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Hood River Middle School + 1 Year
The “Goal Net Zero” Music and Science wing at Hood River Middle School has been on line for one year now. The production (solar) and consumption of the building seem to be nicely in balance. The 35kW solar array has … Continue reading
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Happy New Year from Hire Electric
Flag blowing in the wind in front of our 153kW solar installation in Christmas Valley, Oregon From OMD Slide Show
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Tagged Christmas Valley, flag, Made in USA, Oregon, solar, SolarWorld, Wind
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Kadlec Medical Center Gets Solar and Wind
We worked with Apollo Solutions Group to install a 5kW, Washington-made solar array with Silicon Energy solar panels and 2 – 2.5kW Energy Ball V200′s at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, WA. The project was completed in December 2011. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged energy ball, Kadlec, Richland, Roof Mount, SiE, Silicon Energy, small wind, V200, Washington Solar Modules
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Solar Seminar in Richland, WA. Dec. 15th
Thursday, December 15, 2011 • 6:30 p.m. Holiday Inn Express Hotel 1970 Center Pkwy. (behind Staples) Richland, WA 99352 Free Solar Seminar! Our first three seminars were a great success with about 20 people excited to learn about the new … Continue reading
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Tagged incentives, Seminar, solar, Washington
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150kW Solar Array in Christmas Valley
The Christmas Valley Project in the news: http://www.ktvz.com/news/29874060/detail.html http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/PressRelease/2011/11-28-2011Press.shtml Hire Electric had the great privilege of working on a large commercial solar array for the Oregon Military Department with Randolph Construction Services and Bradford Engineers. The project uses all Oregon Manufactured solar … Continue reading
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Tagged ARRA, Christmas Valley, Net Metering, OR, Oregon, PVPowered, solar, SolarWorld
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Path to Net Zero Workshop
Energy Alternatives and Efficient Building a workshop and tour to help reduce energy consumption …the Path to Net Zero! Energy Alternatives and Efficient Building will include a day of presentations, discussions, demonstrations and tours to learn about technologies used in … Continue reading
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Tagged columbia basin college, Net Zero, Pasco, solar, WA, workshop
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Woody Guthrie in The Columbia River Gorge
Lots of people don’t know that Woody Guthrie once worked for the BPA here in the Columbia River Gorge. BPA’s idea was to make music about the changes and advantages of electrification and get people excited about what was coming. … Continue reading
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Bergey Wind Machine in Ellensburg
Hire Electric Completes Bergey 10kW Wind Machine at Ellensburg Renewable Energy Park. Right off I-90 in Ellensburg Washington you might have noticed the worlds first Community Owned Solar Farm. Hire Electric recently helped the city add something a bit more … Continue reading
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Tagged Bergey, Community Solar, community wind, ellensburg, Wind generator
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13kW Residential Solar
This system is a retrofit of a 6.5kW solar array we installed 2 years ago. The owner liked his solar so much – and saw that as an investment it was performing better than anything else going – that he … Continue reading
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Oregon Senator Pleads for Level Solar Playing Field
Solar panels: latest hot spot in US-China trade tensions September 9, 2011 3:54 pm by Leslie Hook reblogged from: http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/09/09/chinese-solar-panels-new-battleground-in-us-sino-trade-relations/ There are many things China comes under fire for when US politicians take the stage: stealing American jobs is an old favourite, as … Continue reading
