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# solar — 5 quotes

SOLAR

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We designed a cylindrical solar panel that could capture sunlight from all angles without tracking the sun. The physics were beautiful. The economics were a disaster.

failureinnovation— Congressional Testimony, 2011
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A microinverter is the size of a paperback book and it does more for your solar system than the giant box that used to sit on your garage wall.

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Every home with solar panels should also have a battery. The sun does not shine at night, but your appliances still need power.

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The central inverter was a single point of failure for the entire solar array. We eliminated it by making every panel independent. That was the whole insight.

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The future of energy is not one big power plant. It is a million rooftops, each one a tiny power plant, all connected.