Expanding community solar can bring jobs and economic benefits to hard-hit communities
Community solar offers a unique opportunity for recovery in a Covid-racked economy, but needs to go beyond the contained role it has traditionally held in the American energy landscape.
Sunrise brief: New Jersey community solar program draws a flood of applicants
Also on the rise: Navajo Nation leaders vote to advance a 200 MW solar project, Greenbacker buys a development pipeline, Intersolar NA reschedules its live event, and a report says that flow batteries could use a jump start from DOE.
New Mexico gains a community solar program
The state’s governor signed Senate Bill 84 into law, paving the way for a statewide community solar program in 2022 that includes a 30% capacity carveout for low-income people and service organizations.
Solar projects enter service under Oregon’s Community Solar Program
The project includes four 2.5 MW solar farms, three of which are fully operational.
Sunrise brief: Wärtsilä to supply solar-plus-storage tech to RWE Renewables project
Also on the rise: Aurora notches a design milestone, investment group closes on a portfolio of community solar projects, and iSun expands its utility-scale project market reach.
Sunrise brief: Who’s adopting rooftop solar? Berkeley Lab report offers insights
Also on the rise: A community-based canopy solar project is under way in New Jersey, Mosaic securitizes a bundle of solar loans and Strata Solar rebrands as it looks to other cleantech offerings.
Nonprofit, tribal leaders celebrate California’s low-income community solar project
Nonprofit solar installer GRID Alternatives Inland Empire received a $2.5 million state grant to fund the project.
Greenbacker wraps up 10 MW community solar portfolio
The five-project portfolio serves rural residents, school districts, nonprofits, and municipalities in Colorado.
Agilitas Energy starts work on its third SMART solar + storage project
The 10 MW installation makes the company one of the biggest community solar developers in Massachusetts.
Pennsylvania lawmakers introduce a community solar bill
Senate Bill 472 would enable two or more entities to subscribe for electricity generated by a solar PV system no larger than 5 MW in size.
