional source because current technology doesn’t provide 100% reliance, although it will be possible in the very near future. Intrigued? Contact Sungate Energy Solutions today and we’ll provide the you all the necessary information.

Sungate Energy Solutions provides cutting-edge roof panels that can generate solar power for your household or business establishment even when the sun is not at its shining best. Wondering what are these roof panels?

As we rapidly move towards a time when we will either run out of fossil fuel or create so much pollution that the planet might incinerate itself, concerned organizations and individuals are constantly working towards creating renewable energy resources that can provide us endless energy without pumping tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.  With appropriate technology the sun can become an everlasting energy source because as far as we know it is not going anywhere unless the solar system collapses or our atmosphere becomes so thick and impenetrable that the rays of the sun cannot reach us (a very remote possibility).

The roof panels convert light into energy using photovoltaic cells.  These are tiny cells embedded into the panels that absorb photons of light and release electrons. These electrons are then captured and that in return creates an electric current and that’s how you get electricity from them.  Theoretically this technology is not new; since 1958 scientists have been generating electricity for satellites in space using the same technology.  It is just that so far it was highly complex and expensive to implement the technology on less esoteric applications like water heaters, electric bulbs, food processors and refrigerators.

With the help of rooftop solar panels from Sungate Energy Solutions you can bring down your electricity bill by as much as 70%.  Now this is a significant number over a longer period of time.  So what happens to the remaining 30%?  You get that from your conventional electricity connection.  When solar panels are installed they become your primary electricity providers and when they are unable to meet your demand you get the remaining supply from your electricity company.

Solar panels from Sungate Energy Solutions are totally nonintrusive — that means you can totally forget about them once the engineers from our company have installed them on your rooftop.  They quietly go on producing power for you with occasional maintenance once every 3-4 years.  Some parts may be replaced during the maintenance process but after the initial installation cost the proceeding costs are negligible.

The solar panels can be placed strategically so that they don’t interfere with the external design of your house.  In fact some solar panels completely blend into your rooftop as if they are an integral part of your roof.  You can even get matching colors sometimes. As the technology advances the size of solar panels will keep on decreasing and very soon they will be so small that you won’t even be able to see them from below.  The early adopters will always be at an advantage as the upgrades are much cheaper than installations from scratch.

Some people may complain that the installation cost is higher compared to conventional electricity connection.  It is actually a one-time cost and after a period of 1-3 years this cost completely gets paid up and after that you get your electricity practically free of cost.  It is a pity that to save us from a one-time cost we keep on incurring a lifelong cost. You also get tax benefits when you switch over to a renewable source of energy. Depending upon which state you live in the government will eagerly bear anywhere from 40% to 90% of the cost of your solar panels.

So contact us today and we will help you decide what’s the best combination for your particular requirement.  At Sungate Energy Solutions we not only do business we also strive to educate our prospective customers about how to save power, not just to reduce costs but also to help the environment.

Solar photovoltaic, also known as solar PV, converts sunlight into electrical energy.  If you have solar panels installed over your roof they use solar photovoltaic cells made of silicone and semiconductors that catch the sunlight and convert it into usable energy. Even if you use a solar calculator or a mobile phone charger that uses solar energy you are using solar photovoltaic cells. Photovoltaic basically means using light (photo means light) to produce electricity.

Does it sound like a sci-fi or a distant dream?  Not at all.  This technology is currently being used by businesses and residential establishments all over the United States and in many other countries of the world to tap into the massive power of the sun that is not going to exhaust at least for a few billion years.

Sungate Energy Solutions is committed to providing clean energy, especially solar energy, to minimize the usage of fossil fuels that release tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere creating a toxic world for our children. Although the environmental reasons are overwhelming it also makes financial sense to switch over to solar photovoltaic technology in order to get your daily dose of power. There is only one-time cost — the cost of installation — and after that the technology quietly produces reliable energy for your household and also for your business with little fluctuations between clear skies and overcast skies.

Besides, once your house switches over to solar photovoltaic-based energy production you rarely need to use energy from conventional sources.  As this technology improves further eventually there will be no use of conventional energy and this means our cities and towns won’t be requiring the overhead cables and intrusive polls that dot our landscape. Just imagine how much space and raw materials can be saved.

The photovoltaic technology can be used to derive power for your day-to-day appliances such as computers, water heaters, food processors, coffee and tea makers, lighting equipments and fans, and many other household utilities.  As mentioned above there is a one-time cost of installation and after that you can forget about higher energy bills.  The solar panels need occasional maintenance but it happens once every three to four years so it amounts to almost nothing.

Since photovoltaic panels derive energy from light they don’t always need direct exposure to sun, although they can produce more energy during brighter days. They require ample amount of light and even if the sun rays are not directly falling upon them they can give you a fair amount of energy. So even if it is a cloudy day but there is lots of light the solar panels installed by Sungate Energy Solutions keep working.

The current technology lets you use both conventional and renewable sources.  This is because right now you cannot meet all your energy demands solely from the photovoltaic technology.  So you have both the connections working simultaneously. The solar energy panels are given a preference but as soon as they are not able to meet your energy demands the extra energy is derived from your conventional source.  Hence there is no danger of being left without power in case not enough solar energy is being generated. Right now the greatest advantage of switching over to solar photovoltaic technology is that it can reduce your energy bills to more than 70%. It also reduces strain on non-renewable energy resources.

So let us make a new, brighter beginning for ourselves, but more importantly for our future generations.  Contact Sungate Energy Solutions now to find out how you can adopt responsible living to create a healthy legacy for your children.