April 2015: StraightUp Solar’s Own Goes Solar!
Shannon Fulton, StraightUp Solar’s Director of Business Development, is officially solar powered! Last weekend, our elite crew installed a ground mount array at her home in El Paso, Illinois. Did you know that a third of our employees have solar on their homes? In addition, we’ve added solar to our very own StraightUp Solar headquarters […]
March 2015: Illinois Resident Offsets Entire Energy Bill!
StraightUp Solar recently installed a 4.3 kilowatt solar array on the Mullen Residence in Goodfield, IL (central Illinois outside of Bloomington). Renee is thrilled by her system and says, “We just got our first bill from Corn Belt Energy. Our system offset our entire monthly usage and produced 61 kWh of extra electricity! We are so excited and […]
February 2015: Meramec Valley School District installs at 7 locations
StraightUp Solar installed 600 solar panels at 7 Meramec Valley Schools. Cheers to MVSD for creating clean power, saving money, and generating learning opportunities for their students. Each of the seven schools will generate enough electricity to power 2.5 average Missouri houses. Each school will have a TV monitor showing real-time production that can be […]
December 2014: New Northside Baptist Church
StraightUp Solar installed 100 solar panels at the New Northside Baptist Church and Community Center in North St. Louis. This is one of four religious institutions that went solar with SUS in 2014! To show our gratitude for the church joining the StraightUp Solar tribe, SUS donated a residential system to a randomly chosen congregation […]
June 2014: StraightUp Solar installs arrays at six Llywelyn’s Pub locations
Llywelyn’s Pub and StraightUp Solar are proud to announce the addition of 107 kilowatts of solar energy at six Llywelyn’s locations across St Louis. The O’Fallon, Webster Groves, St Charles, Soulard, and Central West End Llywelyn’s locations are now producing carbon-free solar energy. In each of the locations, visitors can observe a display monitor providing real-time […]
March 2014: StraightUp Solar Becomes Only Fully Solar Powered Solar Company in St. Louis
It’s no secret-solar popularity is exploding. Missouri direct and indirect solar jobs have more than doubled in the past year, exceeding 3,000 in the ranks now and StraightUp Solar has happily been a part of that growth every step of the way. We’ve expanded our team so much that after only 2 years at our […]
November 2013- St. Louis Business Makes Solar a Reality
On 4 Nov, StraightUp Solar proudly commissioned our largest project to date and one of the largest solar arrays in Missouri. 684 solar panels now overlook the Mississippi River at Heat Transfer Systems located just south of downtown. Heat Transfer System designs and manufactures heat exchange equipment, much of which is used around the world to […]
May 2013- Sunset Hills Resident Appreciates New Solar Array
Mr. Keifer has been one of our most vocal supporters and a pleasure to work with. We recently completed work on his 9.87 kW array of 42 Aleo modules. He has even taken advantage of our referral rebate program by enlisting several family members. Over the lifetime of his project it will offset the over $52,000 in costs […]
April 2013- An ultra energy efficient home powered entirely by solar
StraightUp recently completed construction of a 4 kW system for Missouri’s first Passive House – or “PassivHaus” in German. In conjunction with the project consultant, Gary Steps of Butterfly Energy Works, and architect Ralph Eglin Wafer, we worked tirelessly to see this pioneering project get started. PassivHaus is a German invention from a physicist who […]
March 2013- Solar Powering Downtown Re-Development
StraightUp Solar recently installed solar on the newly rehabbed Foodland on Jefferson just outside Lafayette Square in St. Louis. The GreenStreet Development project is now home to a Save-a-Lot, H&R Block, and a Blast Fitness, and more than 350 solar panels help power the retail space. This project is the latest of a many solar installations […]
