Black Rock Solar
Year: 2009
Theme: Evolution
Contributor: Steven Fritz
Theme Camp: Black Rock Solar
Details:
Black Rock Solar started in 2007 as a volunteer crew installing a 30-kilowatt solar array at Burning Man. It turned into something much larger.
The organization went on to install 7.6 megawatts of solar across Nevada — powering schools, tribal colleges, Native American cultural centers, and communities that needed clean affordable energy most. In 2017 it transitioned into Black Rock Labs, a clean-tech accelerator.
What began as a camp project became a genuine solar nonprofit, born from the Playa.
