Solar Potential in the Northwest
How Much sun do we get around here
Solar Energy
Education
Solar Energy International Hands on training classes for aspiring solar energy installers and amateurs. Classes on Guemes Island, in Colorado, and internationally.
Solar Today – the monthly magazine of the American Solar Energy Society
Home Power Magazine – the highly respected source of information on solar and wind power for on-grid and off-grid situations
Solar power Rock.com - a great site showing incentives for solar power in the NW and recent developements
Solar Energy News and
Policy
Database of State Solar Incentives – a summary of state by state incentives for solar
Vote Solar – organizing California and the nation to make solar energy mainstream
Interstate Renewable Energy Council – excellent source of legal and industry policy trends
Solar Washington – an association of consumers, installers, and solar advocates from across Washington state. The state chapter of the American Solar Energy Society.
American Solar Energy Society – publisher of the kick-ass solar magazine, Solar Today.
Energy Self-Reliant States – a blog about distributed energy from The New Rules Project and the Institute for Local Self Reliance
Power Trip Energy – Port Townsend based installer with extensive experience in solar
Project Partners,
Supporters and Suppliers
Port of Coupeville – The Port owns the land and developed the Solar P-Patch.
Puget Sound Energy – Our electric utility provided a $25,000 Green Power Grant to the Island County Council of Governments and they are buying the electricity we produce.
Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (SEED) – a Seattle-based non-profit helping communities to develop and implement locally owned clean energy. They wrote a grant to the USDA to help our project get off the ground.
Sustainable Whidbey Coalition – This network of government, non-profit and business leaders provided a hub for potential project developers to meet and form partnerships.
Whidbey Sun & Wind – Coupeville based installer with extensive experience in solar, installed the first arrays at the Solar P-Patch.
Silicon Energy – Washington State manufacturer of photovoltaic panels and inverter systems, sold us the equipment for our installation
DPW – sold us the racking system for our system