Archive for January, 2010

Creekside Mailer Results In A Variety Of Great Community Feedback

January 18th, 2010

In early January we sent out a mailer to all Creekside residents to let them know about the this web site and encourage participation and feedback. The mailer resulted in a bunch of votes on the solar poll (on the left side-bar) and many new e-mail subscriptions to the site and e-mail feedback. Here is [...]

When A HOA Refuses To Approve Solar

January 1st, 2010

I recently ran across this youtube video of John Forbes of Superior Colorado explaining the story of how his Rock Creek HOA took a year to approve his solar installation because they didn’t have architectural guidelines for solar installations. Colorado is one of the states that has a solar law similar to Oregon’s that prevents [...]

How Green Is My Valley

January 1st, 2010

A recent article in the Eugene Register Guard described the growth of the solar power industry in the Willamette Valley.
There are currently seven facilities, from Portland to Eugene, producing everything from silicon ingots and wafers to solar cells to inverters.
These facilities employ about 700 people, with plans to expand to over 2700 in the period 2010-2011.  [...]