The Future of Community Solar
Managing distributed generation sites involves coordinating with the utility, contracting subscribers in a complaint manner, and ensuring accurate and timely financial flows. Enterprise-level systems are required to manage the full subscriber lifecycle.
Why Community Solar Programs Provide Easier Access to Renewable Energy
Community solar initiatives address all these challenges and more. However, they're not without a few downsides that could reduce overall adoption rates or lengthen the time required to get a community solar program operational.
Unique Platform for Solarize Campaigns in Communities Spurs 1,400 Rooftop Installations, 11 Megawatts of Renewable Energy Since its Inception
Offering one-of-a-kind knowledge and tools to create and administer local group-purchasing campaigns, Solar Crowdsource helps spur movement toward achieving communities' renewable energy goals more efficiently and effectively.
Sunflower Community Solar Project
The installation by South Sound Solar includes 198 Silfab Elite 380-Watt premium black on black solar panels, secured with SnapNRack racking system with S-5 clamps to the standing seam of the metal roof and paired with four 14 kW SolarEdge Inverters.
Cities Helping Solar Become Available to Low-Income Homes
Low-income community members can also access affordable solar power when utilizing tax incentives. Part of Biden's two trillion-dollar funding through the Build Back Better plan supports tax credit extensions.
How New Jersey is achieving equitable climate action through community solar
Last year, all eyes were on the state of New Jersey as they launched their Community Solar Energy Pilot Program. A program our PowerMarket team was and continues to be particularly excited about.
Leveraging Bitcoin & Blockchain For 'Solar Power' Sun Exchange Scores $1.6M From U.S. Investors
Roger Aitken for Forbes: Members of the market place can have their solar cells installed and rented to hospitals, factories, schools and rural communities in Africa and the Middle East, earning them income from solar powering the developing world.
German battery maker launches scheme to share solar power
Reporting by Vera Eckert for Reuters: German battery maker Sonnenbatterie has launched a scheme to connect households with solar panels and other consumers, aiming to better distribute surpluses of the renewable energy and help members to become more independent of conventional suppliers.
The start-up company hopes the scheme, called "sonnenCommunity", will boost demand for its batteries which store solar power, allowing owners to use the clean energy even when weather conditions are not favourable.
SonnenCommunity takes the storage idea a step further, allowing solar power to be shared among its members.
Sonnenbatterie said the scheme would initially target the 1.5 million solar power producers who, if they sign up to the community, will receive a battery storage system with a starting price of 3,599 euros ($3,812). But eventually, the offer will also be open to non-producers, it added.
If the idea of battery-powered buildings takes off, it could pose a challenge to traditional utilities such as RWE and E.ON, which still derive the bulk of their power from big centralised power stations running on fossil fuels. Full Article:
OneRoof Energy and Amergy Solar Collaborate to Make Solar More Accessible and Affordable in New York
Amergy Solar provides solar power to homes, businesses, governments and non-profit organizations, and received the SunPower "Residential National Top Producer of the Year" award for its outstanding sales performance as a SunPower dealer in 2014 and 2013.
Opening of "Shared Solar" Project Signals Strong Future for NRG and Community Solar Model
Consumer Demand Strong for New Shared Renewable Energy Source in Massachusetts; Company Developing More Shared Solar Sites in Massachusetts & Minnesota
Clean Energy Collective Brings Roofless Community-Shared Solar Solution to Texas
700 kW project with NEC Retail to serve Texas electricity consumers with clean, roofless solar power.
New York to Empower More Families, Renters, Small Businesses to Plug into Clean Energy
Diverse Coalition Supports 'Shared Renewables Program for Expanding Renewable Energy Access to Low Income New Yorkers
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