Basalt Middle School Saves Bags; Wins Solar Array
This city at the center of Garfield County’s natural gas fields and the region’s come-and-go oil shale industry has been pushing hard to promote itself as an alternative-energy hub as well.
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Photo Scott Condon, Aspen Times

Ritter praises Rifle for sustainable development projects
This city at the center of Garfield County’s natural gas fields and the region’s come-and-go oil shale industry has been pushing hard to promote itself as an alternative-energy hub as well.

By Dennis Webb
Glenwood Post Independent
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Garfield County to install large solar electric system on fairgrounds riding arena roof
Solar power is projected to offset 57 percent of the facility’s electric use

Installation of the “granddaddy” solar project of the Garfield New Energy Communities Initiative will start later this month on the roof of the Garfield County Fairgrounds riding arena in Rifle.

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Amory Lovins Goes Even Greener at Home
Amory Lovins shows off the new solar panels installed by Sol Energy at his home in Old Snowmass. The “islandable” system is tied to the grid, but can also switch to battery power in the case of an outage

by Katie Redding
The Aspen Times
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Innovative Financing Solution
Spurs Renewable Energy Investment
Carbondale, Colorado has installed a 52 Kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic system on its brand
new LEED certified* recreation center. The system is artfully integrated into the building’s architecture, will generate 77,720 kilowatt-hours (kWh) every year from its own rooftop and represents two-thirds of the building’s annual electrical energy consumption.
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Going Solar
Having earned a Masters degree in solar architecture from Arizona State University in 1977, Carbondale’s Ken Olson can legitimately claim three decades of solar-energy advocacy, engineering and education. He co-founded Carbondale’s Solar Energy International in 1991 and, in 2003, started Sol Energy, a renewable-energy contracting and consulting firm.
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Sol Energy Shines Light In Carbondale
Phillip Yates, Glenwood Springs correspondent
Aspen, CO

CARBONDALE — What if your business could receive most of its energy from the sun, while also enjoying a federal tax credit and utility rebates?

Carbondale-based Sol Energy can help you enjoy all three benefits and make a small difference against global warming.

The company already is helping the town of Carbondale reduce its carbon footprint after it installed two massive solar panel arrays on top of the city’s recreation center. The photovoltaic (PV) system will provide the building with about two-thirds of its annual energy needs.
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Into the Woods and Off the Grid
Featured in Aspen Home, the completely off the grid straw-bale home in Old Snowmass is powered in part by a photovoltaic system installed by Sol Energy.

By Diane Tegmeyer
Aspen Home Magazine
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