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Connor and Greg Hoffman work on testing a hall effect throttle off a Skidoo snowmobile to see if it will work on the E Sled they are building in their Missouri Heights home.
Greg Hoffman pulled an old snowmobile from the Aspen Skiing Co. graveyard and is using it to design a battery-powered sled. They have pulled out the old engine and along with his son, Connor, the Hoffmans are designing a battery pack to fit in the space to work with an electric engine.
Connor Hoffman cuts open the gas tank from an old snowmobile so he and his father, Greg, can use it for battery storage on their electric snowmobile project.
A former industrial site off McLain Flats Road near the Rio Grande Trail between Woody Creek and Aspen will be home to a new solar farm, which will cover 35 acres and should start being built by fall 2021. (Aspen Times file photo)
Pitkin County commissioners on Wednesday enthusiastically re-endorsed a solar farm they approved last year that hasn’t yet been built.
A new solar energy company has taken the reins of the project and plans to finish construction at the former industrial site off McLain Flats Road between Woody Creek and Aspen by the fall, an official said.
“We’re quite excited about this project and what it represents,” said Nathan Hewitt, a senior manager with Oakland, Calif.-based Primergy Solar, which took over from Renewable Energy Systems as the builder and operator of the farm.