--- title: "Update from Las Cruces, New Mexico: Ready for Solar on 10/10/10!" date: 2010-10-01T02:34:29Z modified: 2010-10-01T02:34:29Z permalink: "https://350.org/update-las-cruces-new-mexico-ready-solar-101010/" type: post status: publish excerpt: I wanted to share quick update from Las Cruces, New Mexico where a group of friends has raised money and donations to install a set of solar panels on a local homeless shelter to save it money on e wpid: 23852 --- I wanted to share quick update from Las Cruces, New Mexico where a group of friends has raised money and donations to install a set of solar panels on a local homeless shelter to save it money on energy (and eventually make money by selling power back to the grid). The crew in Las Cruces just put up a picture of a crew of installers from Positive Energy Solar who just put up the racks for the panels up on the roof — for free! ![](https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs698.snc4/63806_160909537269392_100000510403259_469607_7215086_n.jpg) Many thanks to the team in Las Cruces, you all are an inspiration. Let's put solar on it!