As part of a CETA (Comprehensive Employment Training Act) for Solar Technicians at Sonoma State University back in 1977-1978; I was on a field trip when I was first exposed to Solar Electricity. The technology fascinated me to the extent I teamed up with my brother and collaborated with him on a couple of projects. The first was a simple system (Solar panel, battery etc) to generate light at night during power outages for a family member in Guyana. The next project involved  generating electricity to power a landline telephone system and some lighting to a farm in Carlsbad, California.

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When Electricity was deregulated in California in 1996 we formed GILES & SUN ENVIRONMENTAL. Over the ensuing years and decades my brother (with concepts and designs I formulated) was able to produce an incredible body of work in the form of portable Solar generators out of  a 150 square feet garage on Leonard Avenue in Oceanside  A total of five altogether!

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GILES & SUN ENVIRONMENTAL morphed into SOLARSTOPE LLC from which we plan on introducing these generators to the marketplace via rentals to the nation and globally; incorporating materials manufactured in the U.S.A wherever and whenever possible.