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Energy credits flow in community solar garden

By KRISTINA IODICE February 01, 2012

Energy credits began flowing for a few hundred households and a handful of schools Wednesday as a community solar garden at Venetucci Farms moved from testing and tweaking to full operation . [Read the Full Article]


SunShare breaks ground on Colorado Springs' first community solar project

By Chris Meehan, Clean Energy Authority (11/30/2011)

What better place to put a community solar garden than on a farm, like Venetucci Farm on the skirts of Colorado Springs. That’s where Colorado Springs will have its first community solar garden, the 575-kilowatt array being developed by SunShare. [Read the Full Article]


First Community Solar Garden Comes To Springs

By KRDO TV (11/29/2011)

SunShare is a Colorado Springs-based company that has teamed up with Colorado Springs Utilities and Pikes Peak Community Foundation to create a solar garden at Venetucci Farm in Colorado Springs. According to David, founder of SunShare, the solar garden will consist of 2,500 solar panels. [Read the Full Article]


Governor kicks off solar garden project at Venetucci Farm

By Andrew Wineke, Colorado Springs Gazette (11/29/2011)

David Amster-Olszewski was standing in the dust at Venetucci Farm dressed in a tie and jeans, shaking hands and shaking his head. "It's so fast," he said of the rushed months that led up to the Tuesday's groundbreaking for Colorado Springs' first community solar garden, built by Amster-Olszewski's company SunShare. [Read the Full Article]


Venetucci adding solar panels to its pumpkins

By Andrew Wineke, Colorado Springs Gazette (10/25/2011)

Venetucci Farm will soon use solar power for more than just growing pumpkins. [Read the Full Article]


Community solar garden gets first site

By Amanda Miller, Colorado Springs Business Journal (10/25/2011)

The first community solar garden in Colorado Springs is set to break ground at Venetucci Farm within the next two weeks. [Read the Full Article]


Venetucci Farm using sun for more than crops

By The Denver Post (10/26/2011)

Venetucci Farm plans to add 2,500 solar panels to create a community solar garden whose power can be used by Colorado Springs Utilities customers. [Read the Full Article]


Community solar garden will bring power to the people

By Jeanne Davant (October 2011)

What do you do when you want to utilize solar energy but you can't afford the high cost of installation? [Read the Full Article]


Venetucci Farm to house solar garden

By Rachel Welte, FOX 21 (10/25/2011)

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- A month after it was approved by city council, Colorado Springs' new solar garden has found a home. [Read the Full Article]


Garden city

By Pam Zubeck, Colorado Springs Independent (9/29/2011)

If you live in a condo, a home shaded by big cottonwoods or an apartment complex, you've long been out of luck in the solar energy arena. [Read the Full Article]


City council approves SunShare initiative

By Amanda Miller, Colorado Springs Business Journal (9/28/2011)

The Colorado Springs City Council unanimously approved regulations that allow a local start-up to build a community solar garden. [Read the Full Article]


City approves community solar garden

By Kelly Werthmann, FOX 21 (9/27/2011)

Tuesday was a historical day as the Colorado Springs City Council made an important decision in the city's renewable energy future. [Watch the Video]


Council approves community solar gardens

By Andrew Wineke, Colorado Springs Gazette (9/27/2011)

More people will be able to turn sunshine into dollar signs under a plan approved Tuesday by the City Council. [Read the Full Article]


Leasing solar panels through garden

By Fox 21 News Colorado (August 29, 2011)

A group of local entrepreneurs are trying to bring more solar energy to Colorado Springs. [Watch the Video]


Solar gardens aim to bring renewable power to the people

By Andrew Wineke, Colorado Springs Gazette (8/25/2011)

David Amster-Olszewski looks up at the solar panels atop a dormitory roof at Colorado College and sees a garden. Three years ago, as an undergraduate, he raised money to help the school install a 25-kilowatt system and it has been quietly generating power ever since. [Read the Full Article]