Crowdfunding

A Community Solar Gold Standard?

Joy Hughes was living in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, a place with a “tremendous amount of solar potential,” so good that the valley’s residents were being overwhelmed by proposals for large-scale solar power plants. One had a “field of things like radar dishes” and another included a “600 … [continued]

Green Energy And Crowdfunding Infographic

Crowdfunding and green energy have a lot in common; both are often supported by grassroots movments, and both do their best to  champion creative solutions in addressing poverty and energy concerns. A few months ago, the folks at Energysavings.com published an infographic related to some of the more interesting crowdfunded based … [continued]

Community Solar Garden #SolarChat Summary

This article was originally published on Solar Love. I recently participated in one of the Twitter #SolarChat events that @EcoOutfitters organizes. It was a real blast — fun and informative. The general focus was community solar gardens, but that was of course linked to many other solar issues. Numerous useful … [continued]