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SunShare installs donated panels at Colorado College
by Amanda Miller, Published: November 21, 2012
SunShare finished installing 19 kilowatts of donated solar panels on the roof of the Children’s Center at Colorado College Tuesday. The system is just one of two donated solar installations the Colorado Springs [Read the Full Article]
Second solar energy garden powers up this month
Published October 2012
The developers of the solar garden at Venetucci Farms expect to switch on their second solar project this month. SunShare, an organization started by a Colorado College graduate to bring the benefits of solar energy to more people, built the second solar garden on vacant property behind Good Shepherd United Methodist Church. [Read the Full Article]
Be ecofriendly, drink free beer!
Posted by Pam Zubeck Published November 8, 2012
Any time someone offers free beer, we think it's important to pass that opportunity along, so here's your chance: Former Vice Mayor Richard Skorman and SunShare, [Read the Full Article]
Church, schools get in on community solar project
THE GAZETTE, by Kristina Jodice, Published: September 25, 2012
Panels are going up in the second community solar garden in Colorado Springs. The 2,500-panel solar garden is on three acres of land adjacent to Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in southern Colorado Springs. [Read the Full Story]
SunShare gets ready to launch second community solar garden in Southern Colorado
by Abbie Burke, September 18, 2012
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- More solar power is coming to Southern Colorado. SunShare is just weeks away from turning on the power to its second community solar garden location. The new garden is at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Widefield and will feature 2,500 solar panels. [Read the Full Article]
Peak Profile: David Amster-Olszewski ’09
By Deb Acord, Issue: April 2012
David Amster-Olszewski ’09 didn’t grow up thinking about solar energy, but during his four years at Colorado College, it became the thing that excited him the most. [Read the Full Article]
Community Solar Gardens Sprout in Colorado
February 20, 2012
Have you ever thought of ‘planting’ solar in Colorful Colorado? With 300 sunny days per year and considerably good state rebates and utility programs varying by location, Colorado makes for an ideal location for solar community gardens. [Read Full Article]
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]