I paid my way to the Vance Henderson Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting this afternoon. The topic dealt with small investors or companies and solar power. Rob Lease, with Argand, made the presentation to a packed conference room of business people. The basic summary is this:
1. If a building has a roof of at least 40 sq feet and up to 80 sq feet of open space the building owner may want to consider installing solar panels to generate electricity to sell to the power company.
2. There are some tax advantage both Federal and State to off-site the cost for buying and installing the solar panels.
3. Vance County, City of Henderson, and Vance County Schools have been contacted by Argand for installing the solar panels on the school administration building, the city’s operation center, and some open land behind Southern Vance High School.
I asked and was given permission to share the electronic copy of the presentation. Argand – Vance County
Editor’s note: In point #1, I think Michael meant to say 40,000 square feet, and 80,000 square feet?