 |
|
Aurora
Sustainability Coordinator
Karen Hancock, Solar Panel Hosting Company
CEO Joy
Hughes, and Solar Host Marc Collins
sign Memorandum of Understanding
at Aurora
City Hall
|
For immediate release – March 22, 2012
Contact: Joy Hughes,
Solar Panel Hosting LLC
4800 W. 80th Ave suite 260, Westminster, CO 80030
719-207-3097
The Solar Panel
Hosting Company, a community energy developer based in Westminster, has
signed a letter of intent with Hawkeye Right Now LLC to develop a community
solar garden. Three acres of a retired
dryland wheat farm will house about 2000 panels to produce 500 kilowatts of
community owned energy.
A community solar
garden is a solar array connected to the grid. XCEL customers in Aurora or Adams County will
be eligible to become subscribers and have their own solar panels in the
array. Each subscriber receives a credit
on their electric bill from the power the panels produce.
Landowner representative Marc Collins “The partners of Hawkeye Right Now LLC are pleased to
be one of the first community solar garden hosts in Colorado. With our site right next to the Aurora Campus
for Renewable Energy (ACRE), we believe the Citizens of Aurora and Adams County
will benefit for years to come. We
encourage other land owners to become solar garden hosts at solargardens.org.”
State Senator Suzanne
Williams (D-Aurora) was the Senate sponsor of the Community Solar Gardens
Act, signed into law by governor Bill Ritter.
Said Williams: “I’m interested in seeing a solar garden in Aurora. I plan to subscribe. Again, Aurora will be leading the way.”
Says Solar Panel Hosting CEO Joy Hughes: “Two thousand
panels is a lot of power, but only a tiny fraction of the solar that Aurora
will need. It is likely that demand will
be high and capacity will fill quite quickly.
Now anyone with an electric bill, whether a home, business, or house of
worship can get clean, renewable power and save money. “
On Monday April 9 at
7 PM, Hughes will be giving a presentation for potential subscribers at the
Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E Alameda, in the Aurora Room. “Even those from outside Aurora can come to
learn more about community solar gardens, as there is probably one planned in
your area too.” says Hughes. To learn
more about the meeting or subscribing to the solar garden visit
http://solargardens.org/Colorado/Aurora, email info@solargardens.org, or call
719-207-3097.
Volunteers - combination community organizers and project managers
called ‘solar gardeners’ help build the subscriber organizations. Prospective solar gardeners can receive free
training from the Solar Gardens
Institute at http://solargardens.org/solar-gardener-training
or by emailing training@solargardens.org
The Solar Panel Hosting Company is a
for-benefit company based in Westminster, Colorado. The Solar Panel Hosting Company is
particularly interested in bringing clean solar power to people in need. SPH makes partnerships with local nonprofits,
and plans to become a for-profit, for-benefit B Corporation.
###
It's inspiring what you do with solar panels over there. Keep it up!
ReplyDelete