Raising the capital to install a 657-kW solar PV system at the Pinnacle Charter School is the first joint project for D-Sun and Mosaic as they look to leverage their respective expertise and resources to scale up their online distributed solar energy financing platforms.
Mosaic, which has a cool solar schools program going on, recently published its list of the “Top 15 Solar Schools” and offered it up for reposting on CleanTechnica. I figured you’d love this one, so here it is: By Jacob Sandry Many colleges and universities have made the smart move to … [continued]
A class of elementary school students in Durham, North Carolina recently set out on a mission to make their classroom 100% solar powered. The fourth grade class started a Kickstarter campaign: Our Solar Powered Classroom for that purpose, and they greatly exceeded their goal. The class has stated that the extra … [continued]
Here are some more cleantech and climate policy stories we wouldn’t want you all to miss: Clean Energy First Solar Becomes Desertec Investor Clean Power Finance Partners Comprise Up To 80 Percent Of Major U.S. Residential Solar Companies Helping Schools Finance Solar Webinar: How Racking And Mounting Make Perfect Cents … [continued]
For an insane number of solar & wind stories CleanTechnica hasn’t covered, check out this Google Doc. If you’re somewhere in between being as cleantech-obsessed as me and feeling sad when you get to the end of our daily posts on solar and wind power, simply check out these top … [continued]
5 Mehlville schools have been equipped with solar power systems to provide a portion of their electricity demand, as well as serve as an educational tool for the students. One of the schools is Beasley Elementary. At that school, 104 solar panels were installed. They have an electricity generation … [continued]
During monsoon season in Bangladesh, the very severe onslaught of torrential (extremely heavy) rain is such a frequent problem that hundreds of schools have to shut down periodically because of it. Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a non-profit organization in the area, has started building solar-powered schools which float like boats … [continued]
An impoverished rural school district in “California’s San Joaquin Valley has resuscitated its music ed classes–shuttered since 2009 for lack of funds–with savings from the solar it’s installed on three of its five schools,” one of our readers and a representative of SolarCity noted to CleanTechnica in a recent … [continued]
SolSolution is an organization that embodies so many good things that you might be inclined to jump up and start clapping after reading this article. The organization combines solar power with the best qualities of innovative solar financing and solar advocacy. There are many great solar companies and solar … [continued]
I’ve written about 10:10’s “Solar Schools” program a couple times now. Now, the news is, the UK climate activism organization has expanded the program nationwide. 10:10 writes: Last year we dreamed up a way for schools to get their own solar panels by raising money from the local community. Everyone … [continued]
