CARBONDALE — What if your business could receive most of its energy from the sun, while also enjoying a federal tax credit and utility rebates?

Carbondale-based SóL Energy can help you enjoy all three benefits and make a small difference against global warming.

The company already is helping the town of Carbondale reduce its carbon footprint after it installed two massive solar panel arrays on top of the city’s recreation center. The photovoltaic (PV) system will provide the building with about two-thirds of its annual energy needs.

The Carbondale PV system — in which cells capture solar energy and convert it to electricity — is the largest in the Roaring Fork Valley, said Ken Olson, owner of SóL Energy.

“It is exciting knowing that it is going on a building like this,” said Olson, as he stood next to his company’s PV array, which blends into the architecture of the recreation center.
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