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By admin on Mar 09, 2016

Brightergy and nonprofit Women in Solar Energy have partnered to develop an interactive energy curriculum and community, KidSun™   KANSAS CITY, MO. / BOSTON, MA. MARCH 09, 2016 – Kansas City-based energy company Brightergy and global nonprofit, Women in Solar Energy (WISE), are announcing their partnership to develop KidSun™. KidSun™ will be an energy education program built for students and teachers […]

By admin on Jul 07, 2015

And it comes with fantastic views of downtown Kansas City Solar energy is more popular than ever before with more people and businesses going to their local solar company to help them get more green. Of course, we 100% agree with this and wanted to set a good example. So, on a recent June Saturday morning, a smallish volunteer group […]

By admin on Mar 24, 2015

The average American spends about 7 minutes a year thinking about their energy provider. We use it – to power our lights, our computers, our smartphones, our devices – and then we pay for it. And there’s not a whole lot we can do to control how much we pay for our energy. Except, at Brightergy, we see it differently. […]

By admin on Aug 29, 2014

The move will enhance the company’s ability to provide holistic energy analysis to its business and nonprofit clients, acting as an outsourced energy department. Kansas City, MO – August 29, 2014 – A deal was finalized this month for Brightergy to acquire the Supply-Side Division of Acumen Energy Solutions, a firm based in Overland Park, KS. The acquisition marks the […]

By admin on Jul 29, 2014

by Ian Edwards “Scotty, I’m taking the solar-powered car for a spin.” That’s something you’ve probably never heard on Star Trek. Or anywhere for that matter. A solar-powered car may sound like something straight out of science fiction, but to people familiar with the American Solar Challenge (ASC), it’s actually old news. For over 20 years, engineering students from universities […]

By admin on Jun 19, 2014

by Rachel Simmons Around here, there’s a popular joke: if the sun stops shining tomorrow, we all have bigger problems than whether or not we’re still producing solar energy. It’s a lighthearted reminder of the fact that the sun is the source of all energy. Plants need it for photosynthesis. Even fossil fuels – named so because of their origin […]

By admin on Jun 11, 2014

Our client True Manufacturing made a video showing the solar panel installation we did at their St. Louis location. Check it out! Originally posted by True Manufacturing on their YouTube channel.

By admin on Jun 09, 2014

by Shannon Halligan, KSHB – 41 Action News KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Both Kansas and Missouri will need to cut its carbon emissions by at least 20 percent if new recommendations by Environmental Protection Agency are put into effect. The federal government laid out a plan Monday to lower carbon pollution throughout the country. The recommendations call for a 30 percent reduction […]

By admin on May 23, 2014

Austin Alonzo Brightergy LLC is adding some formidable experience to its executive team. The Kansas City energy company brought in Paul Snider, formerly with Kansas City Power & Light Co., and Robert Shanklin, formerly with St. Louis-based coal producerArch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI), to add broader energy industry experience to the maturing company’s executive staff. Snider, who led KCP&L’s governmental affairs department, now leads governmental affairs […]

By admin on May 22, 2014

by Susan Brown and Paul Snider With May comes not just spring flowers (and finally, warmer weather!), but also the end of legislative sessions. This year, we were active in both Kansas and Missouri state legislatures, watching and working on issues pertaining to energy efficiency and renewable energy. Kansas Legislative Update In Kansas most of the attention was on the […]