The Vermont Guardian reported yesterday that groSolar, the White River Junction based solar energy systems company, has purchased Energy Outfitters, a wholesale distributor of renewable energy systems, out of Grants Pass, Oregon with offices in the Eastern United States and Canada. The purchase should give the Vermont company nationwide reach including the California market. The article gives a good discussion of the potential of solar energy from groSolar's co-founder Jeff Wolfe.
While some may not see Vermont as the likeliest home base for a national solar company, Wolfe disagrees.
While some may not see Vermont as the likeliest home base for a national solar company, Wolfe disagrees.
"...'We have this myopic vision in Vermont that it’s cloudy and solar doesn’t work in Vermont,' said Wolfe.
The two countries that are investing the most in solar power are Germany and Japan, he noted. And, Vermont receives 30 percent more sun than Germany. In fact, it receives 80 percent of the sun that Florida does.
'Too often people compare any given region’s solar resource to that of Southern California, and that’s problematic,' Wolfe said. 'There are only six places in the world that have the solar resource of Southern California.'
As with oil and coal resources, Wolfe said the United States has more solar resources than many countries. But, it is not yet fully utilizing its potential...
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