Solar Holler
132 West German Street, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States

We know that solar is new to West Virginia.  After all, we’re building the industry from scratch.  We use our deep knowledge of energy policy and financing to build programs that work—even in Appalachia. At Solar Holler, we relentlessly pursue innovative approaches that bring solar within reach of the people and places who have always been left out.

Our very first project won Interfaith Power & Light’s National Renewable Role Model award for our first-of-its-kind crowdfunding program with non-profits. Faced with unprecedented demand in the state, we worked with partners to launch the first solar job training and apprenticeship program in West Virginia—bringing jobs and opportunities to the coalfields.  Now, all across West Virginia, our teams of trained and talented electricians and installers are building beautiful solar systems that are remaking our state.

Trail-blazing Innovators

Who Live and Breathe Appalachia From our very first project, we’ve made waves, because we do the things other people said was too hard.  Our first project won Interfaith Power & Light’s National Role Model Award for our first-of-its kind crowdfunding program for solar on churches. Within a week of launching, we outstripped the capacity of everyone who knew how to install solar in West Virginia.  So we launched the first solar training and apprenticeship program in West Virginia. After talking with hundreds of families across Appalachia who wanted to go solar–but whose banks wouldn’t serve them, we decided to launch West Virginia’s first affordable financing program. We’ve gotten this far; we’ve made this many waves; we’ve helped this many people because we care about Appalachia and are relentlessly pursuing new solutions that make solar the most affordable choice for all our neighbors.

Fully Licensed and Insured

It takes heart and soul to build a business; but it takes skill and experience to build a beautiful, productive solar system.  We’re a fully licensed & insured electrical contracting firm in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio–dedicated to making each solar installation a safe, flawless, and beautiful power generation facility.  You can rest assured that with Solar Holler, you’re getting a quality installation with our 2 master electricians, 3 journeymen, 5 apprentices, 2 project managers, and a dedicated procurement team.

A West Virginia Benefit Corporation

We’re on a mission to make clean energy affordable; to rebuild our Appalachian economy; and to spread the benefits of clean energy to those who need it most. We believe that our business can be the change we want to see.   In a first for West Virginian solar, we built these core principles into our charter, so that no bank or investor can ever keep us from focusing on what matters to us–treating our colleagues fairly, our communities with respect, and our mountains with reverence.