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As the morning fog cleared on Saturday June 9th, the sun shined out over 100 volunteers on the rooftops and homes at Atchison Village in Richmond as a part of GRID Bay Area\u2019s 13th Annual Solarthon<\/a> event. The 2018 Solarthon, GRID\u2019s annual solar installation block party and fundraiser, was a huge success: community volunteers, executives from the solar industry, solar clients and residents of Atchison Village, and local job trainees all came together to successfully install for 19 families in one day and take part in a celebration of Richmond’s bright future!<\/p>\n

At this year\u2019s event, we installed more than 27.8 kilowatts<\/strong> of clean, solar energy, which will save these families over $260,500 <\/strong>over the systems\u2019 lifespans! The systems will also offset more than 530 tons of greenhouse gas emissions<\/strong> – the equivalent of planting nearly 12,500 trees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In addition to these impacts, this event was filled with incredible people, from the volunteers and sponsors who spent their Saturday giving back in the community, to the families whose gratitude and excitement truly set the tone for an amazing day. Weeks after the event, Barbara Postel, an Atchison Village resident, former GRID client and Solarthon volunteer, shared with GRID, \u201cI’ve still got a silly grin on my face — it was such a highlight for me to install with you all on June 9th here in Atchison Village.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Additionally, thanks to our awesome sponsors and fundraisers, Solarthon helped raised over $85,000<\/strong> to support GRID\u2019s work and mission! Solarthon sponsors included: New Belgium Brewing, Go Solar California, California Department of Community Services and Development, California Climate Investments, Wells Fargo, Enphase, Sunrun, KPMG, Sunpower, Sungrade, Google, Bank of America, Burnham Energy, and MCE! Many special thanks as well to our amazing community partners.<\/p>\n

A huge thanks<\/strong> to everyone who made the event such a success! To see some of the awesome photos from around the event, visit our Flickr album here<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/strong> for a personal account of the day from Atchison Village\u2019s Barbara Postel!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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