Alternative Power Enterprises

06/10/2022

Come see us at the Ridgway Farmers Market every Friday this summer!

02/16/2022

Alternative Power, the Western Slopes premiere solar installer is hiring for multiple positions! Alternative Power Enterprises specializes in ground and roof mounted photovoltaic solar power systems, both grid-tied and off-grid. We have positions open for Sales, Installer, Journeyman Electrician, and Off-Grid Service Technician. If you want to be part of one of the fastest growing industries and a great company, please send your resume to [email protected]

08/11/2020

Exciting News!

To Our Valued Customers,
We are thrilled to announce that Alternative Power Enterprises has been acquired by our long time, and most trusted, employee Josh Shipley. Many of you already know Josh and the excellent customer service he has provided over the last seven years; now he steps into more of a leadership role while Jill and Leif take a step back.
What does this mean for you?
Our entire staff is now a part of Josh’s family! Our office will remain at its current location, 672 N Cora, and you can expect the same level, or better, of service from the company. We have added a full time service technician, Nick Kirk, he is incredibly knowledgeable and is able to better serve our clients, Greg Nicholson, our designer/spreadsheet wizard, Susan Holland, sales, who has been in the solar industry for a couple of decades, and our lead installer Andy Thoman who has stepped up and has become a trusted and well versed installer. And we would be remiss if we did not mention our top-quality installers Jesse LaSala and Jacob Putnicki. We are so proud of this crew, and their professionalism, and we are here to serve you. We also welcome Anna Hill, to replace Jill, Anna comes to us with several years of solar experience and we feel so lucky to have found her.
What does this mean for us?
Josh’s new energy in a leadership roll will help to move the company in a forward direction. Josh knows that the relationships we have with our customers is life-long, and he cares deeply for each and every one of them. He also has new ideas and innovation to bring to the company, and we cannot wait to see what is next.
Our story continues…
Leif started this company 28 years ago, after first installing solar on his own house and then helping friends and neighbors. Jill joined in 1998 and we created an office in an outbuilding in our back yard. After about seven years we moved to a bigger location, then again to a bigger location with a warehouse, and finally we moved into our permanent home on North Cora last July. We have learned a lot! And we are still learning. We have ridden the “solar coaster”( ...Cont in comments)

05/29/2020

We do have a booth set up at the Ridgway Farmers Market today .Come on down and meet Susan and discuss the benefits of going solar. 26% Fed Income Tax Credit and SMPA rebates are available.

05/18/2020

This is so unfair. We have a solar hater for President

The Trump administration has ended a two-year rent holiday for solar and wind projects operating on federal lands, handing them whopping retroactive bills at a time the industry is struggling with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, according to company officials.

05/11/2020

Backup Power Systems

04/21/2020

Earthday.org will have a full day of online content. 50 years of concern for our home planet. It gives new meaning to “stay home”. We have no other planet to go to.

Visit the official Earth Day site to learn about the world's largest environmental movement and what you can do to make every day Earth Day.

04/13/2020

Here is an informative video on a product that we install for off-grid and backup power.

Adaptable and scalable, the Schneider Electric Conext™ XW Pro hybrid inverter/charger provides the one solution you need for solar with storage, backup power...

04/03/2020

https://www.alternative-power.com/blog/ape-is-open-for-business

04/01/2020

APE is open for business during the Pandemic for phone calls and service on solar power systems as well as a Socially Distant site evaluation. We hope we all get through this crisis. The sun will keep on shining providing clean renewable energy for years to come. Be safe.

03/30/2020

Great solar innovations just keep coming.

What if every window in your house could generate electricity? One Redwood City, California-based startup thinks its technology can achieve that by transforming the way solar power is collected and harnessed.

03/30/2020

APE is taking the next two weeks off to see what the Covid-19 has in store for us. We are taking calls and can can help with service and can put together designs and quotes for you. I am finding that in this down time there is a great opportunity to stay educated and watch some Renewable Energy videos at home. One recommendation is https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/happening-a-clean-energy-revolution