Byline: Sam Nissen

Oct. 10--The sun might soon provide the reef with added relief.

Reef Relief, an organization dedicated to protecting coral, hopes to power its Key West office through a solar-power array to be installed on the roof. Reef Relief and Keys Energy are applying for grants to fund the project that the utility hopes will become a model for others to follow.

"Anyone wanting to hook up could go look at the working panels," says Julio Barroso, a Keys Energy spokesman. "Once we get that in place, it's going to be a nice feather in our cap - a guide for others that are interested in solar panels."

The two organizations are formulating grant ...