Thanks Ben.
Hey Product Hunters,
This is Amit, I'm a co-founder and CEO at Yeloha.
We started Yeloha so that you and I and practically everyone could switch to solar energy. Just like that. Online and effortlessly. Even without panels on your roof.
Energy is all around us. There's more of it than humanity will ever need - thanks to the sun.
And yet - - most of us can't capture it, and have to do with fossil fuels that are expensive and polluting.
It's all about helping each other achieve together what we usually can't do alone. By sharing it.
Yeloha, our peer-to-peer Solar Sharing Network was born to make solar accessible to "the rest of us" – the people that do not own a solar-suitable roof, renters and apartment dwellers, by sharing solar with those who own a sunny roof.
We tried to make it as easy as possible. Visit Yeloha. Subscribe to solar power from a solar panel on someone else's roof. Get it for 1 year or for a life time of clean energy.
Take a look, tell us what you think.
Amit
Hey @simooncave - that energy has been flowing for about 4.6 billion years now (but who's counting)... doing our best to remove the obstacles so we can all take a sip
Cool to see that the sharing economy has come to solar power. @amitrosner would love to hear where the idea for Yeloha came from, the story, etc. Thanks!
Also make sure to check out Project Sunroof which was recently added to Google Maps.
Thanks @benln - Yeloha originated from great personal frustration.. we realized that most of our team can't go solar because we don't own a sunny roof. Then we figured out that's also true for 92% of the population...
@imkarthikk thanks a lot! so far Word of Mouth has been terrific both by Sun Hosts (who get the panels for free in exchange for sharing) and Sun Partners (who subscribe to solar on someone else's roof). There's more to come in terms of scaling... stay tuned ;-)
@or_ron thanks! for the Sun Hosts who get the panels on their own roof, the installation itself is the fastest step: it takes 1-3 days depending on the size of the roof. The permitting process varies by municipality and utility, can take weeks. For the Sun Partners, who subscribe to solar from a remote Sun Host's roof, the installation and permitting are transparent - their experience begins and ends online.
@alancassinelli it's all pretty fresh, just recently launched, please keep in touch, we'd love to update once we have substantial data.
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@amitrosner - Just signed up. Still not clear on the mechanics of living in Denver but being able to tap into the panels of a home in MA. Am I subsidizing the cost to build panels on a host home and in return guaranteed the $15/panel discount off my monthly bill? Or is the Utility company giving me the credit as a result of this subsidy?
@justinsdarcy thanks for becoming a Sun Partner on Yeloha - that's awesome!
When you subscribed to solar power from those solar panels you essentially sponsored part of the cost and enabled us to generate and feed solar to the grid. The value of that energy is then shared with you through your utility. You'll find it in your electric bill.
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@amitrosner Thanks for the response. Would love to be a host when you open up Denver. South facing, flat roof and 300 days of sunshine!
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This is really great idea. Currently most effective stopping factor against solar energy is the cost of hardware. You solve this by giving it for free (for host).
I wonder, about profitability, who is behind those not cheap solar hardware?
@gedrovits thanks so much! you're right, the cost of the hardware used to be a real show stopper. In the early days of solar, the industry was led by German and Japanese panel manufacturers, which produced premium panels for a tiny market. In the last five years demand for solar spiked and panel prices have dropped by a whopping 80% (!!) due to a combination of the industry's learning curve and mainly due to the entrance of new players from China that gradually replaced the incumbents.
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@amitrosner That is very good, I hope this will fire up, because World will not save itself. :)
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Love it! The only problem I see is solar systems becoming cheaper and cheaper to the point people would rather just buy from solar company who doesn't resell the energy.
But hey it's free and folks love free stuff.
Good luck!
@danr_4 that's a great problem to have :) the day everyone has solar on their roof is the day we all won, sharing or not.
Until that day comes we'll be here to solarize the lives of more people, starting with those who couldn't have otherwise done it - either for lack of a suitable roof or budget.
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@amitrosner Couldn't agree more. I hope you'll stand by what you say when push comes to shove and that your company won't lobby against decision that could benefit greater good but hurt the business.
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Looks and sounds great! When are you coming to Canada? Would love to solarize my Airbnb mansion :)
@ispekhov thanks! Canada is definitely in our plans for the future. Ontario is already quite big on solar! One of the unintuitive characteristics of solar tech is that solar panel perform better at low temperatures. Good energies on those long bright cold days you often get in Canada.
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@amitrosner It gets pretty cold in Quebec. You should start there!
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@jusleg Thanks! Any dates in mind? This year or next?
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@amitrosner Could you offer your service in Quebec since the electricity business is controlled by the government?
@jusleg@ispekhov potentially next Spring. Doing out best to deploy in US as fast as we can as new orders are piling up even faster. Realistically we won't start in Canada before winter.
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