The story of Colorado’s solar industry in 2025 can be explained as a tale of two roofs.
Both roofs are at Specialty Products, a global auto parts manufacturer based in Longmont. Roof Number One is at the company’s headquarters, a 50,000 square foot industrial building off I-25, which houses the company’s offices, warehouse and assembly facility.
The first roof is a sea of solar panels, sparkling in the sun.
“The whole roof is covered with the solar array,” said Chief Operating Officer Mina Cox. “It will provide enough energy for everything that we do in this building.”
Over the course of a year, this formidable solar array will save Specialty Products roughly $50,000 on energy bills. The company finished building it last summer with help from a grant from the US Department of Agriculture – the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) – which covered 40% of the half-million-dollar…
