{"id":2397,"date":"2012-11-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridalt.wpenginepowered.com\/the-current\/celebrating-success-at-the-2012-bay-area-solarthon\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:02:51","slug":"celebrating-success-at-the-2012-bay-area-solarthon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/celebrating-success-at-the-2012-bay-area-solarthon\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Success at the 2012 Bay Area Solarthon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Put on your party hardhat and celebrate: the <a title=\"Solarthon Bay Area website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.solarthon.org\/bayarea\" target=\"_blank\">7th Annual Bay Area Solarthon<\/a> on July 21st in San Jose was a HUGE success! Thank you to all of our amazing sponsors, Solar Champions, homeowners and job trainees from the <a title=\"CET website\" href=\"http:\/\/cetweb.org\/for-students\/locations\/san-jose-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Employment Training<\/a> who all came together to successfully install 13 solar electric systems (a total of 262 solar panels) in one day!<\/p>\n<p>Over their 30 year life span, the 13 solar systems installed at Solarthon will save over $450,000 for these low-income families while preventing over 1,500 tons of carbon emissions. This is the equivalent of taking over 300 cars off the road for one year!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all of our Solar Champions, event sponsors, and statewide sponsors who helped us raise over $100,000 at this year&#8217;s event! Sponsors for Solarthon 2012 included <a title=\"Yingli website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yinglisolar.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yingli Solar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/us.sunpowercorp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SunPower Corp.<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellsfargo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wells Fargo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanjoseca.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">The City of San Jose<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforcefoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salesforce.com Foundation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sungevity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sungevity<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/answerlab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AnswerLab<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arubanetworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aruba Networks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/realgoodssolar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Real Goods Solar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/provoltz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ProVoltz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verengosolar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Verengo Solar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/enphase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Enphase Energy<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burnhamnationwide.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Burnham<\/a>. Thank you also to all of our generous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gridalternatives.org\/solarthon\/bayarea\" target=\"_blank\">in-kind donors<\/a>. Your support and partnerships are invaluable as we continue to bring solar savings to communities who need it the most.<\/p>\n<p>Another huge thank you to our individual fundraisers, or Solar Champions, who raised an incredible $20,000 in support of Solarthon 2012! We also want to send some extra special GRID love to Rosana Francescato and Tim Lindl, our two top fundraisers who raised over $3,400 each from their respective networks! Wow!<\/p>\n<p>We are celebrating all of our many partners and supporters who come together at Solarthon (and all year round!) to help create a more sustainable and inclusive energy future. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Want to continue the celebration? 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