Cascade Climate Network"Spin Your Meter Backwards" Workshop
We'll cover details of the new federal and state solar incentives, and we'll also cover some new equipment options, namely micro-inverters and thin-film laminates.
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Nov 22, 2008 from 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm |
| Where | Port Townsend Community Center |
| Contact Name | Andy Cochrane |
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Andy Cochrane, president of Power Trip Energy Corp of Port Townsend, will offer a free two hour workshop on solar grid-tied electricity on Saturday, November 22, from 1 – 3 pm in Port Townsend. The event will take place at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St. (corner of Lawrence and Tyler Streets) in uptown Port Townsend.
Cochrane, who has given many presentations on solar power on the Olympic Peninsula over the past few years, reports that this presentation will include significant new information. The new federal solar tax credits will be covered as well as the current status of the Washington state production incentives. Financing programs will be discussed as well as the availability of new solar products, including thin film PV modules and micro-inverters.
Cochrane will also be announcing the formation of their Apollo Club, wherein members share the goals of providing 100% of their electricity within 10 years, and will share energy conservation tips, performance tracking and success stories.
Renewable energy, such as wind and solar power, is considered by many to be an important resource to address our country’s rising energy needs while also reducing our global warming impacts. But does solar power make sense in the “rainy” northwest? “That is a question we get all the time,” responds Cochrane. “The north Olympic Peninsula, receives more sunshine on average than Germany, the world’s leader in solar power installations. It works just fine here.”
Areas around Sequim, Port Townsend, and Port Angeles in the rain shadow of the Olympics are ideally suited for solar power and have some of the highest concentrations of installed solar electric systems in the state. “We have 58 grid tied PV (photo voltaic) systems installed in Jefferson County and 46 in Clallam County,” stated Cochrane. “We’ve got about 1.5% of the state’s population and about 15% of the installed PV systems in the state. We don’t just have a great solar resource; we are showing the rest of the state how it’s done.”
