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Solar Drinks – Bend
Solar Drinks is a networking opportunity to meet other community members who support renewable energy. Come join us for a relaxed social networking event. Drinks and munchies provided by sponsors + short presentations on relevant topics of the day.
Pine Mountain Sports is hosting a Solar Drinks event!
We’re proud to be Oregon’s only solar powered bicycle shop. We also have a solar powered ChargePoint station and a 100% electric Nissan Leaf as our Pinemobile shop car! Solar Drinks is an opportunity to introduce you to other community members who support and/or would like to learn more about renewable energy.
Come join us for a relaxed social networking event featuring Solar Power and Electric Vehicles.
Our rooftop solar array is an 18.4 kW roof mounted PV which was installed in 2015 by Sunlight Solar of Bend using 66 SolarWorld-280 black panels and two Fronius Primo inverters.
Pine Mountain Sports will be showing off our EV charging station – a 6.6 kW ChargePoint CT4021 Dual Charging, Level 2 Charging station with two J1772 plugs. Our station was installed in 2016 by Sunlight Solar Energy Inc. of Bend.
The 100% electric Nissan Leaf Pinemobile will be here and we’ll have Jason from Smolich Nissan here to help answer your questions about EV use.
This Solar Drinks event is sponsored by Elemental Energy and Sunlight Solar. Solar Drinks is put on by Solar Oregon, a non-profit advocacy organization bringing together people interested in renewable energy.
Workshops & Webinars
Solar Oregon provides a variety of solar workshops and webinars. In our monthly How to Go Solar + Storage webinar, we will answer your questions about how solar works, share information about incentives available, and help you take the first step to add solar to your home or business. Participants will come away with basic knowledge about solar energy systems and will be prepared to do more focused research on their own, or start working with a contractor right away.
Our solar and storage workshops are sponsored by the Energy Trust of Oregon. Energy Trust of Oregon provides cash incentives to install solar and contractor connections to experienced trade allies so that obtaining solar for your home or business. Learn more about the incentives offered by Energy Trust of Oregon here.
With solar and storage becoming more accessible, homes and businesses across the state are installing systems. We also host solar showcases to highlight these projects and give you a chance to see how your neighbors and fellow Oregonians are using solar power.