Dedication Set for May 30th
May 19th, 2008 | Published in News
The crew today finished cleaning up the installation site for the twin 30KW arrays built for the Natchez Elementary School in Wadsworth, NV. The arrays will benefit the students, all of whom live on the surrounding Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation.
There will be a dedication ceremony and community BBQ at noon on May 30th, at the array in front of the school. The address is 180 HWY 447, right in the middle of Wadsworth. Want to come by? Let us know, so we can plan ahead.
With completion of this project, Black Rock Solar will have installed 180KW of clean renewable energy in Northern Nevada since October of last year. Over the next 25 years, those arrays will save those communities more than $1,080,000 in electric bills, money than can otherwise be spent supporting the needs of the community.
That’s why last week Executive Director Tom Price, and Construction Manager Richard Scott met with the interagency group from the Pyramid Lake Tribe, to discuss future projects on the reservation, in the town of Nixon. We’re looking into building solar on the schools and community center. Those projects might take place in the fall.
Before then, we’ll be starting soon on building a 30KW array on the Joe Crowley Student Union building at the University of Nevada, Reno. After that, we’ll either be doing a community church in Sparks, or another school in the Reno area, with a brief trip out to the ROTHBURY festival, before breaking for the Burning Man event in August. And if we can raise enough money, we hope to do another ‘gift’ of solar to the town of Gerlach post-event, just like last year. Stay tuned…
Interested in volunteering? Fill out the form on our web site, so we can get in touch with you, or drop Program Director Corey Sauer a line at corey@blackrocksolar.org
Considering a donation? Consider this: $1 donated to Black Rock Solar lets us leverage $5 in public rebates, and $3 in donated labor and low cost equipment, to create (over 25 years ) $6 worth of free, renewable energy. We turn every dollar donated into $14, and you can write the donation off on your taxes. Donate via our web site, or email tom@blackrocksolar.org for more details.
Thanks for all your support, and BIG thanks to our hard working crew: Matt Deluge, Doug Drummond, Dave Lasky ( keeper of the wonder mascot, Crow), Eli Lyon, Michael Small, Scott “Spoon” Stephenson, Zarian Webster.
