Power up

Jim Henderson's devotion to solar power is heating up.

The founder and president of upscale Naples-based mover William C. Huff Cos., Henderson recently completed a 10,000-square-foot addition to the firm's now 44,000-square-foot storage warehouse, where rooftop solar panels generate all the power. “We needed more space for our clients,” Henderson tells Coffee Talk, “and at the same time we wanted to see if going solar was viable.”

The 45 foot-high addition, adds Henderson, is also engineered to withstand winds of at least 175 mph, a Category 5 hurricane rating. The addition cost around $240,000, and the total project cost about $1.2 million.