Local Solar 101 Resource Guide
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On October 1, CarbonfreeDC hosted the workshop Local Solar 101: Harnessing the Sun in the DC Metro Area.

The Local Solar 101 work shop covered the benefits of solar power and how you can successfully implement it in the DC Metro area. Neville Williams (Standard Solar) and Lesley Hunter (ACORE) presented. Above you can download the PPT and resource guide that was handed out.

Speaker Biographies

Neville Williams, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Standard Solar
(http://www.nevillewilliams.com)

In 1997 Williams founded the Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO) and was the CEO and chairman until 2003. SELCO has now installed over 100,000 solar home lighting systems in developing countries, bringing household electricity to half a million people. Williams recounted this experience in "Chasing the Sun: Solar Adventures Around The World," a book which chronicles his 14-year effort to finance and implement solar power solutions.

In 2004, Williams came back to the USA and started Standard Solar, based in Gaithersburg, MD, which sells and installs grid-tied residential and commercial solar electric systems in the DC Metro area. The company has installed over 100 solar power systems in the DC area and recently installed a 204kW solar array atop US Deptartment of Energy headquarters near the National Mall. Williams is the chairman emeritus of Standard Solar.

Lesley Hunter, American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) (http://www.acore.org; hunter@acore.org)

Lesley Hunter recieved her Bachelor's degree in International Studies from the University of California, San Diego and recently analyzed the feasibility of utility-scale photovoltaic arrays on rooftops in the United States for the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE).

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