Solar Motive, the store, was established in 2001. The store is located inside the Port Townsend Boat Haven at the intersection of 10th Street and Sims Way. map

Kirk Doray:

"My initial interest with electricity stems from a variety of exposures throughout my life... My dad's electric lawnmower.... reading about Thomas Edison and Ben Franklin in grade school... Electric shop class in middle school... getting my own digital multimeter in high school..."

"Then, driving to and from college, I passed by the Solar One installation in the CA desert, a shimmering apparition that drew me in and captured my imagination. Lo an behold right alongside Solar One is a huge parabolic trough farm, also making electricity from steam, just like Solar One, but seemingly a lot less complicated. Then I found out that there were another 7 huge trough farms scattered throughout the desert. I wondered why no one in the city seemed to know or care about this incredible technology."