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Advance Solar Hydro Wind Power Inc., since 1978, Redwood Valley

We don't just sell energy independence. We live it.

Advance Solar, Hydro, Wind Power is a private, family-owned company that has designed and installed energy systems since 1978. We run our own buildings on our own power and build the batteries we install.

SolarHydroWindLiFePO4 storage
Sol-Ark inverter and battery cabinet installationSolar array and wind turbine beside a reservoir
Since 1978Redwood Valley, CA
First in CaliforniaTo be solar and wind powered
Off grid for 50 yearsOur principal officers' own homes
14th generationOf our own API Li battery systems
Family ownedStill run by the original owners

Three sources keep the power on all year

Solar is strongest in summer. Hydro runs day and night on winter storms. Switch each source on and off to see how they fill each other's gaps.

Illustrative seasonal pattern, not production data. Actual output depends on your site, water flow and wind.

Family Energy Storage System

Build your battery stack

Our own API LiFePO4 systems: a 5 kW, 120 VAC inverter with 5.12 kWh Li modules, stackable to 30.72 kWh. Plug it in and it stays charged, then powers your loads during an outage, or every day.

1 module6 modules
5 kW inverter
15.36kWh of LiFePO4 storage (3 modules)

Our LiFePO4 systems

  • Nontoxic
  • Non-explosive
  • Non-gassing
  • Built, tested and supported by us

LMC / NMC (cobalt) systems

  • Cobalt is toxic
  • Documented excess heat during charge and discharge
  • We do not install them, including Tesla and Sonnen

Design, install and service, from one family

Whole house, building, residential, commercial and industrial primary power systems. Our goal is energy independence, not just backup power.

System design

Primary power systems for homes, businesses and villages, designed around how you actually use energy.

Installations

We install our own tested API systems. Available through our Redwood Valley, Redding and Stockton locations.

System servicing

Ongoing service for the systems we design and install, from people who run the same technology every day.

Solar thermal collectors

A vacuum tube array, a 400 gallon heat exchanger tank and efficient boilers cut our own natural gas bill by close to 80%.

Solar

Ceramic coatings

Our roof coating keeps the building and our solar modules cooler, so we are comfortable at 110 degrees without air conditioning.

Solar

Wind technology

Our vertical axis wind turbines hold many world patents. They are self vaning with controlled braking, and run from Mongolia to Alaska and Europe.

Wind

Hydroelectric systems

Cost effective, with rapid return on investment where water has velocity and moderate to high flow. Winter power when the sun is weakest.

Hydro

Leading by example

Our founders have lived without conventional power since the early 1970s.

Our warehouse and offices have PG&E service, but we use it only as backup. We produce our power from large roof mounted arrays, so the primary system supplies every load, all the time.

When utilities shut off power, we open our doors so neighbors can charge laptops and phones, because we have more than enough power to run our business.

Our own natural gas bill

After replacing an old boiler with a solar thermal system.

Before$1,800 / month
AfterUnder $400 / month

Projects, from cabins to villages

A look at recent systems. Photos shown are from our current site.

Off grid residential

Off grid residential

Sol-Ark inverters with LiFePO4 storage cabinets.

Complete off grid

Complete off grid

Containerized power system with inverters, storage and backup generator.

Off grid residence

Off grid residence

172+ kWh API LiFePO4, 36 kW off grid inverter power, 150 amps at 240 VAC, 32 bifacial 400 W panels (12.8 kW).

400 amp at 240 VAC off grid system

400 amp at 240 VAC

Off grid. 80 kW inverter, 315 kWh LiFePO4, 160 cells in series, 512 VDC nominal.

US Military ground mount array

US Military

Large ground mount solar array.

127.79 kWhGrid tied non-export system

Grid tied non-export

API stackable LiFePO4 floor model, 54 kW at 120/240 VAC.

Let's talk about your independence

Tell us about your property and goals. We have been doing this since 1978.

Redwood Valley (headquarters)6331 N State Street, Redwood Valley, CA 95470
(707) 485-0588 · advance@advancepower.net
Mon–Fri 9:00am–4:00pm · Sat 10am–2pm
Redding (Shasta County)843 N. Market St., Redding, CA 96003
(530) 226-0701 · Mon–Fri 9am–5pm
Weekends by appointment: call Greg at (530) 510-6538
Stockton (San Joaquin County)BTA Solar, Stockton, CA 95215
209-483-2991

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