- 256-667-2559
- Eva, AL 35621
We bring over 25 years of combined experience utilizing solar and other renewable energy to power homes, heat and cool living spaces, and pump and heat water. It is our pleasure to provide you with grid-independent options.
Our primary focus is on providing alternative solutions to grid dependency. We are currently not accepting residential grid-tie projects. We offer the ability to operate in a power grid vacuum, not a solar-grid cooperative. Energy security involves a renewable energy source PLUS energy storage (batteries). All of our systems include a grid-independent inverter and batteries. If you have the grid, you can keep the grid. We have many customers who build a new house and incorporate both grid and off-grid power – the best of both worlds. If you need help, consider our paid consultation service.
Ron Holland is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in electrical engineering. He worked as a power distribution engineer for the Southern Company for 20 years before starting his own business. His concern over grid vulnerability and interest in self-sufficiency, alternative energy, and resilient communities led him to start Solar Technology Alabama in 2008. He built the Alabama Solar Technology Center and has lived off the grid since 2011, allowing him to learn more about independent living than can be learned any other way. Solar Tech provides custom-designed systems and installation of off-grid and stand-alone power systems, along with an array of different services that support grid independence.
Abundant and inexpensive energy has led us into addiction. Electric power is involved in everything we need to live. But the grid relies on large, costly, and complicated delivery systems that can be easily disrupted. The day has come for Alabamians to consider alternate energy sources. Solar energy is good for our future because it is reliable, clean, dependable, sustainable, and affordable.
Some of our customers have entirely transitioned off the grid because they understand what life would be like if the grid were to collapse or become unreliable. They own and control the alternative energy systems that provide all the utilities necessary for life. Solar pumps and heat their water, provide electricity, and refrigerate their food. However, most of our customers reside in grid-connected homes. Their solar system provides off-grid power for their essentials, their comfort, and their security. They have not given up on the grid life, but they have a lifeboat in case the luxury liner sinks.
We originally served all of Alabama, but the business and interest have grown such that we limit our travels between Montgomery on the south end to southern Middle Tennessee on the north end. However, we will make exceptions.
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Experience, technical expertise, reliability, and vision. We have been thinking about this since September 11, 2001. Solar Technology Alabama was started in 2008 and we have been living it since April, 2011. The “living it” matters. What we offer is not taught in books or classrooms.
Your requirements will be similar to the requirements of others. But you may not be satisfied with the same solution. We want you to understand your options and make informed decisions. A successful off-grid experience depends on your understanding of these options, the limits, and capabilities of solar. Many of our customers utilize our paid consultation service to optimize their solar experience.
Alabama Solar Technology Center
1206 Eva Rd, Eva, AL 35621
256-667-2559