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Power for the People: Community Solar Project Achieves High Efficiency and Good Return on Investment

January 20, 2023 admin Business, community solar, Environmental, full coverage, news, power, renewable energy, Renewables, Rhode Island, Solar, solaredge

Credit to Author: Peter Mathews| Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:54:34 +0000

A 6.2-MW solar farm in Foster, Rhode Island, provides 3.35 GWh per year of clean, renewable energy for more than 700 community solar subscribers. The state of Rhode Island has ambitious targets for renewable energy production, including from solar. Many residents—especially those with the most to gain from cost-savings linked to solar power—are unable to […]

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Community Solar Landfill Project In New Jersey Is A Win–Win–Win–Win

December 27, 2022 admin cep renewables, clean power, community solar, cs energy, landfills, New Jersey, Solar energy, solar landfills, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 21:20:59 +0000

Clean energy is great anywhere, but it’s especially appreciated and valuable on land that can’t be used for much else. Landfill solar projects have been a very popular type of clean energy project as a result. The latest such project to get under construction is a 10 megawatt (MW) community solar landfill project being developed […]

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Puerto Rico’s Quest For Sustainability, Part 2

November 21, 2022 admin batteries, clean power, community solar, Energy Storage, grid, Puerto Rico, renewable energy, shared clean energy economy, Solar energy, sunrun

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:15:25 +0000

Sunrun has been selected by Puerto Rico’s electric utility provider to help rebuild and transform the island’s energy system. The company will develop a 17 megawatt virtual power plant, the first distributed large scale storage program on the island.

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What Is Needed For A Just Transition To Renewables?

November 5, 2022 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean tech, climate change, community solar, Fossil Fuels, renewable energy, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:23:40 +0000

A just transition of the energy sector means ensuring that costs and benefits of a world powered with renewables are fairly distributed.

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EU Cities Can Offer New Opportunities For Prosumers Of Renewable Energy

November 2, 2022 admin cities, clean power, community solar, consumer technology, eea, EU, policy & politics, prosumers, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 03:26:12 +0000

In a briefing published a few days ago by the European Environment Agency (EEA), it was promoted that European cities can assist in Europe’s shift to a low-carbon future by utilizing urban centers to facilitate urban prosumption. This would offer opportunities for citizens to produce renewable energy as prosumers and accelerate the shift to a […]

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Microgrids As A Service

October 12, 2022 admin batteries, clean power, cleantech talk, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, community solar, Energy Storage, INTERVIEWS, microgrid as a service, podcasts, rooftop solar, Solar energy, wind energy, xendee

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 02:05:12 +0000

Microgrids are more and more popular every year. They offer tremendous benefits in terms of energy security, resilience, and energy independence. Though, our concept of a microgrid and how you put one together are probably far too simplistic, as I discovered recently when interviewing Michael Stadler, co-founder and CTO of Xendee, about microgrids and about […]

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Solar Community Slammed By Hurricane Ian: “Our Lights Stayed On”

October 11, 2022 admin babcock ranch, buildings, clean power, community solar, Florida, hurricane ian, hurricanes, Solar energy

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 15:21:04 +0000

One RMIer recounts his experience braving Hurricane Ian and why the lights stayed on in his solar-powered sustainable community. By Ryan Foelske My family and I survived our first hurricane. Hurricane Ian passed right over our head and pummeled the west cost of Florida with high winds for 6–10 hours. The storm ravaged our local […]

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The Impact of Project Financing in Sustainable Energy Projects

October 9, 2022 admin clean power, community solar, solar cells, Solar energy, Sponsored

Credit to Author: Editorial Staff| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:00:59 +0000

By Jay Gadbois

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The Time Has Never Been Better For Community Solar In The US

October 8, 2022 admin clean power, community solar, inflation reduction act of 2022., justice40 initiative, Solar energy, US

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:30:11 +0000

Community solar will get a big boost from the DOE’s National Community Solar Partnership program and the IRA.

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You Can Now Buy Haystacks Solar Garden Plots!

September 23, 2022 admin Australia, clean power, community power agency, community solar, haystacks solar garden, komo energy, New South Wales, pingala, solar citizens, Solar energy, solar gardens

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:07:07 +0000

Australia has a global reputation of having the highest rate of domestic rooftop solar installation. However, more than 30% of Australians cannot install solar on their roofs! The Solar Garden is a solution for those who find themselves locked out of solar. Kristy, previously a team member of Solar Citizens, now leads the Community Power […]