Solar Power

Last December we completed the installation of a photovoltaic array (solar panels) on the roof of our offices on Woodland Street. In the hot summer months, it produces about 1/2 of our electricity needs.  In the cooler spring and fall months, it generates as much as 75%. Businesses across Tennessee could benefit from these systems, and generate jobs in the process. The panels on our roof were made by Sharp Electronics in Memphis!  Governor Bredesen is proposing a solar research lab here in Tennessee, and in December he announced that Hemlock Semiconductor will be building a $1.2 billion dollar plant in Clarksville that will produce the raw material use to make solar cells.  There is potential for this initiative to make a difference in jobs here in Tennessee as well as moving us away from dirty power sources like coal.