This article covers a ceremony held in The Culture Center at the State Capitol Complex in Charleston, WV in October 2023 recognizing West Virginia public school districts awarded grants by the Coalfield Solar Fund.
Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church installed a 60 panel solar array on the church, the largest community supported solar system in WV. Working with nearly 100 area families and businesses, Shepherdstown-based Solar Holler, West Virginia’s first solar financing company, the church developed a project plan that allowed it to go solar at no cost and without a traditional fundraising campaign.
Experts at the West Virginia University (WVU) Solar Power Test Site in Fairmont, WV are studying questions related to battery storage, electric grid integration, grid performance and cybersecurity related to solar power.
We talk with Ted Strait about about Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church’s solar and energy efficiency program.
RIdgeview Elementary School in Sophia, WV is considered a Zero Energy Building, which “mean[s] that the school can produce more net energy than it uses if additional solar panels are added.”
The Rippon Solar Project is one of five solar farms/industrial solar projects in development or slated for Jefferson County, WV.
Spencer Presbyterian Church goes solar.
Wayne County public schools and Appalachia’s largest Power Purchase Agreement
Solar Holler teams up with Wayne County schools to train solar workers.
