Entrepreneur, Engineer, Energy Enthusiast

I am an entrepreneur and mechanical engineer. My expertise is solar, biodiesel, and energy production.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

It's now August of 2012 and many new projects have happened since my last post. I started a large solar project over 400 kilowatts (that's over 1,000 solar panels!) in Alabama as well as starting solar hot water projects in South Florida. The new launch of my website www.IRE-Global.com has helped give my company new direction as well as business in the last several months.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Developing International Renewable Energy

My website www.IREsolar.com is now up again and working on financing of solar projects. It has been a long while since I last updated my blog, so I know some updates are definitely needed. I started several projects with my solar company, and now the main focus will be providing solar hot water systems for customers across Florida and the Southeast United States.

I worked with a bank and received financing for the solar hot water systems, with payments as low as $37/month. I am very happy about this news, and hope that I sell many systems soon.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Working on Solar Prototypes and Installing solar

It's now August and almost September 2011. It's been so busy that it's been hard to keep up with all my blog posts, including personal and business blogs. My company, International Renewable Energy, LLC, is expanding fast and many great advances in solar are happening now. More and more people are becoming interested in solar thermal and solar electricity. Since then, I've been involved in a few solar installations and working on some projects in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Solar in Gainesville, Florida

Working on solar systems in Gainesville, Florida. Have a few solar thermal and one solar PV system.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Launch of My New Solar Companies

I am now ready to fully launch my two solar companies under the banner of International Renewable Energy Distribution and Consulting. Over the past few months I have been working on my two websites: www.BestSolarBuy.com and www.IREsolar.com.

I will be launching a solar energy company in both Gainesville, Florida and Tampa, Florida. There are many new solar incentives starting mid-January 2010 in Gainesville, and I want my solar company to be the premier solar provider starting this month in Gainesville. Many new incentives will happen in Tampa starting in March, making this quarter of 2010 a great time for solar power. I have all of the installation crews lined up to take orders and install solar electric or solar hot water panels for all of Florida. It has been very fun so far to set up all of my companies to launch solar power.

More details to come soon as I launch my solar energy companies this week. I am very excited!

Written by Eric Layton.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Been Awhile, Still Working with Solar and Biodiesel

It has been a long time since I posted (a few months), but my company International Renewable Energy and www.BestSolarBuy.com have been very busy. I am working on several 5 megawatt (5 MW) solar installs in North Carolina, along with several solar installations in Florida.

I am definitely still working on my solar air heating prototype. As winter is approaching, I am working more and more on the prototype. I should have a completed design by the end of December.

I am also working on a non-profit project with a few people to create clean drinking water. I am hoping to present this project to a few non-profit groups working in Haiti or African countries that need fresh water. More details on this soon!

Post written by Eric Layton

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Working on Solar Heating and AC Design

Up early to work on a solar AC and heating. I have been researching other companies across the world that have been installing solar AC systems. These unique systems use a solar thermal panel to assist in creating a much more efficient air conditioning system as compared to a traditional AC system. I will spending much of the day thinking about how to design a home with a solar AC, solar hot water system, and a solar air heating system. My goal is come up with a entire model system with all three of these functions for an existing home.

In a few hours I will be meeting with a blueberry farmer outside Plant City, Florida, to discuss the possibility of growing jatropha on a few hundred acres in South Florida. He is an expert with growing blueberry plantations.