Solar Washington

Advancing Solar Energy in Washington State

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Projects of the Month

Project of the Month - January 2013
Vashon Solar Community Solar Project “Ring the bell… solar school is in!”  Vashon Solar LLC, a community solar project on Vashon Island, has completed PHASE 1 installation at The Harbor School.  Vashon Solar LLC provides solar generated electricity to its sole customer, Puget Sound Energy (PSE). The electricity is generated by a solar array installed on property owned by the Vashon Island School District and leased to The Harbor School. Vashon Solar LLC entered into a lease with The Harbor School to use an existing metal roof-covered walkway that...

Project of the Month - December 2012
Northwest Wind & Solar Installs Solar System on Snohomish Office Building click image to expand SEATTLE—Northwest Wind & Solar has installed a 31.39kWphotovoltaic (PV) solar system for a 6,000-square-footcommercial office and fleet maintenance shop that will be occupied by Kemp West Inc., a comprehensive vegetation management company that serves utility and municipal customers throughout the Pacific Northwest. “We were intrigued by the idea of incorporating solar power into our new building; and after carefully analyzing the...

Project of the Month - November 2012
Community Building Upgrade in Spokane click picture to expand The Community Building, LLC in Spokane, WA is replacing 32 solar panels installed in 2000 with Washington made iTek Energy panels and bluefrog micro-inverters. At the time of installation, the system was the first commercial installation in Spokane County. The decision to replace the panels was due to the WA State incentives for utilizing Washington made panels and inverters which was put into effect in 2006. In addition to a 30% Federal tax credit and no state sales tax, the project will get a state rebate of 54 cents per kWh...

Project of the Month - October 2012
Edmonds Community Solar Cooperative  –  By Chris Herman, pres.  A truly cooperative enterprise between Sustainable Edmonds (non-profit initiator), City of Edmonds, Tangerine Power (developer), Sunergy Systems (solar supplier/contractor), Mark Codispotti (engineer), Carlo Voli (board member+), Bill Lider (board member) and Chris Herman (pres.+). The co-op model was chosen for our community solar project to benefit people whose roofs face the wrong way, live in the forest, or apartments, condos, don’t have the money for an entire system, or simply don’t want...

Project of the Month - September 2012
Organic farm grows local food and power! Cloudview EcoFarms grow nutrient-dense, certified organic vegetables and fruits in Central Washington near Royal City. They strive to farm in an ecologically sound manner, implementing permaculture, biodynamic & organic principles. The main philosophy of the farm is to provide food locally through a CSA, Community Sustainable Agriculture. Installing a solar power system using locally made modules and inverters is a natural extension of their philosophy and using power produced onsite to offset their power usage on the farm cold storage...