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Finding work in the green energy sector
John Ward, Claire Chang, Stephanie Williams and Sammy (the dog) with Sun-Seeking Tracker Installation. Contributed photo
Stephanie Williams, 35, didn’t always intend on a career in the green energy sector.
Around the time she was hired by Greenfield Solar (newly rebranded, formerly The Solar Store), “I was working in a jewelry store. Then we bought a house. I wanted to know how to solarize it,” she recounted.
Like many others looking for similar information, Williams dropped by Greenfield Solar a connection that led to her job.
It is easy to find in downtown Greenfield on Fiske Avenue, opposite Green Fields Market. Claire Chang, a former organic farmer and John Ward, a former service manager at Greenfield Imported Cars, are proprietors. They are patient, with a talent for answering complex questions with understandable answers. For them, this is not just their 13th year of business, they have been very involved in energy policy
NAHB
Location: Harvard, Mass.
Status: Fully Subscribed
In Massachusetts’ first round of the Solarize Mass program in 2011, a bulk-purchasing program that uses economies of scale to reduce solar installation prices for participating individuals, Harvard residents signed 75 individual contracts totaling 402 kW of solar PV capacity. The program was successful in reducing the price/watt below the State’s average; however, there were many residents and businesses in the town who could not install solar for one reason or another. The disappointment of those who were unable to install solar through the program fueled their ambition to find another option: What about one large array in a field that has “shares” of panels that are virtually net metered to individuals