RHINEBECK — Hudson Valley Clean Energy started soon after Jeff Irish installed a solar photovoltaic panel system on his barn here.
His brother-in-law, John Wright, and some friends and family came over to see the new rig.
“And they would say it’s cool — we would love to have one on our house,” Wright said.
“For the first 10 systems, it was mostly friends and family’s houses, and it just started to take off,” Wright said.
