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Larry Mapes & NABCEP @ the Renewable Energy Forum

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Larry Mapes & NABCEP @ the Renewable Energy Forum

The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) invited Larry Mapes to participate in a panel discussion during the American Solar Energy Society’s (ASES) World Renewable Energy Forum, held in Denver from May 13-17 of this year. The agenda–to discuss the importance of becoming a NABCEP certified solar installer. Mr. Mapes serves on the NABCEP Solar Thermal Task Committee which certifies solar thermal and solar PV installers for North America. Fellow panel members included NABCEP Executive Director, Ezra Auerback; Blake Jones of Namste Solar and Andre Truitt of...

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After the Spring Snow Storm
Solar Keeps Going!

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After the Spring Snow Storm Solar Keeps Going!

What appeared to be an endless stretch of gorgeous days hovering in the low seventies may have given Taoseños a false sense of security that Spring had sprung in northern New Mexico. What a surprise it was to look out our windows yesterday to see enormous wet snowflakes tumbling from the sky! What wasn’t surprising? Our solar customers throughout northern New Mexico including: Taos, Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Chimayo stayed warm and juiced up with sun-powered energy which, as you can see in the photograph of the roof of our Taos headquarters above, was bright as ever this morning. Please...

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Valverde Energy Featured in the Taos News!

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Valverde Energy Featured in the Taos News!

Larry Mapes, founder and CEO of Valverde Energy, helps set nationwide solar energy standards. Read more about solar thermal in Taos, Los Alamos and Santa Fe.

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Solar Energy Innovator, Larry Mapes in Taos News!

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Solar Energy Innovator, Larry Mapes in Taos News!

Taos News ran a feature article on Larry Mapes, founder and CEO of Valverde Energy, a solar company in Taos,New Mexico, serving the entire northern New Mexico region including: Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Chimayo, Espanola and Taos! We are both excited and grateful for the thorough and well written article penned by Susan Carpenter Sims. Here’s an excerpt: Larry Mapes, owner of Valverde Energy, became interested in the electrical trade at an early age. “My first word actually was ‘lights,’” he says with a chuckle. “I was always tracing wires or figuring out how this worked or that...

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Santa Fe Solar Panel Installation

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Santa Fe Solar Panel Installation

Larry Mapes, hard at work installing solar panels in Santa Fe on City LIghts Rd. Look at those mountains!

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