Solar States signs with Renogy Solar, will retrofit Finanta with solar panels

Updated: corrected the location of Renogy Solar.

Solar States, the Kensington-based commercial solar power provider, has signed a supply contract with Renogy Solar, a major solar panel manufacturer based in Baton Rouge, LA with major facilities in China, according to a press release.
Solar States will install 30kW of solar panels on the rooftop of Finanta, a financial educating and community lending group also in Kensington at 2nd and Thompson streets. The installation, which will begin in November, will support 100 percent of the building’s energy needs, said Solar States spokesman John Steele.
The agreement also makes Solar States the East Coast distributor for Renogy.
In shoring up the deal, Solar States founder Micah Gold-Markel visited the Renogy facilities in Wuxi, China, touring the facility and writing about the experience and sharing photos of the facility.
The announcement comes on the heels of the controversy surrounding the bankruptcy of Solyndra, a Caifornia solar manufacturer that had received U.S. government support. Gold-Markel wrote about what he calls the misrepresentation of the situation here.