Founded in 2006

161 kW Installed to Date – 50 projects

Steamboat Springs, CO

Commercial systems Routt County Justice Center – 160 modules 26 kW 6 Middle Schools- 2kW plus educational classroom display

and curriculum (Steamboat, Oak Creek, Hayden, Meeker, CMC dorms) – donated by the Sierra Club

Botanic Gardens Trillium House – 20 modules 3.5kW Moots Cycles – 42 modules- 9 kW BAP Little Red House- 24 modules – 5.16kW City of Steamboat Community Center – 24 modules Bud Werner Memorial Library – 48 modules – 11.4kW Phippsburg Post Office- 18 modules- 4 kW North Routt Community Charter School -14 modules- 4.48kW Yampatika - 14 modules- 4.48kW Elkstone Farms – 40 modules- 9 kW Elkhead Ranch/Heather Sterling – 24 modules – 7.4kW Butcherknife Brewing Company – 44 modules – 12.3kW

161 kW + Installed in Yampa Valley to Date

Elkstone Farm 9kW40 SunPower 225 watt

modules = 9,000 watts/9 kW

Ground Mount –3 DirectPower MPM Racks ($13,265)

SunPower 8000 Inverter

No gas piped to greenhouse – heats with climate battery design and 2 small electric backup heaters

System cost- $42,500

Minus USDA Grant - $10,625

Minus 30% Federal Tax Credit - $12,750

Minus Accelerated Depreciation Benefit - $8,000 (TBD by accountant )

Out of Pocket Cost for System $11,125

System has Two Revenue StreamsValue of Energy Produced by the System17,000 kWh annually @ $0.10/kWh $1,700

(Today’s estimate kWh cost from YVEA)Energy Value over 20-year life-of-system $34,000With 0% escalator for rate increase

10 kW System Cost/Benefit

Solar Generation – Elkstone FarmSummary This

MonthLast Month Period last

yearLifetime

Energy 1068 1351 1367 58,868

Max AC Power

7.95 7.96 8.0 8.9

Trees Grown for 10 Years

19 24 25 1083

Miles not Driven

1766 2234 2260 97,337

CO2 lbs avoided

1690 2138 2164 93,184

Yampatika 5kW 14 Sunpower 320 modules

Racking structure design/ build Letson Construction

Excavating provided by Native Excavating

3,258 kWhs generated since turn on

5,539 lbs of CO2 avoided

North Routt Community Charter School -14 modules- 4.48kW

Moots Cycles – 9 kW

Bud Werner Memorial LibraryLEED Certified 11.4 kW

Elkhead Ranch- Hayden 7.4kWSold to American Farmland Trust in 2013

Stabilized cost of solar generation for 25 years Become a part of the “solution” to a clean energy generation

future Participate in the evolving “solar tech” market so it can continue

to attract investment capital and lower manufacturing costs Active global solar markets will drive “grid parity” - the point at

which alternative means of generating electricity is equal in cost, or cheaper than grid power

“Walk the Talk” of promoting your business and its products as protectors of clean air and water

Reduce our country’s dependence on fossil fuels and make the world a better place for future generations

Set a positive example for our community, both locally and globally

Good Reasons to Invest

SunPower Yingli

Estimated Cost of 10 kW System Installed

$55,000 $42,500

Minus 30% Federal Tax Credit - estimated

$16,500 $12,750

Minus USDA Grant- 25% of total project cost

$13,750 $10,625

Total Incentives before depreciate benefit

$30,250 $23,375

Minus MACRS accelerated depreciation on equipment (accountant needs to confirm this number)

$15,000 $12,000

Total Incentives $45,250 $35,375

Cost of system with incentives $9,750 $7,125

Energy Value – 15,000 kWh/year $1,500- $2,757

Simple payback w/o Rate EscalatorReturn on Investment – 10 Year

6.5 years 21.6%

4.75 years

Rural Colorado Commercial Solar Pricing & Incentives

Rio Olympic Welcome Sign" Solar City Tower ", built atop the island of Cotonduba , will be the welcome symbol to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro ..

It will be seen by the game visitors and participants as they arrive by air or water.

The tower, captures solar energy. It will supply energy for all of the Olympic city, as well as also for part of Rio .

It pumps up water from the ocean to create what appears like a water fall and this fall stimulates turbinesthat produce energy during the night.

It will also hold the Olympic flame.

Rio Hydro Power

How Cool is That?

The Tower possesses an amphitheater, an auditorium, a cafeteria and boutiques. Elevators lead to various observatories.

It also has a retractable platform for the practice of bungee jumping.

At the summit is an observation point to appreciate the scenery of the land and ocean, as well as the water fall.

Solar City Tower will be the point of reference for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

Swiss Solar Ski Lift

It's more than solar-powered, in fact -- it's a smart investment.

Even though as the crow flies, the postage-stamp town of Tenna, Switzerland, isn't far from historic resorts like St. Moritz and Davos, Tenna is a one-horse town, one-shop, one-school, and one t-bar town. And that t-bar, the only ski lift in the whole valley, was on its last legs. But rather than let it die, locals raised enough money to update it and then went a step further: They built the world's first solar-powered ski lift.

Generates 90,000 kilowatt hours a year, or three times the juice needed to run the lift, and the extra power goes back into the grid, which makes money for the town, which can pay residents back.

What happens to the 82 solar "wings" when it dumps? They rotate to follow the path of the sun in the sky and can be tilted to perpendicular during a storm, so there's no load and the snow slides right off.

At $1.5 million, the project wasn't cheap, but considering the cost of a new or updated lift anyway, plus the open skies above most ski lift pathways, it's a no-brainer to use that area to offset the energy use.

Other resorts might not gain 300 percent efficiency as in

Tenna, where their modest lift shuttles 800 folks an hour and has a fraction of the energy requirements of, say, a high-speed quad, but if the offset is even a quarter of the energy used for shuttling people uphill, that's a lot less carbon going up in smoke. - Michael Frank

It's more than solar-powered, in fact -- it's a smart investment

Alamosa Success – 80 acres of solar