As state legislation negatively affecting solar installations is under review, SIREN volunteers and other solar advocates spoke with WFHB volunteers about solar in Indiana. You can listen here. Please consider financially supporting SIREN with a donation, and by volunteering.
As you may know, 350.org and many other organizations are teaming up to organize the largest climate rally in history this coming September. It's timed to coincide with the UN climate summit, in hopes of putting pressure on world leaders to get…
SIREN, the Center for Sustainable Living (CSL) and the Bike Project send thanks and a big “attaboy!’ to Alex Jarvis, president of Solar Systems of Indiana. The Bike Project building on the B-Line Trail has two PV arrays—an older one…
New Date for Columbus Solar Tour This tour of solar installations was rained out on its original date (9/29), but the new date--Sunday, October 20--promises to be bright and sunny with no chance of precipitation. The hours and the tour…
SIREN is proud to be supported by some of the best volunteers in the community--and we appreciate the efforts of several volunteers throughout May and August as part of the Hoosier-to-Hoosier Sale which collected and re-distributed thousands of items that…
The summer Solstice was an occasion for owners, local solar companies and solar enthusiasts to celebrate Monroe County’s number of solar arrays approaching 100 in 2013. Monroe may have more solar sites than any other Indiana county. One reason is the price of…
If you have a solar energy system, this is an invitation to come to a party in your honor. On the occasion of SIREN’s 5th anniversary, we are gathering the community’s first solar adopters and would-be adopters for a celebration and…
Follow the story from greentechsolar. Here's an excerpt: Lancaster, CA Becomes First US City to Require Solar Every new housing development must average 1 kilowatt per house. HERMAN K. TRABISH: MARCH 27, 2013 The Lancaster, California City Council unanimously approved…
SIREN’s Woodie Bessler and Terry Usrey gave their popular Going Solar presentation three times in March to different audiences. The dates and locations were: Bloomington, March 3, 7pm –St. Thomas Lutheran Church, 3800 E. Third St. (open to the public) Columbus,…
Since 2008 SIREN has endeavored to track and record solar installations in south central Indiana. This fall a group if Indiana University graduate students from SPEA (Robert Ramos, Thomas Sugimoto and Atilla Gumas) created an online version of the solar…