Pete Frates Solar Panels

Woburn company donates solar panels to frates family by david wade january 14 2016 at 6 46 pm filed under.

Pete frates solar panels. The frates home in beverly ma complete with a 13kw solar panel system. The financial strains on peter frates the local man who inspired the ice bucket challenge are growing. At sjp he was a 4 year member. A woburn company donated 60 000 in solar panels to the frates family to help lower their electricity bill.

Pete frates dead at 34. Pete s story peter is the son of john and nancy frates grandson of jerry and joan d alfonso and jack and margaret frates brother of jenn and dan mayo and andrew frates. A former captain of the boston college baseball team and professional baseball player in europe pete frates was diagnosed with als in march of 2012 at the age of 27. Boston solar saw the need and decided to help by donating a top of the line solar array of 40 panels to harness the sun s energy and reduce the frates electric bill to pretty much zero.

Wbz tv s david wade reports. Pete frates the former college baseball star who helped inspire the viral ice bucket challenge has died. Championed als ice bucket challenge duration. Company donates solar panels to help pete frates energy costs video home.

He grew up in beverly ma and attended st. John s preparatory school 03 and boston college 07. That s where boston solar comes in donating a 60 000 solar installation to the family. With this system their bill should go from a thousand dollars a month to zero says chris buchanan from boston solar.

Als david wade ice bucket challenge pete frates solar energy. Pete frates home sully 2018 02 20t19 19 23 00 00. How do solar panels work. Frates has become a household name across the north shore since the ice bucket challenge debuted in the summer of 2014.

Now with the help of woburn based boston solar the frates s household will be running at maximum operational efficiency with minimal environmental impact. Image copyright getty images image caption pete frates.