News from Power Trip Energy

Power Trip Energy will have a booth at the annual KONP Home Show in Port Angeles and will be providing two "Spin Your Meter Backwards" with solar PV presentations over the weekend. The presentations will cover product availability, updates on financial incentives and local financing options, performance and cost estimates, how to know if your home is a good solar home, and tips on selecting contractors.

This will be our first appearance at the KONP Home Show and we appreciate the organizers efforts to create a presentation space for us. To learn more click here.

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2010 Bainbridge Island Home and Garden Show

Date & Time: March 6, 2010, 10am - 5pm Saturday

Sustainable Home Panel Discussion:12pm

location:Woodward Middle School Commons and Auditorium,9125 Sportsman Club Rd NE, Bainbridge Island, WA

Admission:Free

Power Trip Energy will have a booth at the annual Bainbridge Island Home and Garden and will be participating in a panel discussion on sustainable home design. The theme of this home show is "Sustainable Living on Bainbridge Island."

To learn more click here

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North Peninsula Building Association - Building Remodeling and Energy Expo

Date & Time:March 13 - 14, 9am - 4pm Saturday, 10am - 4pm Sunday

Presentation Time: Sunday at 10:15am

Location: Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim, WA

Event Description:

This is one of our favorite home shows because of its compact size, high quality presentations, and focus on green products and technologies. Power Trip Energy will have a booth and be giving a "Spin Your Meter Backwards" presentation on Sunday morning at 10:15am. New information offered at this presentation will be the status of financial incentives, recent price reductions of solar PV, PUD and city of Port Angeles loan programs.

To learn more click here

Made In Washington Solar Modules Now Available!

Power Trip Energy is now installing Silicon Energy solar modules of Arlington, WA. Currently the only solar module made in WA state, the Silicon Energy modules are unique in appearance, construction, and in their return on investment. Washington State's production incentive program offers 15 cents per kW hour for modules made outside WA and 36 cents per kW hour for modules made in WA. The higher production incentive helps offset the somewhat higher cost of the Silicon Energy modules.

Power Trip Energy is currently installing mainly Sharp, Sunpower and Sanyo pv modules.Adding Silicon Energy modules to our product lineup provides our customers a local option to consider when making their renewable energy investment.

For additional information on this new product you can attend one of our upcoming events,contact our office at 360-643-3080 or check out the Silicon Energy web site at www.silicon-energy.com.

Ellensburg Image Power Trip Energy Expands Ellensburg Array

In December we had the opportunity to do a 13 KW phase of a large installation for the City of Ellensburg. We will be completing the job with a larger phase of 39 KW in May. There are several reasons this was an exciting project for us. Firstly, the people with whom we are working from the City of Ellensburg are dynamic folks who have pioneered community solar concepts in Washington State, and they are actually national leaders due to the innovative program they have set up for the customers of their municipally-owned utility. For more info on this program, check out Northwest SEED's review of Community Solar programs at http://nwcommunityenergy.org/solar/solar-case-studies/chelan-pud

Secondly, we enjoyed the project because it gave us the opportunity to work with some new products, notably thin-film pv modules from First Solar and a new (for us) German racking system designed to decrease costs and installation time on large ground-mounted arrays. The expertise required to put a large array on the ground like this is quite different than the carpentry skills required on a roof-mounted system. We certainly enjoy both and now have a pretty good portfolio of ground-mounted systems, especially considering last summer's 33 KW ground-mount on Lopez Island. If you want to cover some acres with pv to make substantial power, we can make sure you get the most power and best value for the lowest installed cost.