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Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry

Durango : CO : USA | about 1 month ago  
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The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward. For the Shaw brothers, who converted the downtown arts building and community center into a miniature solar power plant...
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  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
    Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry Allen Riling, left, and Dusty Bender, both with Shaw Solar and Energy Conservation, install two of 105 solar panels on the roof of a barn Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, north of Hesperus, Colo. As La Plata...
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