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Appalachian
solar power
benefits
recovery center
West Virginia’s Mountain View Solar recently completed a solar
project on Mountaineer Behavioral Health and in addition to
reducing energy costs, the project also employed people who
were in the center’s recovery program.
By Paul
MacDonald
The State of West Virginia is wellknown
for fossil fuels such as coal which has been dug
out of the Appalachian Mountains for generations, and
served as an energy building block for the U.S. economy
for decades.
But renewable energy is quickly getting some traction
in the Mountain State.
Mountain View Solar (mtvSolar), located in Berkeley
Springs, in the Eastern Panhandle of the state, has been
steadily working away at installing solar projects in West
Virginia—and, since it is in the northeast part of the state,
also doing solar installs in the neighboring states of Pennsylvania
, Maryland and Virginia.
The company has its roots in construction. In 1995,
Mike McKechnie founded Mountain View Builders, building
custom green homes in the Berkeley Springs area.
From the start, the company had an employee and
family-oriented focus, to best serve its customers. It built
energy efficient homes from start to finish, overseeing all
aspects of the building process.
In 2009, after seeing the potential of solar and battery
projects to save people money, back up critical loads,
and generate clean electricity, the company transitioned
to become mtvSolar—and hasn’t looked back.
“Some people might think West Virginia is not an ideal
place for a solar company—we’re still considered by
many people to be a coal state,” says Mike Studholme,
senior commercial and residential PV consultant with
mtvSolar.
“But it has turned out to be a good move with the way
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