Couillard Solar Foundation Hosts Solstock Storytelling Festival for Solar Panel Prizes

The Couillard Solar Foundation will host its fourth annual Solstock Storytelling Festival on May 31 in Deerfield, Wis. The event will feature live music and speakers, as well as a competition where Wisconsin nonprofits will compete for solar panel prizes. Since 2018, the foundation has supported nearly 300 solar projects in schools and nonprofits across the state. The foundation aims to connect with communities and promote solar energy as a cost-saver and source of resilience.

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The Couillard Solar Foundation has supported nearly 300 solar projects in schools and nonprofits since 2018.
The foundation will host its fourth annual Solstock Storytelling Festival on May 31 in Deerfield, Wis., featuring live music and speakers.
Wisconsin nonprofits will compete in a storytelling competition for solar panel prizes, with the first-place winner receiving up to 10 kilowatts of solar panels valued at approximately $3,000.
The event's attendees will get to see a modular solar canopy developed by the foundation, which can be expanded to hold 17 kW worth of solar panels, parking spaces, and EV chargers.
The foundation has introduced at least 20 canopies to the world, with the smallest size powering a moderately sized home.
Solar energy is an energy and cost saver, creating good-paying jobs for installers and resilience for communities during outages and natural disasters.

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The Couillard Solar Foundation has supported nearly 300 solar projects since 2018.
The foundation awarded over $4.6 million in community solar projects and nearly $1.3 million for Wisconsin schools in 2024.
The smallest solar canopy developed by the foundation can power a moderately sized home.
The canopy can be expanded to hold 17 kW worth of solar panels, with the first-place winner receiving panels valued at approximately $3,000.

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"One of our goals is to connect with communities, our communities and people in the community so they know more about us," said Jackie Harrison-Jewell, the executive director of CSF.
"If a church or community center is hooked up to a solar-powered battery, it can use the lasting power to shelter those who need it when the grid is down," Harrison-Jewell noted.
Event sponsors include Hoffman EV, Legacy Solar Co-op of Wisconsin and Ethos Solar.