Each year Shakori Hills uses about 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity during 2 festivals, a fiddlers convention, and other events. To offset our usage we are creating a permanent grid inter-tied solar electric system located permanently on the site.

This fall (October 2008), we kicked off the project by selling cells and raised over $3000 during the festival. By next fall, Shakori will be carbon neutral.

A 10,000 watt (10 kilowatt) photovoltaic system will produce more than 10,000 kilowatt hours/year. In this part of the country we can expect to get on average about 4 kilowatt-hours/day for every 1,000 watts of PV, so the 10 kW system could produce as much as 14,600 kilowatt-hours/year).

Solar panels are made up of individual solar cells. The 10 kW system will consist of 5200 of these small cells. You can sponsor a Cell on the individual level and there are opportunities to sponsor a Panel on the corporate level too.

If you are interested in a Corporate Opportunity, please give the folks at the Abundance Foundation a call at 919-553-5181 or email tami@blast.com.

A quarter panel is: $260.
A half panel is: $520.
A whole panel is: $1040.

At only $10.00 per cell; there are many ways for anyone who wants to contribute. You can sponsor 1 cell or many. If you are giving the cell as a gift to someone else,  you can print out a pdf of a gift certificate here.