​5.475 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with SolarEdge Inverter, Optimizers & Monitoring

Baraboo Wisconsin

Many thanks to our client for hiring us to meet your solar needs.

For quite some time now we as a family have been slowly changing the things we do and items we purchase to be more Eco friendly and to have less impact negatively on this beautiful earth. We still have a long ways to go and much learning to do. However I thought I would start posting a blog once every couple of weeks or every week sharing the items we have found and purchase. Or things we have changed or do in our lifestyle to be better stewards of this beautiful planet we live on. 

I will tell you ahead of time my grammar is not the best so don't hold that against me as you read these blog posts. My main objective here is to help others think about their effect on the planet and slowly make little changes to help preserve or better our environment. I am not endorsed by any of the products that I share on here. I also rely that the companies that I purchase from and will be sharing with you are being truthful in their claims to be biodegradable or eco friendly. 

I hope you enjoy this blog and if you have any tips, suggestions please feel free to comment below or email me lisa@allskyenergy.com

I cannot for the life of my figure out why we throw our garbage into plastic bags that either take forever to break down or never break down and are dangerous to any living thing on the planet. It makes zero cents to me. So I set out looking for garbage bags that are safe for the environment and are also compostable. This is what I found. I love these bags!

Disclaimer: These are just products or tips I have found that we use personally and am sharing. You as a consumer have full choice on whether or not to purchase a product, do your own research and/or utilize the tips I offer and are solely responsible for your own actions.

8.76 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge Inverter, Optimizers & Monitoring

Reedsburg Wisconsin

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4 kw Ground Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge & Schneider inverters, Optimizers & Monitoring

LaValle Wisconsin

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​10.65 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, Optimizers & Monitoring

Reedsburg Wisconsin

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24.8 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, Optimizers & Monitoring

Reedsburg Wisconsin

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We are loving our new location! We still have work to do around the grounds, but we are open!

We still have to put up letters on the front of our building, wrap the posts with stone and we will also be adding plants and flowers as well.

Please feel free to stop in and see us and our new location!

Also for those of you with EV cars we have a charging station open to the public.

Just wanted to notify / remind you that are located in the Sauk County area that the Sauk County Board meeting is tomorrow Tuesday January 16th at 6pm. The meeting will take place in the County Board Room, 505 Broadway, West Square building in Baraboo. If you would like to speak you will need to arrive early to place your name on a public comment list. There are chairs for people who just want to be there to listen in and not speak.

Of course we are in favor of Sauk County putting solar on some of the counties buildings. Keith & I will be there and one of us will be hopefully speaking at the meeting. We would love to see you there as well. Let us know if you plan on attending.

Here is a link to the article that was written in the Baraboo News Republic recently. BNR Article

4.875 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, Optimizers & Monitoring

​​Baraboo Wisconsin

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2 kw Ground Mount Solar PV Installation with
Schneider Electric inverter/charger

​​Arena Wisconsin

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10.08 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Madison Wisconsin
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20.01 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Richland Center Wisconsin

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6.9 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Baraboo Wisconsin
​Many thanks to our clients for hiring us to meet your solar needs.

9.75 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Deerfield Wisconsin
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Many thanks to our clients for hiring us to meet your solar needs.

Are you looking for an energy efficient home? This home was built not quite 3 years ago for efficiency with it's ICF walls, South exposure with large windows, in floor heat, mini-split system for heat or cooling, woodstove and 10.75kw solar pv system to cover or offset all electric bills! This home has also been certified by Focus on Energy. This home also has an EV charging station if you own or plan on owning an electric car. Set back on the South West corner for privacy and better solar exposure. Beautiful country setting neighborhood that is close enough to town for convenience but far enough away for privacy.

​19.5 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Blue Mounds Wisconsin

​Many thanks to our clients for hiring us to meet your solar needs.

With the build of our new location and commercial building we are a little behind in posting recent installs. So here's to playing catch-up with all of our recent installs!

​15.6 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Reedsburg Wisconsin

​Many thanks to our clients for hiring us to meet your solar needs.
Reedsburg Utility Commission for being so great to work with as well.

* Note this image was taken in pano mode to show all panels on roof. Roof and panels may look distorted due to the camera mode.

7.8 kw Ground Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Deerfield Wisconsin

Many thanks to our clients for hiring us to meet your solar needs.
Focus On Energy & WE Energies for being so great to work with as well.

Two weeks ago Thursday we packed up our 2015 Ford Focus All Electric car and headed out from Baraboo to Custer Wisconsin to attend The 28th Annual Energy Fair at the MREA. We originally were going to take the company truck and I had mentioned to Keith that in total the trip was almost 98 miles for us from our home to the grounds. And that we should be able to take the car and charge about 65 miles up to make it the remainder 22 miles of the trip. So we decided if we could pack everything in the car we would take it. I also knew once we arrived at the MREA we would be able to charge there because they had just installed a ton of new EV charging stations.

So for those of you that don't know anything about the Ford Focus all Electric cars here is some info on them. The average range is 75 miles and depending on how you are driving, wind and whether you need to run the AC or the heat that average can vary a little bit. Can also depend on your speed and if you take back roads, highways or the interstate.

