Solar Spirits: A sustainable, solar-powered approach to distilling - Rackhouse.com, April 26, 2020

When the owners of Richland-based Solar Spirits, a small craft distillery founded in 2015, approached Batdorf about helping them with implementing a sustainable, solar-powered approach to producing alcohol, he jumped at the chance. Read More Here

From spirits to sanitizer, a Tri-Cities distillery shifts gears - Tri-City Herald, March 20, 2020

Solar Spirits, a local Tri-Cities distillery, has shifted gears from making liquor to making sanitizer to help with high demand during the coronavirus outbreak. Read More Here

Solar Spirits — A Sustainably Focused Distillery Brings Together Tech And Craft - 1889Mag.com, Jun 6, 2019

Distilling has been around for thousands of years, so a distillery isn’t your typical tech startup. When a group of techies with a love of whiskey got together at a weekend-long startup event, however, that’s just what happened. Read More Here

From Chemical Engineer to Solar-Powered Whiskey and Beer: Meet Jim Batdorf, Chief Distiller - Tech Briefs, July 3, 2018

In the early half of his career, Jim Batdorf spent his time at a technology company, converting and recycling all kinds of solid, chemical, and hazardous waste into hydrogen. Now, Batdorf is the chief distiller at Solar Spirits, a distillery in Richland, Washington. Read More Here