All to bring 100% Renewable Energy to Hudson Valley and Capitol Region of NY
Today, my new partners at Dandelion, which is a geothermal startup that recently graduated X, the research and development lab at Google’s parent company, announces a partnership with Hudson Solar. They are the leading residential solar installer in the Hudson Valley and Capital Region. Yes I’m also teamed up with a Google Startup ok breathe breathe!).
Plus, I also know Hudson Solar. They were chosen as a leading provider of solar in the Solarize campaigns. That’s consequently all throughout most of the Hudson Valley.
Together, these companies will offer homeowners the ease to get their homes for 100% GREEN ENERGY.
Dandelion as reported in the Poughkeepsie Journal today uses a new geothermal installation process developed at X. It can convert homeowners away from oil or gas heat and offer them substantial savings.
Hudson Solar, with its on-site or community solar offerings. It can then offer homeowners to lower the cost of solar power. A homeowner with geothermal, solar and energy efficiency can easily go 100 percent renewable. The Dandelion geothermal system will use solar electricity and the ground, as a source of heat and heat sink, to provide a home with heating, cooling and hot water! (BOOM!!)
Let’s put it this way, average geothermal installs cost around $40,000. Dandelion is about $20,000 and will offer financing and monthly payment plans.
Now while solar costs about the same, the finance costs will be really more affordable than the grid.
“We chose Hudson Solar as our first solar partner because the company is well known for their high-quality work and share our values and excitement about the impact that our combined product will have on combating climate change,” Dandelion CEO Kathy Hannun said. “Hudson Solar’s unique offering of both on-site and community solar systems means they can provide all of Dandelion’s customers a way to power their geothermal systems with clean electricity. ”
“Dandelion has lowered the cost of geothermal and set up financing so a homeowner switching to geothermal from oil or propane can save money from day one, just like with solar,” Hudson Solar CEO Jeff Irish said. ” … And with our community solar arrays, even people who can’t site solar on their property can go solar.”