We took all back roads and highways, no interstate. We went through the Dells and pretty much a straight shot North on 13 till we almost hit Stevens Point. A little bit South of Stevens Point we turned off to head towards the MREA grounds. Our average speed was about 50 mph. Once we were close to the place we were planning on charging and realized we had enough to keep going without stopping to charge we drove right on past. 

When we arrived at the MREA we still had +11 miles of range left in the car. We really could have gone the speed limit and still made it without running out of range. We were quite surprised by the car going 98 miles without a charge and still having a remaining surplus of 11 miles. I already knew I loved this car, but this made it even better knowing I have better range than what it says it has.

I also have to say it cost us $0.00 to drive 98 miles because the car was fully charged with power generated from the sun through our solar panels we have on our home. Also a huge shout out and thank you the MREA and Alliant Energy for allowing all of us EV Car owners to charge our vehicles with the new charging stations. Along with zero cost to us. Even though the actual charging cost is only about $2.50 to charge my car to full capacity.

Once we arrived at the MREA we had a meeting with RENEW Wisconsin so while we were in the meeting the car charged up. Once it was fully charged up it gave me a 115 mile range! Awesome if I do say so myself!

For those of you that are not familiar with the MREA or RENEW Wisconsin please go check out their websites at https://www.midwestrenew.org & ​http://www.renewwisconsin.org/index.htm 

Please join both RENEW and the MREA to help support and fight for renewable energy advocacy and education.

Here are a few shots of our booth we had set up at The Energy Fair. It was beautiful weather and a great location! I took this shot before they opened the gates Friday morning. We spoke with hundreds of people each day that had an interest in having a solar installation put on their roof and/or property. Many people with questions about solar as well. Keith, Martin and I enjoyed speaking with everyone and are looking forward to attending again next year!

There is so much to see the The Energy Fair and being that we had a booth this year I didn't get a chance to walk around and see everything. I am hoping next year I will be able to more.

So this bad boy here is my dream vehicle! This is the Tesla Model X! This SUV has room for up to 7 adults, a range of 295 miles and can go from 0 to 60 in 2.9 sec. And if you did not already know it is all electric.

Such a sweet sight to see all these Tesla's pulling in to charge! Check out all the Tesla models below.

We had the pleasure of listening to JB Straubel speak Saturday evening and tell his story of where he came from and where he is today. Did you know he turned a 1984 Porsche 944 into an electric car that had a range of about 25 miles? He told Elon Musk his crazy idea and Elon said let's run with it. Along with obvious hard work and dedication they now have Tesla. Thank you to crazy ideas and an eagerness to make this world a better place.

They held a member's dinner for those that would like to attend with JB Straubel. We of course could not pass it up and also had the pleasure of speaking with him before dinner. One of the questions that we had talked about amongst ourselves was where is the Porsche 944 now? So when he was walking by I asked if I could ask him a quick question. I asked him where his Porsche is now and JB said in his garage. We conversed a bit more with him about whether he was going to leave it as is or restore it and then let him continue on to dinner. Well guess who sat directly behind the guys!? Why yes JB himself and his beautiful wife. It was an honor to attend both the event he spoke at and being able to speak with him at the dinner.

The first extended range electric truck made it's appearance as well. The Chevy VIA goes 40 miles in all electric mode and a full range of 400 miles on a single fill-up.

The Bolt EV has a 238 mile range and has lots of room in it and is same price as most new cars out there and you would have no fuel costs.

Back to my trusty sidekick my 2015 Ford Focus EV. I love this car, but on the rare occasion I need to go farther than it's range. A longer range would be great. The new Ford Focus has a range of 118 miles which is better and the price is less than most EV's out there. But I have to say come on Ford catch up to the other manufacturer's on the range!

I do have to give it a lot of credit it though both on the way up and on the way back it went farther than the average miles of 75 and went 98 miles and both times we had a surplus of 11. So I would guess the new one would probably be able to do 160 miles on one charge.

It's only a week away!!

Visit our booth X1 at The Energy Fair, June 16-18!
​Join over 13,000 attendees and learn about renewable energy and sustainable living education.

20.7 kw Ground Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Baraboo Wisconsin

Many thanks to our clients for hiring us to meet your solar needs.
Alliant Energy for being so great to work with as well.
And also Synergy Metalworks here in Baraboo for welding up the bases for us.

6.5 kw addition to a 15.5kw = 22.4kw Ground Mount Solar PV Installation with
SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin

Many thanks to our clients for hiring us to meet your solar needs.
Adams–Columbia Electric Cooperative for being so great to work with as well.
And also Synergy Metalworks here in Baraboo for welding up the bases for us.

5.2 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Baraboo Wisconsin

Many thanks to our clients for hiring us to meet your solar needs.
Also Alliant Energy for being so great to work with as well.

Additional 10 kw Roof Mount Solar PV Installation with SolarEdge inverter, optimizers and monitoring.
Reedsburg Wisconsin

Many thanks to our clients for hiring us to meet your solar needs.
Also Alliant Energy for being so great to work with as well.