Creative Energies Blog

Creative Energies strives to conduct its business operations in as sustainable a manner as possible. Though we examine all aspects of our operation, it is our Lander, Wyoming Main office that that has received the greatest attention.

In 2008 we renovated this 1924 farm house including adding some additional space. We insulated and sealed the building, improved some of the windows and added solar tubes for daylight. In 2009 we installed a geothermal heat pump for the building’s heating and cooling and a grid connected wind turbine. At that point we tracked the energy use for a year and then designed and installed a grid-tied photovoltaic system designed to meet the remaining electric needs of the building.

Now, a year after the installation of the solar PV system, we are finding that our annual energy balance is arriving exactly at zero. Excess electric production during the months from April through October offset our net use from November through March.

Click on each slide for a larger image; some of the text is pretty small.

Recently, Scott Kane was interviewed by Molly Messick of Wyoming Public Radio for the piece on the program Open Spaces.  Here is the story:

WYOMING (wpr) - There’s a groundswell of interest in small-scale renewable energy in Wyoming. Hundreds of homeowners are buying their own wind turbines and solar panels. But their reasons for investing in alternative energy point to a particular brand of environmentalism, one that’s an outgrowth of rural life and rural values. Wyoming Public Radio’s Molly Messick has this story. © Copyright 2010, wpr

Click here to listen.