Office Building Owner Saving with Solar

An energy-saving and utility-bill cutting solar and storage project becomes an even more enticing business opportunity with the help of a 50% grant from the USDA Rural Energy for America Program.  No, you don’t have to be a farmer to take advantage of this.

“I’m not a farmer.  But harvesting the sun on a rooftop on a commercial property is my way of contributing,” said Eric Levin.  He owns and operates a first-class office facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee which he leases to a government entity. Read more about this and a farm project, both using solar the the REAP grant.

The 48.6 kilowatt system has a 30 kilowatt hour battery, so the system is designed to captured unused electricity and save it for another day.  Levin added, “Reducing this electric bill really helps on the bottom line.”