We've also set a goal to install the largest economically viable solar array's in the state this year." "We've also teamed up with WMU's Business school to help in researching ways to give our clients a way to become carbon neutral. "We're striving to get into new markets," Cook said.
Engineered and constructed the largest Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Generation Facility in the history of the state of Michigan as of 2010.But, what I've found now is my passion and it keeps me excited! That passion and excitement is pivotal in keeping me going. " I had the opportunity to work for multiple fortune 500 companies, and pursue possible careers. It allowed me to really "trial" careers to see what I loved. "I also gained so many more talents and lessons from my many internships. In fact, Cook credits his classes at WMU as giving him a strong core foundation in ethics and engineering principles. Not that we didn't make mistakes, we just would laugh and call it ' tuition'-that tuition has allowed us to continue to develop, learn, and improve the services we provide."Ĭook became interested in creating economically viable solar installations as a student at WMU, where he learned about environment and social responsibility in his environmental engineering classes, "In a sense, I was lucky I had colleagues that were talented, loved to take on challenges, and were willing to bring me in for help." I can confidently say that no one in the area knows more about these projects than us, and it's solely because we did it all and were willing to take on the risk needed to do it. We take a lot of pride in the fact that we did everything on our own, the designing, the electrical engineering, the manufacturing, the civil engineering, the assembly, etc.-it allowed us to gain infinite amounts of knowledge about the development of these projects. Connor was intrigued by everything involved and pushed me to continue to learn more and take of challenges.
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"There's no book you can pick up that says 'this is how to develop a solar photovoltaic electricity generation facility.' It took a lot of research, engineering, and testing on our own to understand everything that goes into a project. They established the business to develop solar projects under a program of Consumers Energy called the EARP (Experimental Advanced Renewable Program).Ī lot of hard work, Cook said. "I had a range of skills in construction/safety/project management which helped me during the manufacturing, civil engineering, and construction of the project," Cook said. Cook was brought in to help with the project management and construction of their first solar development. It will teach you more about yourself than you could ever imagine."Ĭonnor and Sam Field founded Helios Solar in 2009. When someone say's you can't do it, then do it. "We're developing economically viable, value driven installations that three years ago people said we could never do.
"I'm most proud of the fact that we're able to build economically viable solar installations for our community," said Josh Cook ( BS '12, Engineering Management Technology), of Helios Solar.
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