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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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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
Good News for Solar Jobs in Oregon
SolarWorld to Consolidate, Close California Production By Renewable Energy World Editors September 6, 2011 Camarillo, Calif. – In what seems to be a rough few weeks for the solar industry, SolarWorld announced plans to shut down its Camarillo, Calif. manufacturing plant and … Continue reading
Badger Mountain Open House
Happy Labor Day! We’ve had a very busy summer here at Hire Electric with a number of jobs lined up for the fall including a Bergey wind machine for the City of Ellensburg; solar and small wind at Kaclec Medical … Continue reading
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Tagged Badger Mountain, Benton PUD, Enlighten Monitoring, Enphase, Powers, REAP Grant, Sanyo Solar Panels, solar, USDA, Washington, Winery
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Tri Cities Solar Seminar September 22, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011 • 6:30 p.m. Holiday Inn Express Hotel 1970 Center Pkwy. (behind Staples) Richland, WA 99352 Free Solar Seminar! Our first two seminars were a great success with about 20 people excited to learn about the new … Continue reading
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Solar Barn in Klickitat County
The solar array on this barn helps offset an estimated 22% of the electric bill for this Klickitat County residence outside of Goldendale, Washington. It is composed of 30 – 230 Watt NESL solar modules and a PowerOne/Aurora, 6kW inverter on a … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbia Gorge, Klickitat County, KPUD, NESL, Net Metering, Residential, Washington
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Solar with Battery Back-Up System
This system uses Schneider Electric’s XW system (Schneider (think: Square D) bought Xantrex in 2009) and their new XW MPPT 80-600 Charge Controller with 21 Sanyo HIT225 solar modules for 4725 Watts of Solar. 6000 watt grid tie/battery back up … Continue reading
