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Alterra Renewable Energy – Get Solar in WV.  Homeowners and businesses can get a  free online solar assessment now. Our service area is Southeastern WV – Monroe, Summers, Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties.

Tax Incentives

The federal government and the states of West Virginia and Virginia offer tax incentives for renewable energy, and for the purchase of energy efficient products. We can help you apply for tax credits on products you purchase.

Site Assessments

A site assessment includes a physical review of your location’s suitability for a renewable energy system, an analysis of your energy consumption, and a recommendation of the most appropriate solutions for your home or business. Part of the cost of an assessment will be credited to any wind, micro-hydro or solar products you purchase.

Why Renewable Energy?

Create a Healthier Environment

Generating electricity is the leading cause of industrial air pollution in the United States. Most of our electricity comes from coal and other power sources that release CO2, SO2, NOx and smog as by-products. Producing energy this way not only increases harmful climate change; but has a negative impact on the air we breath and the water we drink. Use of non-renewable energy is harmful to our environment and to our health.

Improve Our National Security

In February, the Department of Defense released a major policy report on defense strategy that called climate change a “threat multiplier” with the potential to accelerate conflicts in fragile regions of Africa, the Middle East and southeast Asia. Former CIA director (1993-1995), R. James Woolsey, also says America’s oil dependence is a grave threat. This year, more than two-thirds of America’s oil imports will come from nations that too often do not share our goals or values.

This dependence on nations such as Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Venezuela, and Nigeria costs our nation billions that could be used here at home and helps governments that often act against our national security interests. It also prevents us from fully investing in home-grown American clean energy and undermines efforts to improve the quality of our air and water. Merkley unveils new plan to eliminate America’s dependence on overseas oil

Renewable energy benefits everyone and is affordable; especially with the federal and state tax credits that are available.

Renewable Energy FAQ

Alterra Renewable Energy
Milepost 30.5 Rt. 219 North
HC 67 Box 592
Renick, WV 24966
voice (304) 497-2756 · fax (304) 497-3846

bob@alterra-wv.com

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    • Filling Out Our New Solar Economy July 16, 2011
      Since we have completed our PV expansion a few weeks ago, we have been piling up the KWh credits on our grid meter. According to our predictions, we could generate a surplus of 5 MWh (5000KWh) over the course of a year. This was no accident but a strategy to replace conventional fuels with solar power.The main appliance we obtained was a high efficiency heat […]
    • Alternative Solar Mounting; POWERHOUSE June 13, 2011
      Many sites we visit to make a PV assessment have the house roof either facing the wrong way or is too shallow of a roof pitch. When the roof of the house or outbuilding is out of the running, ground mounting is a common solution. It can be a top of pole mount or a linear structure. In any event, factory made ground mounts are always much more expensive than […]
    • Solar is Growing in West Virginia June 13, 2011
      Most people think solar won't work well in West Virginia. The fact of the matter is that WV has better solar irradiance than the Great Lakes states, New England, and even Germany which is the most PV developed country in the world.If you go to the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and look at their OpenPV site, you can click on any state and see the […]
    • PV Upgrade Finally Done May 31, 2011
      A few months ago, I posted about our plans to add on to our home PV system. This spring has been the most rainy one I've seen in a while. Needless to say, progress was slow on construction. Add to that a couple customer PV installs, and I'm amazed it is done at all.Anyway, we added over 4kw to our existing 3.6kw. The design of the mount was a proto […]

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