Solar energy – Garfield County

Garfield County supporting Garfield Clean Energy

The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has approved a $150,000 grant supporting Garfield Clean Energy’s (GCE) efforts to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy in the region. The grant continues the county’s membership in the GCE collaborative, along with the municipalities of Garfield County. GCE strives for “measurable progress on energy efficiency, renewable energy and clean energy transportation while creating economic benefits.” The grant had been budgeted for in the 2021 Garfield County adopted budget and comes from the general grants BOCC fund. Erica Sparhawk, administrator for Garfield Clean Energy, told the board that GCE has seen early

BOCC, Grants, Solar energy

Ribbon cutting celebrates installation of solar panels at the Garfield County Fairgrounds

The solar panels will produce about 140,000 kilowatt-hours per year, which will be about 57 percent of historical energy use of the building, one of the largest energy users in the county. Press release from CLEER – Clean Energy Economy for the Region

Fairgrounds, Solar energy

Solar panels will offer savings on riding arena utility costs

The installation of solar panels to power the Garfield County Fairgrounds Riding Arena got the go-ahead from the Board of County Commissioners October 18. The project will result in a dramatic 53% reduction in utility costs for the first year for the county facility. In addition, Garfield County will receive a little less than $8,000 in Renewable Energy credits per year for the term of a twenty year contract, through Xcel Energy’s Solar Renewable Energy Credit (REC) payments. Each kilowatt hour used for the riding arena will cost 2.25 cents, compared to the current 4.8 cents. This is expected to

Solar energy, solar panels