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St. Louis business talks about success of solar project (AUDIO)

April 11, 2011 By Jessica Machetta

The company with the biggest solar implementation in the state is ready to start generating more power than it needs, selling it back to Ameren for a profit.

Walsh & Associates spokesman Randy Lewis says he’s an energy-holic. When his chemical distributing company in St. Louis started going green, it started with changing out the lighting.

The company installed more than 50 solar tubes — gradually — to provide natural light while also minimizing heat gain and loss because they are contained in a sealed system.

He says over the course of about five years, they also installed an energy-efficient roof, started using compressed natural gas and an air conditioning misting system … all leading to a savings of about $30,000.

Now, with 416 solar panels on its roof, the company is ready to start making more power than it needs, sending the overage back to the grid, earning another estimated $12,000 a year.

Lewis says every dollar a business spends on utilities is a dollar not invested in the business. His company is now saving around $50,000 a year on energy costs.

Walsh & Associates has the largest single solar project in the state, a title Lewis says he hopes will be topped soon.

 AUDIO: Jessica Machetta reports (click to listen.)

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