SUNY Alfred

SUNY Alfred Commercial Wind Project GreenSpark installed a 100kW wind turbine at SUNY Alfred in September 2013. The Northern Power Northwind 100 was the ninth of ten total Northwind 100s that GreenSpark has installed. The wind turbine is a part of Alfred State’s growing renewable energy family that will offset some of the college’s electricity usage.“This community wind project is another example of sustainability at the college and highlights the progress of our Center for Renewable Energy,” says Craig Clark, interim vice president for academic affairs at Alfred State. The wind project has been 14 months in the making—an initiative made possible…

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Richmond Farms Dairy

Richmond Farms Dairy, GreenSpark Commercial Wind GreenSpark installed a 50kW wind turbine at the dairy farm in July 2012. Nathaniel Richmond founded the farm in 1835. The 6th generation farmers and currently operate the farm, located in North Collins, NY, with help from their children. Today the farm milks about 200 cows and is situated on 650 acres of land to grow both corn and hay. Businesses of all sizes have taken advantage of clean and local energy to help power their businesses. Our variety of options make it easy for businesses make the sustainable switch to clean energy.

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Half Dutch

Half Dutch Farms, GreenSpark Commercial Wind Half Dutch Farm is a dairy farm located in Clifton Springs, NY. Rod and Deb Brown purchased the farm in 1992 and started with 150 cows and 344 acres. Today they have about 700 cows and operate roughly 1,800 acres of land for corn silage, soybeans, what, and alfalfa. Businesses of all sizes have taken advantage of clean and local energy to help power their businesses. Our variety of options make it easy for businesses make the sustainable switch to clean energy.

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Kuntz Residential

Kuntz Residential Solar Project GreenSpark installed a 5.5kW solar array at the Kuntz residence in January of 2014. The solar array combined with the 10kW wind turbine that SunCommon installed years ago have allowed the family to cover 100% of their electric load with renewable energy. Your home could be powered by the sun. Our solar advisors can help you find the right solar solution for your home based on your electricity usage and affordability. We've helped countless homeowners in the Greater Rochester area make the switch to clean, local, and sustainable solar power.

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Dupre Residence

Dupre Residence, GreenSpark Residential Solar GreenSpark started installing residential solar projects in the Spring of 2013 with a 7.14kW ground mounted system at the home of Dr. Robert Dupre. In a recent e-mail from Dr. DuPre he expressed how much power he made in Western New York in one of the cloudiest months of the year, November. “RG&E charges a base fee every month to their customers whether they use any electricity or not.  That base fee is $21.  Please let everyone involved in this project know that last month, our RG&E bill was $22!! We needed to buy $1…

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Whittier Fruit Farms

Whittier Fruit Farms, GreenSpark Commercial Solar GreenSpark installed two solar arrays totaling 9.4kW at Whittier Fruit Farms in July 2013. The installation marked GreenSpark's first commercial solar project in the state of New York. The array is expected to cover 55% of the Farm’s electric load saving the family owned and operated farm about $20,000 over 25 years. Whittier Fruit Farms is a family owned and operated farm since 1974 with fresh homegrown fruits and vegetables. The Fruit Stand is a family friendly experience where you can pick your own fruits, all from the ground, so no ladders are permitted.…

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Wayne Industrial Sustainability Park

Wayne Industrial Sustainability Park, GreenSpark Commercial Wind GreenSpark designed, developed, and installed a 850kW wind turbine at HARBEC Plastics in the Wayne Industrial Sustainability Park (WISP) in Ontario, NY in December 2012. This was the first project that GreenSpark finished under the partnership with Harvest the Wind Network. GreenSpark moved some of their offices into the WISP in 2008 and therefore reap the benefits of the second wind turbine, which works in conjunction with a pre-existing 250kW wind turbine that HARBEC installed over ten years ago. The 850kW wind turbine is estimated to produce about 1.75 million kWh over the next 25…

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Camden Hills Regional High School

Camden Hills Regional High School, GreenSpark Commercial Wind Project Windjammers were large sailing ships made of iron and steel, originally used in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. These steel hulled ships were the grandest of vessels designed to withstand long ocean voyages and harness the wind to transport cargo around the world. True to their namesake, the Windjammers of Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport, ME, recently completed a grand eight year voyage of the 21st century. Captained by the students, the school undertook several years of research, fundraising, and the successful navigation of complex permitting channels…

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Berkshire East Ski Area

Berkshire East Ski Area, Commercial Wind Project Berkshire East Solar was about leveraging unique partnerships. GreenSpark brokered a power purchase agreement between AllEarth Services, LLC and Berkshire East Ski Area. The project is owned by All Earth Services. It is built on the success of the PowerWind 900kW wind turbine commissioned in 2010, developed by GreenSpark. The project utilized cutting edge dual axis tracking technology. GreenSpark performed onsite shade analysis, created a detailed physical layout of the tracking units for optimal production that minimized its footprint and created a detailed string-wiring diagram to maximize system efficiency. GreenSpark conducted a thorough…

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Berkshire East Ski Area

Berkshire East Ski Area, GreenSpark Commercial Wind Project Berkshire East became the second ski resort in the world to be powered by wind when GreenSpark completed the installation of a 900kW project. The wind turbine, a PowerWind 56, was the first PowerWind machine to be installed in the United States. The introduction of the Hamburg, Germany-based wind turbine manufacturing company to the United States has set up a pipeline for a dozen future sites where GreenSpark and PowerWind can work together in building the distributed wind community in the Northeastern United States. Businesses of all sizes have taken advantage of…

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