Colorado鈥檚 solar industry appears stable and even growing, shaking off recent slowdowns and obstacles, including the high-profile in 2012.
The seems to be for community solar gardens, which basically allow consumers who don鈥檛 have the ability to install solar panels to purchase electricity from a nearby solar array.
Carbondale-based is building a number of them. They currently have , and about 40 developments nationwide.
"Clean Energy Collective is definitely a bright spot in the solar industry in Colorado 鈥� especially on the Front Range, where we鈥檝e had past failures in our solar industry, including Abound Solar," says reporter Steve Lynn.
Incentives for consumer solar systems 鈥� such as or -- have in recent months. Some feared that decline would hurt Colorado鈥檚 industry, although other executives say by a drop in installation costs.
Meanwhile, utilities like Xcel in Colorado are commissioning more community solar projects to help meet a state mandate that The requirement for rural electric utilities is 20 percent.
And as more states pass renewable energy mandates, Lynn says solar companies are likely to reap the benefits.
"Companies like Clean Energy Collective, Namaste Solar鈥� these kind of companies that are involved directly in either marketing solar arrays, or building them 鈥� or both," Lynn says.
Earlier this month, Louisville-based to build a 1-megawatt solar array in New York City.
