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Fannie Mae’s Financing for Solar: A Game Changer for the Solar Industry
Guest author Jamie Johnson is the founder and CEO of Energy Sense Finance. Mortgage companies play an important role in making solar photovoltaics (PV) more affordable…
Community Solar: A Cost-Effective Bridge away from Net Metering?
Community-scale solar is the solar electricity market’s latest darling. Utilities are excited by the opportunity for revenue and grid benefit, developers see the attraction of scale for all types of utilities and retail markets, and local communities and state regulators are jumping at the opportunity to expand community participation and enhance solar access at reduced cost.
Rural Electric Cooperatives: 3 Different Approaches to Reducing the Cost of Community-Scale Solar
In order for the co-op solar market to achieve its potential, co-ops need to better understand the value of community-scale solar and need to access compelling community-scale offerings. Here we describe three rural electric cooperatives that are doing just that.
Why Rural Electric Cooperatives Are Opting for Community-Scale Solar
Rural electric cooperatives (co-ops) are a large and important part of the U.S. electricity landscape. Across the U.S., 840 distribution cooperatives and 65 generation and…
The Many Flavors of Community-Scale Solar
Community-scale solar has the potential to become the next market segment to present a real gigawatt-scale growth opportunity, as outlined in RMI’s recent insight…