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3 Ways US Cities Broke Clean Energy Records in 2021
Local governments purchased a record amount of renewable energy in 2021 and three overarching trends stand out based on some of the most notable deals.
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Community Solar+
Community solar projects can be strategically deployed to maximize local value streams and advance community-wide sustainability and equity goals.
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Introducing Community Solar+: the Next Generation of Community Solar
Community Solar+ is community solar projects that are deliberately planned and strategically deployed to embrace added value streams and advance community-wide sustainability and equity goals.
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Community Solar+ Reimagines the Potential for Community Solar to Advance Local Climate and Equity Goals
Community Solar+ Reimagines the Potential for Community Solar to Advance Local Climate and Equity Goals Community solar projects can do far more for communities than expand access to locally generated clean energy and create local…
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Four Lessons for Cities in the Latest IPCC Report
The latest IPCC report cannot emphasize enough that what cities do in the next decade matters.
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Need Help Advancing Local Climate Action? Try Community Project Funding.
Cohoes, New York, recently secured $3 million of Community Project Funding to construct, own, and operate an innovative 3.2 MW floating solar array.
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Bringing Cities and Their Utilities into the 21st Century
You wouldn’t rely on a 30-year-old contract with your phone or internet provider. Times change, and so do the conditions under which a contract was signed. Yet that is exactly what many cities do with…
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Are We Ready for Another Uri?
Texans recently endured another bout of record low temperatures and icy conditions. While it didn’t compare to the devastating effects of winter storm Uri in 2021, it was a grim reminder of last year’s historic…
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Local Governments Are Stepping Up Grid Decarbonization in 2022
Local governments are already a critical player in the United States’ transition to renewables, and their role will only grow in 2022 as they take advantage of emerging strategies and opportunities.
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Turning Trash into Treasure
Closed landfills across the United States could host an estimated 63 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity, enough to power 7.8 million American homes or the entire state of South Carolina.