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June
Media Advisory: Porsche to Receive First-Ever Certificate of Recognition for New Solar Panel Installation at its
Award to be Given to Porsche by Green Valley Initiative at Dedication Ceremony
Porsche will dedicate and reveal its extensive new solar panel system at a ceremony being held this Thursday, March 19, 10:30am at its Regional Support Facility in Ontario, California. The solar panel power array is the first on a Porsche facility in the U.S. and one of the area’s most significant. Porsche partnered with HelioPower and Sharp on the project.
At the ceremony, Porsche’s new solar panel installation will receive the Inland Empire’s Green Valley Initiative (GVI) award, the first ever “Certificate of Recognition” for environmentally sound projects in the region. GVI is a regional effort to establish the Inland Empire as a leader in green and clean technologies, a collaborative effort that will bring jobs, commerce and a better quality of life to the region. The Green Valley Initiative is a cooperative effort between government, business, academic and community leaders from throughout San Bernardino and Riverside counties, and is a project of the nonprofit Green Institute for Village Empowerment.
The Ceremony will feature speeches from Porsche Cars North American (PCNA) representatives, and city and state officials, HelioPower, Sharp, as well as attendance by local environmental organizations.
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May
Featuring Patrick Conlon of the Palm Desert Energy Independence Program, HelioPower will host a
free Solar Financing Q&A session, Tuesday, March 24 at 6pm. The event will be held in Conference rooms 1 & 2 of the Henderson Community Building, 72559 Hwy 111 Palm Desert, CA 92260-3306. Financing solar power systems for residential and commercial properties will be the focus of the free seminar.
Palm Desert’s Energy Independence Program is a model initiative for cities in California. Based on AB 811 legislation, the program works to support energy efficiency and renewable energy installations financed through city loans which are paid back through property tax assessments. For more information, click here .
“Solar in our community is becoming more and more affordable with the help of Palm Desert’s Assembly Bill 811 which will cover their costs of their system and is paid back though their property taxes at a low interest rate,” said HelioPower Energy Consultant, Matt Rifkin. “We want every single homeowner in the city of Palm Desert to realize the opportunity that their community is offering them,” he explained.
Rifkin and his “Team Desert” partner, Matt McPherson, are hosting the event on behalf of HelioPower. They most recently participated in the “Bright Ideas Expo” held by the city on March 14.
“Team Desert is excited to host the event on March 24 th at the Henderson Building. We are hoping to get a great turnout from Palm Desert residents and commercial building owners,” said Matt McPherson. “HelioPower would like to educate the residents of Palm Desert on the amazing program that their city is providing, which allows residents to install solar for almost no money down. By educating homeowners and business owners we hope to help the city of Palm Desert reach its goal of reducing city wide energy consumption by 30% by 2011.”
Palm Desert continues to participate in pushing initiatives that further solar deployment, not only in their city, but statewide. Area newspaper, The Desert Sun , quoted Mr. Conlon on March 12 concerning his efforts to get AB 432 addressing utility feed in tariffs passed. For K. Kaufman’s article, “Palm Desert eyes new solar plan,” click here .
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March
"Porsche Makes Solar Sexy"
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GVI’s Craig Keyes and Deniene Husted Present Recognition Award to Porsche
On Thursday, March 19, Porsche Cars North America, Inc. hosted a dedication ceremony to celebrate the installation of a new solar panel system at the Porsche Logistics Center in Ontario, CA. The solar power system was designed and installed by HelioPower at 5100 E. Ontario Mills Parkway, using 372 solar modules from Sharp and will produce 135,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable electricity per year .
Following is a recap of what our esteemed speakers had to say about this landmark achievement.
“At Porsche we a have an employee program called Green Choice. It basically says let’s think before we act and make environmentally responsible choices. That’s exactly what we’ve done here with the installation of our new solar panel system.”
Tim Quinn, Vice President of Aftersales, PCNA
Rob Nemchik, General Manager, Porsche Logistics Services
“This is another important milestone in Porsche’s long-term strategy for environmentally friendly and sustainability projects that also makes sound business sense.”
Paul Leon, Mayor, City of Ontario, CA
“We hope many more companies in the area will catch the green initiative they have demonstrated here today.”
Jess C. Vizcaino, Jr., Senior Congressional Representative to Congressman Joe Baca, 43rd District
“California is in the forefront of green technology investment. The new solar power system here in Ontario is an investment that will pay huge dividends for our future.”
Bonnie Montoya-May, Chair, U.S. Green Building Council-Inland Empire 
“I didn’t realize how much Porsche had done to support sustainability until a couple of days ago. I hope you will continue to bring that initiative forward so that other companies will follow your example.”
Steve LoRusso, Vice President of Sales, HelioPower
“The world is on fire and it is companies like Porsche who are doing something about it.”
Deniene Husted, Communications Director, Green Valley Initiative 
“Porsche is saying it’s sexy to go solar. I hope people are hearing that message loud and clear.”
This commercial-scale solar power system will avoid the emission of more than 50,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually. It represents one of the more significant solar installs in the Ontario metro area.
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