[Solar Gardens] The Rise of Community Solar: An Opportunity for Energy Equity | Cornell Policy Review

[Joy Hughes]

"Solar and low-income energy assistance programs have long been seen as incompatible. With the recent boom in the solar energy market, however, these programs have begun to converge. Increased attention to the socio-economic benefits of solar energy has driven the desire to address participatory barriers within the market. Improving the accessibility of solar energy to low-income populations has become a possibility with the onset of the community solar movement. Once a hope, it is now a tangible reality that clean energy will cease to be a luxury in the United States."

Read more at Cornell Policy Review: http://www.cornellpolicyreview.com/the-rise-of-community-solar-an-opportunity-for-energy-equity/

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Posted By Joy Hughes to Solar Gardens at 11/08/2015 01:46:00 PM