Category Archives: Solar

Hood River County Fair 2012

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Jonathan Lewis

Hood River County has an old time country fair out in Odell, Oregon. This year Hire Electric’s solar division had a booth at the fair to help people learn more about solar. SunStorage loaned us their Architectural array and the … Continue reading →

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Glenwood school gets solar lab

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Jonathan Lewis

From the Goldendale Sentinel July 4, 2012 | Vol. 133, No. 27 | View PDF http://www.goldendalesentinel.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=1017 Solar4Schools Glenwood Site As summer begins, so does the construction of a solar system at the Glenwood School that will provide a hands on laboratory for students … Continue reading →

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Capture the Sun White Salmon @ Solstice Cafe June 2nd

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Jonathan Lewis

When: Saturday June 2nd, 2012 – solar talk at 1pm – open house from 11am to 4pm. Where: Solstice Wood Fired Cafe, upstairs meeting room, 415 W. Steuben St (Hwy 14), Bingen, WA. http://www.solsticewoodfirecafe.com/ Our first Capture the Sun meeting at … Continue reading →

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Lavender Valley Solar Array

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Jonathan Lewis

We just completed this lovely 4.8kW ground mount solar array at Lavender Valley in Hood River, Oregon. The farm is on the Hood River FruitLoop and a must see if you’re in the area.

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Bob Skinner Receives NABCEP Certification

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jonathan Lewis

Hire Electric’s Bob Skinner has lived off grid since 1993. He’s been doing professional solar design since 2005. So, not only does he have very real world experience living day to day with solar he has also developed amazing expertise … Continue reading →

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Solar’s 80% Plunge Hurts Utilities From Hawaii to Spain

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Jonathan Lewis

This is an excellent article covering the ups, downs, goods, bads and uglies of a very quickly expanding solar industry…. By Ben Sills and Marc Roca - Mar 20, 2012 5:00 PM PT On grassy pasture in western Spain, Fotowatio SL … Continue reading →

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US to impose tariff on Chinese solar panels in victory for domestic makers

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Jonathan Lewis

American solar panel manufactuers welcome Obama administration decision, saying it exposes unfair trade practices Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 March 2012 19.39 EDT   Chinese companies have acknowledged receiving cheap loans and other government support. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA … Continue reading →

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HireSolar GreenYour$elf Referral Program Announced

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Jonathan Lewis

At Hire Electric we understand what it means to be on the cutting edge of solar. And we would like to reward our loyal customers and friends who help promote renewable energy throughout our region. When neighbors get together and … Continue reading →

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Sherman County RV Park Solar Awning

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Jonathan Lewis

Hire Electric helped Sherman County obtain a feed in tarif incentive from Pacific Power for a 10kW solar project at the RV Park Sherman County operates in Moro, Oregon. We are using Sanyo HIT-225AO1 solar panels with Enphase micro inverters … Continue reading →

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Kadlec gets energy efficient with solar panels, wind turbines

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Jonathan Lewis

This article came up in the Tri-City Herald about the solar and wind installation that Hire Electric did for Apollo Solutions Group at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, WA: By Michelle Dupler, Tri-City Herald Cody Parsons, an electrician at Kadlec … Continue reading →

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