by Tina Boniface | Jul 20, 2018 | Customer Interview, Educational, Featured Post, Project Spotlight
David & Emily Takahashi – Boulder, CO Emily and David Takahashi are committed to living a low-carbon lifestyle. In 2012, they moved into their 60-year-old, 900-square-foot Boulder, CO home with the dream of going “off the grid” and cutting the...
by Tony Boniface, PE | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are four major factors that affect solar panel performance: Length of day Angle of sunlight relative to the solar panel Sunlight intensity Temperature. The more hours of sunlight there are in a day, the more energy the panel produces: Energy = panel power x peak...
by Guest Blogger | Aug 11, 2016 | Featured Post, IPS in the News
In July 2016, MREA (Montana Renewable Energy Association) talked with Tony Boniface, owner and President of Independent Power Systems, about installing the first net-metered system in Montana and how his small Bozeman business expanded to three states and several...
by Tina Boniface | Apr 19, 2016 | Customer Interview, Featured Post, Project Spotlight
Richard Marchese contacted Independent Power Systems seeking an off-the-grid power system for his home which sits above the tiny town of Ward, Colorado at 9,500 feet on a south facing slope with a view of Colorado’s front range. A long-time on-and-off Boulderite, a...
by Tony Boniface, PE | Mar 15, 2016 | Educational, Environmental, Technology
Over the years, I have been asked whether or not PV systems emit significant levels of electromagnetic radiation or in industry parlance, electromagnetic interference or ‘EMI’. EMI is also called radio frequency interference or RFI. Many electronic devices emit some...
