Go Solar Sunshine Reports:
* Bainbridge Island
* Bellingham
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Bainbridge Island
Click here to view Go Solar Bainbridge Progress Map
"I feel good about the decision to go solar. I’ve wanted to use our natural energy from the sun and this is a way to support our local solar industry and by participating in this community based campaign."
- Chris Harui, Bainbridge Gardens
"I am having Solar PV Panels added to my home this winter to reduce my future energy bills. I had attended a GoSolar Bainbridge workshop and found the presenters to be helpful and enthusiastic .... It's the right thing to do .... We can all do this. GoSolar has lined up financing, an excellent teaming partner in Sunergy Systems and a supplier from Bellingham for solar panels and inverters. When we do this together, we can a) have a positive impact on the environment b) make local choices that are good for Bainbridge and good for the State and c) provide a little more certainty over our future costs and bills. I realize my one action, by itself, isn't going to make a big difference but if 99 people join me, we've expanded our impact by 100-fold!"
- Marc Zocher, Bainbridge Island
"The threat of more high-power lines and stations plus the gradual but ever-rising cost of electricity seem like real incentives to us. I was surprised to learn that our cool summers provide such a boost to solar efficiency here. It's expensive, but the 8.5 year payback and the very long life of the components make this a no-brainer safe investment.... 40 years and still going strong for the early versions! No maintenance required! It will still be here when we're gone ... contributing to the lives and air quality of future Bainbridge Islanders."
- Tena Doan, Bainbridge Island
"Adding a solar panel system to our house is an option we have been considering for some time. We have an ideal southern exposure and can install a system that will meet about 65% of our present annual power consumption. The group purchasing with GoSolar Bainbridge and the made-in-Washington State incentives allows the investment to be recovered in less than eight years. Now was clearly the right timing to make our decision."
– Gary & Marcy Lagerloef, Bainbridge Island
“The reason that I decided to go solar through the Go Solar Bainbridge campaign because I was interested in greener energy, ...felt the time is right regarding incentives, credits etc. Also, I felt that I was not the only one making the decision.”
– Noreen Andrews, Bainbridge Island
"... we signed up for many reasons. Most important was that it works well for our home AND it's the right thing to do.... in addition to that, (a) we'll be able to recover our investment in just 8.4 years or less, (b) the sooner we complete the installation, the greater the benefit ...., and (c) the larger the group (Bainbridge Island) purchase, the greater the discount ($3K and counting, depending on how many panels are purchased by island residents).
– Sally Adams and Lou Richard, Bainbridge Island
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Bellingham
Click here to view the Go Solar Bellingham Progress Map
“We have wanted to have solar energy for a long time. We decided that now is to time to sign up because the current incentives significantly shorten the pay-back time and we know that the equipment is produced locally.”
- Robin Brown, Bellingham
“For years we have had an interest in Solar Electricity but always felt it would cost too much. But when we saw a notice about the Go Solar Washington Seminar, we decided to attend. At the seminar we realized that Solar PV was not only within reach financially, but we could have high quality panels through Itek in Bellingham. Soon after the seminar we had our free home assessment and within a few days received a detailed quote based on our annual electricity consumption….. So far this has been a smooth process and we are looking forward to the day of our installation.”
- Mark & Susan Denham, Burlington
"Don and I have always been conservation-minded but were fairly misinformed about the effectiveness of solar panels in the Northwest. After attending one of the Go Solar Workshops in Bellingham last month we came away very excited about the potential and requested a site visit on our 1890’s Victorian House as well as our business – Chuckanut Bay Gallery & Sculpture Garden. We were surprised and pleased to see how the numbers worked out and have signed on to have a system installed on both locations. We are considering it an investment that is actually going to pay us back -- so instead putting our investment dollars in Wall Street , we are supporting our community and environment – Go Solar Bellingham.”
- Carol and Don Salisbury, Chuckanut Bay Gallery, Bellingham, WA
"My wife, Leslie, and I have spent a long time looking for the kind of opportunity that the “GoSolar” program offers. Over the years, we found no other process that provides all of the factors we wanted. We appreciated the fact that the solid funding for the project is not linked to a home mortgage. We also were pleased that the solar panels are made locally. With decades of consistently high quality, the solid panels being used have proved their durability, and functionality, as did the description of the product being secured to many different types of roofing (our roofing is metal). The final detail that made this a ‘let’s go’ opportunity is the energy conversion unit that connects our solar energy source to the electrical ‘grid’. All in all, this is the time to take this step, since both federal and state incentives are available right now, and ongoing through 2020."
- Bruce Spain, Bellingham, WA
"We have been wanting to have solar panels installed for a long time and have been keeping our eye on the market. Now is a good time because of the many incentives and because cost has gone down. We appreciate that the system is made in Washington."
- Robin & Marc Brown, Bellingham, WA
