In honor of March being Women's History Month and March 8th being International women's day, Vision Solar would like to highlight the ten most influential women throughout the history of solar and their advancements to the solar industry.  Katharine Burr Blodgett: (1898 - 1979) Blodgett was an American physicist whose work is considered foundational in the...

Texas, already the U.S. state with the most wind energy capacity, is poised to become a nationwide leader in solar energy, surpassing the state of California. As the Texas economy continues to grow, electricity consumption has correspondingly increased. Thus, new solar generation capacity is required to meet the Texas market's demand. According to Environment...

This Thanksgiving, let us reflect on the many reasons why we should be grateful for solar energy! Here are our top 3 reasons: #1 Booming Industry In just the last five years, jobs in the solar industry have more than doubled! Currently, the solar industry employs more than 240,000 people nationwide and 3.75 million worldwide! And...

The World Health Organization reports that 3 in 10 people worldwide lack access to safe, readily available water. This is the leading cause of childhood deaths worldwide from waterborne diseases and an estimated 443 million school days lost each year from water-related illness. GivePower is a nonprofit organization working towards resolving this issue by...

The U.S. solar industry is on the upswing, thanks to a pro-renewables presidential administration and increased concern over climate change. Vision Solar has had a front-row seat to this action, with business increasing over the last year. Solar Power World has recognized the company's installation success by ranking Vision Solar at No.13 on the...

COVID-19 has brought on many challenges. One of the largest challenges we had to witness was the loss of people's jobs. The loss of a job prevents us from our normal lives in every which way possible. However, as COVID numbers begin to decrease, we hope more and more people are able to go...

One of the best aspects about solar power in the past few years has been the fact that our customers can earn a large chunk of the costs of their solar panel system back. The way this is all possible is through the Federal Solar Tax Credit. However, it is so important for us...

Solar roads are one of the newest technological advances that are being considered within the solar world. As new technological advances become more popular, solar roads have been proposed on multiple occasions, in order to help save the environment. For many, this is a concept that may be difficult to understand. Because of this,...

Solar technologies are advancing at a rapid rate. Our customers at Vision Solar know that we are always following new stories in order to find some of the latest technologies. Along with this, we are always researching to make sure that we are up to date on all of the current information to better...