Community Solar Garden Colorado Springs

In 2011 we became the first colorado utility to open a community solar garden.

Community solar garden colorado springs. This program grew to include four solar gardens with a total capacity of two megawatts with 435 participants. Clean energy collective cec is hosting a grand opening ceremony for its colorado springs community owned solar farm on tuesday december 18 at 11 30am. Denver community solar garden. Colorado springs approved permits for four community solar gardens in 2011 and we got on board with the first one sunshare s solar garden at venetucci farm.

In boulder county off of north 95th st over 3 200 solar panels will create a 1 2 mw community solar garden enough to power over 300 homes. Jack s solar garden will be a model for farmers along the front range on how to produce renewable energy while improving agricultural production via. Click here for a printable pdf invitation and directions. Community solar gardens are a really cool idea.

You simply subscribe to the community solar garden. Pikes peak community solar garden. National community solar partnership the colorado energy office is a member of the national community solar partnership developed by the u s. Department of energy to expand access to community solar.

Lake horseshoe solar garden 07. Montsun community solar project includes. Sunshare is one of the largest and most experienced community solar companies in the country. Jefferson county community solar garden.

Lake horseshoe solar garden 18. As the cost of research and development for renewable energy goes down so does the cost. Lake horseshoe solar garden 21. Colorado leads the nation with nearly 70 community solar projects in operation generating more than 50 mw and many more in development.

This is extremely unfortunate given that many of the 14 states with solar garden legislation have followed colorado springs lead with its first in the nation 2011 2 mw pilot program. Purchase of green power helps offset the use of fossil fuel generated power with the purchase of wind solar bio fuel and green tags. Under this pilot program 278 residential and educational customers subscribed to a 0 5 megawatt garden located at venetucci farm in security. The new program would bring an additional 10 mw of clean energy to colorado springs by 2016 but if it is cut it will reverse the positive momentum and.

1724 gilpin street denver co. We get well over 300 days of sun each year and the sun is pretty darn strong at this altitude. Mvea started offering green power in 2000 at the cost of 2 50 per 100 kwh block. Find out how much you can save.

Lake horseshoe solar garden 20. Colorado springs community solar garden. Choose community solar for your home and lead the way to a cleaner brighter future for everyone. Solar energy produced in the heart of colorado.

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