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Community, Your Tour, Join Us!
This
is a great year as 14 communities from all over Oregon join the more
than 3200 communities from across the country in presenting tours of
innovative green and solar buildings! This is all happening in concert
with the 15th annual American Solar Energy Society (ASES) National
Solar Tour. Most of these tours occur in September and October and many
of them coincide with the official tour date of Saturday, October 2nd.
>>Click
here for
more information and details
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| Support
Solar Oregon by Choosing Clean Power
By
Diane Zipper - Renewable Northwest Project
We understand that some
of solar energy's biggest fans have a hard time making it
work. If you rent or lease your home or business space, you
may not have the authority to put up solar panels or invest in a solar
hot water heater. Maybe the costs are too high to commit to
right now, or there's a beautiful shade tree blocking the
sun's rays. Whatever the reason, you can still
support clean energy and Solar Oregon by signing up for green power.
>>Click here for
more information and details
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| Meet
Solar Professional Member
Electron Connection, Inc.
Bob-O Schultze
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professional member
of Solar Oregon and owner of Electron Connection, Inc., which offers
load analysis, site survey, system design, sales, installation, user
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and tech support services for residential and commercial
solar and micro-hydro systems, and residential wind turbine systems.
What first
drove you to solar energy?
I was living off-grid in a beautiful place in northernmost California
called Salmon River and I didn't want to run a noisy, fossil
fuel-guzzling generator for power. Micro-hydro and solar were the
perfect solutions. >>Click
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| Net
Zero on Wheels!
By
Christopher Luttkus - Solar Oregon Board Member
100-mile range all-electric cars
are here, and more are coming. While these cars have a
smaller range than a tank of gas and traditional internal combustion
engine (ICE), they possess more than enough range for 80% of our
driving needs. The Ford Focus, Mitsubishi iMEV and Nissan
Leaf are recent examples of all electric vehicles being mass produced
right now. These cars can be fully charged at home in 6 hours
on the same type of circuit used to run your washer and dryer.
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Oregon has been educating the public about net-zero energy use in the
home through its Goal Net-Zero tours and discussion groups.
The question has become: Can I utilize renewable energy to achieve
Net-Zero energy use for my transportation needs?
Let's explore.
>>Click here for
more.
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Solar Drinks is
an opportunity for folks in the greater Portland area
to meet other community members who support renewable
energy. Come join us for a relaxed social and networking event
where you can
speak with Solar Oregon staff, solar industry members and your
neighbors about any topic under the sun!
This month Jean Murray, Solar Oregon Board Member will be discussing
concentrated solar power and her work in France.
>>Clickfor details
and RSVP
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This year,
Solar Now! is expanding its reach by inviting motivated
communities from northern, eastern and central Oregon to become a part
of our outreach efforts. We want to help passionate volunteers,
organizational leaders, municipalities and solar champions like
yourself establish local, solar outreach programs. With the right
resources, training and support, you can plant the seeds of energy
independence in your community.
For more information and to register for Solar Now! University 2010, click here | :
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Goal Net Zero
Interest Group
This month Dan
Weldon and Mark Pengilly will discuss the latest
immensely popular incentive for solar - the Feed In Tariff. The Oregon
Feed In Tariff is a new incentive model that differs from the European
model and reduces some of the typical restrictions of net metering
policies. The next phase of this Oregon incentive program is opening
for applications in October. Learn how it works, how much it pays, what
kind of rate of return your investment will provide, and compare it to
other incentive programs.
>>Clickfor details
& registration
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 UpcomingWorkshops&Events
| Hillsboro
:: | Sept 8
| :: Residential Basics of Going Solar | | Coos
Bay
:: | Sept 14
| ::
Residential Basics of Going Solar
| Portland
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| Sept 14
| :: Solar
Drinks | | Siletz :: | Sept 15
| ::
Residential Basics of Going Solar
| | Portland :: | Sept 22
| :: Goal
Net Zero Interest Group |
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