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Submitted by: Puget Sound Energy

Puget Sound Energy teamed up with the City of Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department to celebrate new solar panels installed at Taylor Dock.

The panels were carried by a convoy of kayakers. Photo courtesy: Puget Sound Energy.

Several panels for the solar installation were delivered with zero emissions, and arrived by bike and kayak. The panels came from Itek Energy with help from residents in the community who joined the convoy of bicycles and kayaks carrying the panels. There were about two dozen kayaks and bikes that joined the convoy to Taylor Dock.

Recreational activists from the HUB Community Bike Shop, the Community Boating Center and Recreation Northwest helped deliver the panels.

The final panels were installed onto the roof by Ecotech Solar after the community dedication.

The new solar panels are installed at Taylor Dock. Photo courtesy: Puget Sound Energy.

The solar array is presented to the residents of Bellingham by PSE. It’s comprised of 28 solar panels, for a total of over eight kilowatts; and was funded through a grant, awarded in 2016, by PSE’s Green Power program and its participants. Finding the right venue, that was visible and beneficial to the community, took some time to get right. The solar panels will help offset the need for electricity to light the dock when the sun goes down.

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