by Ron Sering Many places claim to be in Colorado’s sun belt, but Salida makes good on it. Estimates vary between 260 and 300 days of sunshine a year. That’s a lot of energy, and through a combination of improved technology and innovative funding, Salida is tapping into it. From the top of the Palace Hotel, Salida’s oldest hotel and tallest building, the surrounding rooftops bristle with satellite dishes, evaporative coolers and power lines. And on an increasing number of them, including the hotel, photovoltaic (PV) modules glint in the sun. “We wanted to have the lightest ecological footprint and ...
