Community solar power is one of my favorite cleantech solutions. It’s helpful in multiple ways, and can often play that “Goldilocks” role of being “just right” — not too big, and not too small. It enables more solar power for more individuals, and benefits from certain economies of scale to … [continued]
The combination of community solar benefits with commercial rooftop solar is motivating a fresh wave of commercial property owners to convert their buildings into renewable energy power plants.
Interconnection costs for distributed energy resources (DERs) like community solar are rising in many jurisdictions across the United States. Utility planning and implementation of electricity system upgrades in a piecemeal or serial fashion can cause inefficiencies that contribute to increased costs for interconnection customers and utility ratepayers. Lawrence Berkeley National … [continued]
Singapore’s pursuit of “solar anywhere” provides a compelling blueprint for other densely populated, land-constrained urban environments. Challenges remain, including managing solar intermittency and integrating energy storage solutions, but the nation is actively addressing these through pilot projects in battery storage and advanced grid technologies. Since 2022, Singapore’s National Climate Change … [continued]
Singapore keeps the sun shining on solar projects, despite the lack of land, by creatively managing where to “solarize.” In 2014, Singapore’s Housing and Development Board (HDB) and the Economic Development Board (EDB) launched their national blueprint for integrating solar energy on a massive scale. But not on much needed … [continued]
Floating by are tangled roots and water lilies. Undulating floodwaters reflect the sky. Treetops drop giant peapods into the water. A few thatched huts, without walls and on stilts, are set just above the muddy water’s edge. It is a day trip for twenty Indigenous people in a traditional river … [continued]
As Congressional Republicans push legislation to gut key clean energy incentives, Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) has reintroduced a bill aimed squarely at expanding access to community solar for families and businesses who’ve been historically shut out of the clean energy transition. The bill, Community Solar Consumer Choice Act of … [continued]
Detroit’s Solar Neighborhoods initiative deploys agrivoltaics to replace blighted properties with solar energy, urban farms, and biodiverdity restoration.
Baltimore, MD — Earlier this year, the Climate Access Fund, Solar Stewards, CohnReznick, and additional partners “flipped the switch” to activate Solar4Us @ Henderson-Hopkins, a $3.8 million, 808 kW rooftop community solar project. The project, owned and developed by the Climate Access Fund, is located at Elmer A. Henderson: A … [continued]
In the national conversation about clean energy, large-scale utility solar farms and rooftop solar often dominate the spotlight. Yet, somewhere between those two extremes lies one of the most promising, inclusive, and rapidly evolving models for renewable energy deployment: community solar. What is Community Solar? Community solar offers a flexible … [continued]
