About Us
Climate Change Solar is a website that is owned and operated by Solatron
Technologies Incorporated one of the oldest, most established names in the
renewable energy industry.
We own and operate one of the largest showroom, warehouse and repair facilities
in the U.S. that is solely dedicated to the promotion of renewable energy
technologies.
Our company's primary mission is to offer the finest renewable energy product
available at unbeatable prices while offering the very best service available.
Our company's history is deeply rooted in in both solar and wind energy
technologies with long established direct relationships with the finest
manufacturers in the world.
Unlike the majority of solar companies that you'll encounter in today's market
that recently transitioned from industries like air conditioning, roofing,
electrical and plumbing, we began designing, selling and repairing renewable
energy systems long before the technology became fashionable.
History
Beginning in 1982 in the City of La Puente, California and known as
Computech Electronic Supply at that time, our company designed, manufactured and
sold electronic training kits which included solar cell technology to students
that attended educational institutions such as Devry Institute, California
Polytechnic Institute, Mount San Antonio College, ITT Tech as well as other
institutions throughout Southern California.
Upon entering the "Internet Age" in 1997 our company changed its name to
Electronic Parts On Sale, registered the domain name "partsonsale.com", moved
our offices to Bloomington, California and added commercially prepared renewable
energy components to our product line.
In 1998 we dropped the majority of our component level products such as
diodes, capacitors, transistors and transformers from our product line and began
focusing our attention exclusively on designing and selling complete renewable
energy systems and related components.
In 1999 we began buying factory direct from Kyocera Solar Inc. and greatly
expanded the number pre-engineered solar electric kit offerings.
In the year 2000 we became California's first and only factory authorized Trace
Engineering (now Xantrex Technology) repair center offering repair service to
the full line of Xantrex products. We also began purchasing factory direct from
Matrix/Photowatt Solar and expanded our warehouse facility to an excess of 4,500
sq. ft. and began a concerted effort to dramatically increased our in-house
inventory levels to better serve our clients.
In 2001 we incorporated under our current name of Solatron Technologies to more
accurately reflect our focus on renewable energy products and began purchasing
factory direct from Xantrex Technology, Unirac and Two Seas Metal Works. We
stepped up our marketing efforts by becoming the first renewable energy company
in Southern California to advertise on KFI, KNX and KABC radio. We also began an
advertising campaign on Charter Cable TV as a sponsor of Steven Spielberg's hit
science fiction thriller "Taken". Our gross revenues for 2001 grew to more than
$1.6 million.
In 2002 we moved our operation from the leased facility in Bloomington,
California and purchased a commercial building as well as two adjoining
commercially zoned vacant lots in Victorville, California. We hosted Southern
California's first and largest renewable energy expo at the Fairplex in Pomona
with several thousand people in attendance.
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frontage property was also purchased for the purpose of future expansion. Our
gross revenues for 2002 grew to over $1.9 million.
In 2003 we began purchasing directly from Outback Power Inc. We acquired the
domain name Solarhome.com which was immediately converted into an active website
for the primary purpose of marketing our high performance grid intertie systems.
Our gross revenue for 2002 grew to over $2.1 million.
In 2004 we employed the services of M&L Keith and Associates to initiate the
design and permitting process for the construction of a new showroom and
warehouse on the adjoining vacant commercial properties that we previously
purchased. We held our second Renewable Energy Expo at the Fairplex in Pomona
with even a greater audience in attendance than our 2002 Expo. Our gross
revenues for 2004 grew to over $2.4 million.
2005 was a banner year for Solatron Technologies. We broke ground on our new
Victorville warehouse and showroom.
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We acquired a 9 acre I-15 Freeway frontage property for future expansion. We
entered into an agreement to become one of only five direct dealers in the
entire U.S. of Mitsubishi Electric solar modules. We became a direct distributor
of PV Powered and Magnum Energy inverter products. We established Advantage
Solar for the purpose of serving our ever growing wholesale dealer network. Our
gross revenue for 2005 nearly doubled over 2004's revenue at over $4.35 million.
2006 topped all of our previous years with over $10 million in revenues. Our new
Victorville showroom and warehouse finally reached completion. We established a
direct relation with SMA America, manufacturers of the Sunny Boy line of
inverters. We formed three new companies including Advantage Solar Inc. with
it's own dedicated staff for serving our network of more than 100 dealers
nationwide, Solar Home Inc. for the sole purpose of offering turn key
residential grid tie solar electric systems and Best Buy Solar Inc. for our new
Oregon facility. Three commercially zoned properties with an existing
office facility were acquired with frontage on highway 101 in Gold Beach,
Oregon.
Future Goals
With more than $2 million dollars worth of pre-sold grid intertie systems by the
middle of January 2007. This year is getting off to a unprecedented start.
We are now in negotiations with an Oregon contractor to begin the design and
permitting phase for the construction of a new multi-story showroom and
warehouse facility in Oregon to take the place of the existing office facility.
We are also in talks with a California contractor to begin the design and
permitting phase of the construction of a new sales office with frontage along
the I-15 freeway in Victorville, California.
We are currently in contract talks with Suntech Power for the introduction of
their premium line of solar electric modules and BIPV (solar tile) line of
products.
We are currently accepting reservations for booth space at our 3rd upcoming
Renewable Energy Expo at the Fairplex in Pomona on August 4th and 5th which is
expected to be our largest show ever.
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