Occidental Power: Solar & Energy Storage

04/27/2026

Safety as well as quality is our motto

03/02/2026

Solar Thermal pool heating in the North Bay

10/27/2025

We bought the boecker lift frkm Germany for solar panels....

10/27/2025

German firm cashes in on inadvertent role in £75m Louvre raid with ad

Boecker, a crane manufacturer based near Dortmund, boasted their goods lift, which was used in the audacious heist, was 'quiet as a whisper'.

10/25/2025

Occidental Power,
Solar & Energy Storage
San Francisco, CA
Founded 1989

08/07/2025

https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/08/california-supreme-court-rules-lower-court-must-revisit-nem-3-0-ruling/

The California Supreme Court on August 7 unanimously ruled that a lower court must revisit its earlier decision upholding NEM 3.0, according to nonprofit

11/13/2024

A must read by grid expert and economist Ahmad Faruqui on Rooftop Solar, assessment of policy, and how to better meet our climate goals:

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/11/08/are-californias-electricity-prices-rising-because-customers-are-installing-solar-panels/

Rooftop Solar is key to meeting our climate goals and having a stable grid. "We will not be able to hit our state’s clean energy goals without rooftop solar...In California, home electrification is a core strategy for fighting climate change...incentives need to be set up to support it, not hinder it."

Electricity rates are rising in California. Utilities say rooftop solar is to blame. Grid expert and economist-at-large Ahmad Faruqui comments.

10/01/2024

Keep an eye on this product coming out of Berkeley, the Copper Induction Range. https://copperhome.com/

If you're interested in getting one now, we have several avaliable and reserved through the company directly--there is otherwise a lengthly waitlist!
Call our office 9-5: 415-681-8861 or email [email protected]

This cooking range is an expertly designed induction stovetop with an electric oven and a 5kWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in its undercarriage, allowing for product use during utility outages, as well as the ability to plug into any 20-amp outlet without getting an electrical service upgrade.
Check out this WSJ article featuring the range today: https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/touch-screens-are-over-even-apple-is-bringing-back-buttons-86fb9ea8?mod=mhp

Product designers are embracing how users actually feel after years of pushing flat and sleek

09/30/2024

Highlighting Maxeon Solar Technologies today as our top recommended solar module.
Maxeon has made their September "Shero" Occidental Power, Solar & Energy Storage's Business Agent and Principal , and focused on her bridge of sustainability with artwork and solar power.
Here are some photos showing recycled solar materials from our company donated to several art groups for interactive installations at BM several years ago. One of these groups, Awful's Gas & Snack became the first 100% solar powered art installation on the Playa, with the PV array brought and built by Grace and Pushan Panda!
Grace also has used our metal scraps to make the company's logo on our shop facade on Mission Street, and incorperates shipping- by-products as art materials for paintings and sculptures (more photos to come).

06/10/2024

Lola the bloodhound is on the job

Over 33 years designing, installing, maintaining solar and cogeneration energy systems.