Green Mountain Energy has donated the solar panels and funded the array’s installation through its Big Texas Sun Club program. Ballroom Marfa is located at 108 East San Antonio St., Marfa, Texas.
The City of Marfa is a tourist destination. It is located between the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park in the high desert of Far West Texas.
The solar array consists of 30 solar panels, will provide around 15% of the facility’s annual electrical power requirements and covers around 450 square feet of roof space. These panels will displace around 13,700 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year. That’s like not driving over 15,000 miles or the annual sequestration of over 800 trees.
Green Mountain’s Big Texas Sun Club is a new program in which the company’s Texas customers can choose to support solar energy installations and education in Texas by paying an additional $5 on their monthly Green Mountain Energy electricity bill. With this installation, the company’s Big Texas Sun Club has been responsible for creating almost 155 kW of new solar energy capacity in Texas since 2002.
The solar panels were installed by Standard Renewable Energy (SRE). This is the fifth solar array SRE has installed for Green Mountain Energy and the Big Texas Sun Club.
As a proud recipient of Green Mountain’s donation for the solar array system, Ballroom Marfa is extremely enthusiastic to serve as a role model to actively promote cleaner energy for the West Texas community, said Fairfax Dorn, executive director of Ballroom Marfa. There’s urgency for change within our fragile environment. Green Mountain’s incredible contribution enables Ballroom Marfa to participate in this effort by bringing a higher level of awareness about renewable energy. Ballroom Marfa looks forward to being a leading advocate for both the cultural arts and the environment.
Ballroom Marfa is a world-class art and cultural facility that is helping put West Texas on the map and Green Mountain is honored to help the facility go green, said Paul Markovich, senior vice president, residential services, Green Mountain Energy. Green Mountain has been serving customers in Texas since 2002. Donating solar arrays like this one helps us give back to the communities where our customers live, while supporting our mission to change the way power is made.
