Two more local high schools are celebrating going green with a ribbon cutting to celebrate the installation of new solar shade structures. The Washoe County School District worked with Hamilton Solar to install a collective 1.5-megawatt solar power system at Reed and North Valleys High Schools. The project was entirely funded by rebates through NV [...]
The Washoe County School District, in collaboration with northern Nevada’s Hamilton Solar, recently installed a collective 1.5-megawatt solar power system at Reed High School and North Valleys High School. With no out-of-pocket expenditures for the School District, the solar installation was entirely funded by rebates through NV Energy’s Solar Generations Program. The savings in electricity [...]
Reno-based Hamilton Solar Inc. posted its most successful year since its founding in 2008, nearly doubling its work force and production as reflected in a nationwide 140 percent rise in grid-connected photovoltaic installations in the third quarter. “In a time when America has been suffering to put people back to work, the solar industry has [...]
One of five Carson City School District sites to feature solar arrays will be unveiled today at Carson High School, where the school district could save as much as $200,000 in its first year of operation. The Carson High School solar farm boasts five acres of photovoltaic panels and will generate as much as one [...]
A solar dedication will take place Wednesday afternoon at Carson High School. Carson City recently added 195,000 square feet of solar arrays built at five sites throughout the Carson City School district. Last month, NV Energy presented a $9.7 million rebate check to the district for using solar power at its schools. NV Energy has [...]
Taking a drive along the freeway through Carson City, said Mark Korinek, it is apparent what the town values. “As you drive, you’ll see the 1.2-megawatt solar array at the National Guard,” he said. “Then you’ll see the 300-kilowatt array at Eagle Valley Middle School.” Korinek, operations manager for the Carson City School District, went [...]
Rising costs and improving technology have many looking to solar energy these days and that includes our schools. More than 10 percent of the solar installations in Nevada in recent years have been in schools. What may be the largest of these projects was celebrated with a ribbon cutting in Carson City today. The new [...]
Carson City is becoming Nevada’s solar city with the addition of 195,000 square feet of solar arrays built at five sites throughout the Carson City School district. The culmination of which unveils Wednesday, October 26th at 2:30 p.m. behind Carson High School. The Carson High School solar site boasts five-acres of photovoltaic panels and is [...]
In 1990, the average cost for one watt of solar-generated power was about $100. Today the cost is roughly $4 — and it’s expected to drop even further in 2012, says Chad Dickason, principal with Hamilton Solar of Reno.
