Summer weather and solar energy

“I don’t charge my cell phone in the wall anymore, I actually use my solar powered battery banks,” Inergy CEO Sean Luangrath said.

There’s no doubt that solar energy is a huge piece of the future of power. As a clean and renewable energy source, solar power allows people all over the world to plug in. And in Pocatello, Inergy is working to keep people powered up, wherever they go.

“The spring, summertime, are the peak seasons for our business because the suns out…and in the world that we live in now, everyone’s got electronics, everyone’s got gear that they need to power,” Luangrath explained. “Our technology really does well in the summertime because you know, sun is out bright, and people wanna be outside, and so they use our technology, our portable solar generators, to power their life as they are outdoors.”

And as Luangrath says, “that’s the magic of solar technology, the sun gives you free electricity.”

With nearly a month straight of sunny, 90-degree weather, the CEO is seeing a direct impact on business.

“Oh yeah, there is definitely a correlation between sales and the warmer weather. Products like this and even products like this, when you’re out in the sunlight, outdoors, you can use the sun to power your gear.”

Idaho is well known for its outdoor activities, but often times people still need power on mountain tops and valley floors.

“So how do you charge your gear while you’re out there? Well, the standard thing that people use are those battery banks. When you’re out in the backcountry, yeah that’s great, you can charge your phone one time and now your battery bank is dead, how are you gonna charge your battery bank? That’s where solar panels come in.”

With no end in sight to the heat wave, Luangrath and solar users will be charged up all summer long.