Business
Backing up your business: what to look for in a commercial solar system
A commercial solar decision is a business decision. Start from what downtime costs you, not from what a system costs.
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Guides
Solar, explained properly
Practical guidance written for Kenyan conditions — the arithmetic behind sizing, the real cost of batteries over ten years, and how to tell a designed quotation from a guessed one.
Panels
How to read a solar panel datasheet without being misled
Every panel datasheet contains the numbers that matter and the numbers designed to impress. Here is how to tell them apart.
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Inverters
Hybrid, off-grid or grid-tied — which inverter is right for you?
The inverter decides what your solar system can and cannot do. Three types, three different jobs, and how to tell which one your situation needs.
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Batteries
Lithium versus lead-acid batteries: the real cost over ten years
Lead-acid looks cheaper on the day you buy it. Here is the arithmetic over the life of a system, and why the answer is not close.
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Irrigation
Solar irrigation: sizing a pump for your farm
Three numbers decide whether a solar pump works or disappoints. Here is how to measure them, and why storing water beats storing electricity.
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Water heating
Solar water heating versus a heat pump for a Kenyan household
Water heating is usually the largest single item on a household electricity bill. Two technologies remove most of it — and they suit different houses.
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Buying
What a solar installation really costs in Kenya in 2026
The components, the costs people forget, and how to judge whether a quotation is honest — without us inventing figures we cannot stand behind.
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Sizing
What size solar system does a Kenyan home actually need?
Sizing is arithmetic, not opinion. Here is how to work out what your household actually needs — and why most quoted systems are wrong in one direction or the other.
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