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Image courtesy of Northwest Electric & Solar Whenever we speak to solar contractors, they inevitably ask us how accurate Scanifly’s solar design software really is.
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Whether for environmental or business reasons, more Americans than ever are looking into solar energy. Solar panel technology has been around for a while, but
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