May 22, 2013

This week's headlines

Japanese energy experts research DMEA’s solar program

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Koichi Koyama of the Japan Electric Power Information Center (JEPIC) and Takahiro Immaru of Kyushu Electric, a power company serving eight million customers in southern Japan, talk with Doug Kiesewetter of BrightLeaf Solar Technologies, a Montrose-based concentrating PV manufacturing company. The Japanese energy experts visited the Delta–Montrose Electric Association as part of a research effort to explore solar marketing concepts used by DMEA.
On April 26, representatives of the Japan Electric Power Information Center (JEPIC) and Kyushu Electric Power Company met with the Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) to research the Colorado electric distribution co-op's community solar array program.

Because of the Fukushima nuclear plant accident, Japan is looking to reduce reliance on nuclear power.

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Hilltop’s Tandem Families receives grant from El Pomar

The trustees of El Pomar Foundation of Colorado Springs recently selected Tandem Families to receive a grant in the amount of $5,000. The San Juan Regional Council recommended this grant "in recognition of the program's continuing achievement in service to the people living in the San Juan region of Colorado."

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