Over 1,500 Enphase employee volunteer hours spent installing solar
for low-income families in local community
PETALUMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Enphase
Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), today announced a company community
giving milestone with GRID
Alternatives, a nonprofit that brings the benefits of solar
technology to communities that would not otherwise have access. Since
2010, Enphase has worked with GRID Alternatives to bring solar power to
low-income families in the San Francisco Bay Area through philanthropic
employee workdays and donations of the Enphase® Microinverter
System. Today, Enphase employees are installing the company's 12th
solar array with GRID Alternatives on a home in Petaluma, Calif.,
bringing the total of volunteer time to over 1,500 hours.
The community and environmental impact of Enphase employee workdays
to-date:
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$280,000 savings to the 12 families combined
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Over 875 tons of greenhouse gas emissions prevented
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20,600 equivalent number of trees
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Equivalent of taking 150 cars off the road for one year
In addition to employee workdays, Enphase is credited with the largest
inverter donation in GRID Alternatives' history of over 2,300
microinverters. This donation can support nearly 500kW of solar energy,
which GRID Alternatives estimates will generate $4.4 million worth of
power over the systems' expected lifetime. Almost 14,000 tons of
greenhouse gas emissions is estimated to be prevented from entering the
atmosphere due to this single donation.
"We partnered with GRID Alternatives very early on as a company because
we believed in the value they bring to families in our community who
need clean, affordable energy the most," said Greg Steele, senior vice
president of manufacturing for Enphase. "GRID is also to be commended
for the critical hands-on job training they provide for aspiring solar
installers. We are proud to continue supporting them as both of our
organizations expand and flourish."
GRID Alternatives has installed solar electric systems for nearly 2,800
low-income families in California to-date, and is expanding to Colorado
in 2013. These systems are expected to save families $76 million in
electricity costs.
"Enphase's investment in GRID is helping level the playing field for
low-income families who would otherwise not have access to money-saving
solar technology, and at the same time making the air a little cleaner
for all of us," said Erica Mackie, executive director and co-founder of
GRID Alternatives. "They've been a great partner."
Read more about the impact Enphase and GRID Alternatives brings to
working families in the Bay Area on the Enphase blog. http://enphase.com/eblog/2012/video-enphase-grid-alternatives-bring-solar-power-to-working-families/
About Enphase Energy, Inc.
Enphase Energy delivers microinverter technology for the solar industry
that increases energy production, simplifies design and installation,
improves system uptime and reliability, reduces fire safety risk and
provides a platform for intelligent energy management. Our
semiconductor-based microinverter system converts energy at the
individual solar module level and brings a systems-based, high
technology approach to solar energy generation. Connect with Enphase on Facebook
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Enphase Energy
Christine Bennett, +1-707-763-4784
Global
Corporate Communication Manager
pr@enphaseenergy.com
Source: Enphase Energy, Inc.
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