Each year, El Paso, Texas receives an average of 293 sunny days—193 of which are cloudless. The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) decided to take advantage of this abundant natural resource to lower their electricity bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Led by its Director of Energy Initiatives, Dr. Ralph Martinez, UTEP qualified for and earned a $1M grant to go solar from the Distributed Renewable Energy Technology Program run by th

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