Category: Community-Led Solar
Solar Energy for a Tacoma “Oasis”
“What is that on your roof?” That’s the question Tim Thomas, executive director of the Oasis of Hope Center, expects people to ask when they see the nonprofit’s new solar array. Thomas envisions it as starting educational conversations about renewable energy at the community center which provides youth services in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma. […]
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Shark Garden Goes Solar
With its 3D-printed hydrotowers, a solar-powered water pump, and an automated seed planting device named Farmbot, Shark Garden may be the most technologically advanced community garden in Burien. “If a weed grows where it’s not supposed to,” said Taryn Koerker, co-founder of Shark Garden, “Farmbot stabs an arm into the dirt and eliminates it.” Now […]
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Suquamish Solar Celebration
Sphere Solar Energy | Poulsbo, WA / July 12, 2022 The Suquamish tribe has taken decisive action to address the global climate crisis with the completion of a 68-panel solar array atop its Family & Friends Center. Installed by Sphere Solar Energy, the 32.6 kW system will produce about 30,000 kWh of clean, zero-emissions electricity […]
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Shiloh Baptist Church Hosts A Solar Energy 101 Community Workshop
By Kristine Coman – Taken from Hilltop Action Journal, June-July 2021 As you may know, Shiloh Baptist Church won a $50,000 Grant from the Evergreen Options Program to help with the purchase and installation of on-site renewable energy projects. Shiloh chose Sphere Solar Energy the only minority-owned solar contractor in the region to lead the […]
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