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WES Engineering installed Literacy Network's Racking System

Literacy Network of Dane County

April 16, 2019/in Projects

LOCATION: Madison, Wisconsin  |  CAPACITY: 19 kW  |  PROJECT COMPLETED: December 2018

SOLAR CONTRACTOR:
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Founded in 1974, the Literacy Network teaches reading, writing, communication and computer skills to approximately 1,000 low-income Dane County adults each year (90% are people of color; 67% are women). A staff of 28 and nearly 900 annual volunteers help participants achieve financial security, well-being and deeper engagement with their families and the community.

In fall 2016, after renting for more than 40 years, Literacy Network purchased and renovated the building at 701 Dane Street, with nearly four times more space than their previous location.

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Solar panels at Washington County Humane Society

Are you interested in bringing solar to your humane society? 

December 19, 2022/in Project Updates, Projects

Legacy Solar Co-op has experience working with community institutions, including local governments, faith- and service-based organizations, to:

  • Find them reliable, quality vendors.
  • Navigate the project development process, including product research and site evaluation.
  • Find the best way to pay for their solar project, including possible financial assistance options.

If your humane society is investigating solar, please reach out to us and we would be happy to help. Here are a few humane societies/facilities we’ve helped so far:

  • Humane Society of Burnett County, Webster
  • Washington Co Humane Society, Slinger
  • The Farley Center, Verona

Download an example document with these projects.

Rice Lake School District Solar Array

Are you interested in bringing solar to your school? 

November 19, 2022/in Case Studies, Projects

Legacy Solar Co-op has experience working with community institutions, including local governments, faith- and service-based organizations, to:

  • Find them reliable, quality vendors.
  • Navigate the project development process, including product research and site evaluation.
  • Find the best way to pay for their solar project, including possible financial assistance options.

If your school is investigating solar, please reach out to us and we would be happy to help. Here are a few schools we’ve helped so far:

  • Solon Springs School
  • Cashton Area School District
  • Rice Lake Area School District

Download an example document with these projects.

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Wisconsin bond program helps nonprofits afford solar

June 21, 2022/in In the News, Projects

The upfront costs of solar panels are sometimes too high for small organizations

(Reposted from the Yale Climate Connections article on 6/6/2022)

Many nonprofit organizations would like to install solar panels. But the upfront costs can be prohibitive for groups on tight budgets.

So an organization in Wisconsin has created a financing model to help community groups go solar.

Elise Couillard is with Legacy Solar Co-op. Through the group’s Slice of Sun solar bonds program, co-op members can invest in 12-year bonds that help cover the cost of solar arrays at nonprofits and community groups.

Bond holders earn interest while supporting a cause they believe in.

“Our members are some of the fiercest supporters of solar,” Couillard says.

In 2021, the program helped finance solar arrays at a chapter of the Humane Society, a Boys’ and Girls’ Club, an elementary school, a senior community, and several other organizations.

Couillard says the solar helps these groups lower their utility bills and direct more funds to their core missions.

“So any money that they’re not having to spend on their electrical bills can go towards a new staff member. It can go towards care for their residents,” she says. “We know that these nonprofits and these community organizations are doing such amazing work, and we can help accelerate that amazing work by freeing up more funds for them to do so.”

Willy Street Co-op Solar Array

Project Comes Full Circle: Willy Street Co-op

June 16, 2022/in News, Projects

In 2016, the Willy Street Co-op partnered with Legacy to install 212 LED lamps and 90 solar panels at their east location. They provided the roof-top; Legacy provided the technical assistance and tax financing; Full Spectrum Solar installed the panels. This energy efficiency and renewable energy project has saved over 200,000 kilowatt-hours and over 120 metric tons of carbon emissions so far. And, this month the Willy Street Co-op purchased the array outright from the tax sponsor and bondholders. Not one LED lamp has needed replacing yet, and there are still 19 years of warranty on the solar panels. It has already been a good investment and proves to get even better as time goes on.

Watch for a case study on Legacy’s first project involving tax equity financing, coming full circle. As more projects are purchased by their hosts, we can really amplifying celebrate the benefits of tax equity financing.

Congratulations to Willy Street Co-op on taking full ownership of their solar array!

Neshkoro Fire District

November 3, 2021/in Projects

LOCATION:  Neshkoro, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  14.8 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: November 2021

SOLAR CONTRACTOR:

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The Neshkoro Fire District serves the Village of Neshkoro, the Town of Neshkoro, the Town of Crystal Lake (all in Marquette County), and a portion of the Town of Marion in Waushara County.  They provide fire suppression, emergency first response, and SCUBA dive team support to this area along with mutual aid to neighboring areas.

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Cashton Elementary

Cashton Elementary School

August 20, 2021/in Projects

LOCATION:  Cashton, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  65.86 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: August 2021

SOLAR CONTRACTOR:

 

 

 

Cashton Elementary School is a Wisconsin public K-12 education organization located in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

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Kathy’s House

March 3, 2021/in Projects

LOCATION:  Milwaukee, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  77 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: March 2021

SOLAR CONTRACTOR: Arch Electric

 

Kathy’s House is a hospital guest house committed to providing affordable lodging and caring support in a “home away from home” environment for families who need to travel to Milwaukee, Wis. for medical care. We serve approximately 3,000 patients and caregivers annually who are receiving advanced care at local hospitals. Most guests have a loved one with cancer.

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Solar panels on Art Ventures Retreat Center at Bethel Horizons, Dodgeville

Bethel Horizons

October 21, 2020/in Projects

LOCATION: Dodgeville, Wisconsin  |  CAPACITY: 40 kW  |  COMPLETION DATE: October 2018

SOLAR CONTRACTOR:
Logo_WES Engineering

 

 

 

 

The Prairie Center and the Venture Arts Retreat Center will each be generating about 50% of their own power.

Bethel Horizons is located on more than 548 acres bordering Governor Dodge State Park. Our mission is to develop and perpetuate a physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual environment which will strengthen and enhance the understanding of a person’s proper relation to nature, to self, to others and to God.”

(From Solar for Good grant)

Horizons is affiliated with Bethel Lutheran Church, Madison, Wisconsin and Lutheran Outdoor Ministries, an association of ELCA camps across the country.

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Sawyer County Non Profit Housing Development

May 15, 2020/in Projects

LOCATION:  Multiple locations in Sawyer County, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  153 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: May 2020

SOLAR CONTRACTOR: Carlson Electric

 

Sawyer County Non Profit Housing Development (Galaxie Apartments) provides affordable housing for seniors and people with disabilities at four locations in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.  The apartments are run by a full-time manager and a full-time maintenance man, with a Board of Directors overseeing the total operation.

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Christ Lutheran Church Spring Green: View from the Road

Christ Lutheran Church of Spring Green

May 8, 2020/in Projects

LOCATION: Spring Green, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY: 18 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: December 2018
SOLAR CONTRACTOR:
Logo_WES Engineering

 

 

 

Christ Lutheran Church has served the Spring Green, WI community for 135 years. In 2018, the co-op began planning another phase of their history: generating power from the sun. The resulting project should generate roughly 60% of the church’s electricity and set a great example of environmental stewardship for the community and for other congregations. Read more

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