We had to smile when we read an Asheville-based company is in the headlines having recently won an award from Green America- as Cathy Martin reports in Business North Carolina:
"FLS Energy, ranked as North Carolina's fastest growing company in 2011 and 2012 by Inc. magazine, will build eight new solar farms across North Carolina."
Many of our Asheville LAND Buyers and Sellers are curious about the actual process . We refer them to the experts- a professional solar evaluation team. "Get your own feel for the process," we advise them. It is always a good idea to get cost details and estimates-especially when considering market trends and investing in Asheville Acreages for a 1031 Like Kind Exchange. For example, find out:
1) Will the price of a passive solar home be more than that of a conventional home?
2) Will passive solar features render benefits from reduced heating and cooling bills for the life of the home?
3) Does the cost of an active solar heating system vary?
Here in Asheville, as the article suggests, we really are getting into Solar Power. Out at the Environmental Learning Center at Warren Wilson College, just 15 minutes from downtown Asheville, a group of REALTORS® gathered to get familiar with how solar panels work. We touched them, we saw the batteries they powered and discovered practical applications in terms of environmental, business and personal savings.
Take a peek at these solar-ppowerd service carts that save the university lots of expense.
MORE on FLS Energy: "The projects will add 38 megawatts to the 50 megawatts of solar projects FLS owns and operates in the Southeast. Charlotte-based Duke Energy will purchase the electricity generated by the solar farms. The Asheville-based company, started in 2006 by co-founders Dale Freudenberger and J. Hardy LeGwin, announced in May it had received an undisclosed amount of money for expansion. Investors include Hanover, N.H.-based New Energy Capital Partners; the CleanTech Alliance Fund, managed by Minneapolis-based North Sky Capital; and Alexandria, Va.-based Novus Energy Partners. FLS plans to add a total of 80 megawatts in 2014 and 150 megawatts in 2015. The company's 2012 revenue was $38.6 million, according to Inc. magazine.
Earlier this week, Green America named FLS Energy one of three winners of its quarterly "People and Planet" award. The Washington, D.C.-based environmental advocacy group recognized U.S. companies with 50 or fewer employees for their commitment to the environment in business strategies and operations."
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