How can we bring racial and social justice to the energy conversation? In this interview, CleanTechnica talks with Professor Shalanda Baker from the University of Hawaii at Manoa about how we have the opportunity to bring more justice and equality into the cleantech transition.
There 10 times more community solar projects in the queue—400 megawatts—in Minnesota than have been built in the history of community solar in the United States (40 megawatts)
A pair of rooftop solar arrays in Maryland spotlight how pioneering communities can pool their resources to expand local access to renewable energy. These “community solar” projects are an increasingly popular approach as electricity customers renounce utilities’ reliance on fossil fuel and look for ways to cut their energy costs.
Finland will soon enjoy more in the way of renewable energy from photovoltaics, predicated on using its highly successful community solar model. Finland’s energy company Helen will take on the financing of the operation of the country’s largest PV plant, the 850 kW Kivikko solar plant. Its business plan covers leasing … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. A new solar agreement marks a key milestone for South Carolina customers in the Duke Energy service area. Enhancing Duke Energy’s Distributed Energy Resource programs, the new proposals are designed to grow solar capacity in the utility company’s South Carolina service area from about 2 megawatts to … [continued]
The Energy Department has launched a 17-project “solar hackathon” aimed at deploying the power of crowdsourcing to knock down barriers to low cost solar.
Originally published on Solar Love. The George Washington University Solar Institute has launched a new paper called Bridging the Solar Income Gap. The gap refers to the fact that most low-income Americans have not acquired solar power, because they simply don’t have the money to do so. Many don’t own … [continued]
Originally published on ilsr.org. For over 100 years, the American economy has been fueled by enormous expansion of fossil fuel energy. It has emitted a disproportionate share of its environmental impact (too much) and economic rewards (too few) on those less fortunate. More than any 21st century energy source, solar … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. A 74.8 kW solar array using 272 ground-mounted solar panels in Washington state is also an investment opportunity for residents of the Vancouver, WA area. Clark Public Utilities is offering 3,264 shares in the project so local people can buy them in exchange for credits … [continued]
Originally published on Cost of Solar. If you’re considering buying into a community or home solar project in the future, then you may want to do it within the next year or so. Both the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have recently found that home … [continued]
