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Sydney community solar investment round raises $17,500 in 9 minutes
Community solar investor round in Sydney’s inner-west raised more than $17k in 9 minutes to put solar on the roof of a craft brewery in Newtown.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 23, 2016

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Locals invited to invest in Sydney community solar project, to help make “solar beer”
A City of Sydney-backed community solar project that will put a 30kW PV system on the roof of a craft brewery in the city’s inner west will be opened to local investors this weekend.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 18, 2016

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Greens to out-do Labor, Coalition in community renewable energy policy
Greens expected to release new community renewables policy proposing $150m start-up fund and tax-free earnings for project investors.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 3, 2016

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Why community-scale solar is solar electricity market’s latest darling
Community solar is being proposed as a bridge to a more comprehensive value-based pricing system for distributed generation.
Kieran Coleman and Anthony Teixeira

May 27, 2016

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Yackandandah 100% renewable plans kick off with 90kW solar health centre
Community-based effort to shift regional Victorian town to 100% renewables by 2022 kicks off with launch of 90kW solar array.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 26, 2016

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US utility launches community solar program enabling customers to go 100% renewable
Pacific Gas & Electric has launched a community solar program that allows customers to get half or all of their electricity from the sun.
Julia Pyper

Feb 9, 2016

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Software stet-ups target utility-owned community solar installations
Software companies looking at new community solar plants, creating Uber and Airbnb type models for people who want to rent and share solar.
Julia Pyper

Jun 9, 2015

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Community ‘revolving loan’ model delivers 35kW rooftop solar
A funding model based on ‘revolving loans’ has helped develop 35kW of community solar projects around Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 22, 2015

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Defence Housing to create solar suburb in Darwin, ready for EVs
New development to create 337kW solar suburb, producing 600,000kWh of electricity a year and saving Defence members more than $4.1m in electricity costs.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 7, 2015

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US DoE sponsors “hackathon” to crowd-source low-cost solar for the 99%
imitless solar energy is at our fingertips, and yet the US is still hovering right around the 1% penetration mark. The other 99% could come around sooner rather than later thanks to a new solar energy “hackathon” sponsored by US energy department>
Tina Casey

Feb 24, 2015

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New York utility proposes community solar, microgrids-as-a-service
As NY debates proposal to reform state’s distribution utilities, Central Hudson Gas & Electric is getting out in front of the coming changes.
Katherine Tweed

Jul 30, 2014

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Five reasons solar’s big win over gas is just the beginning
If solar trumps gas for peaking power in Minnesota, what reason would there be to build new natural gas peaking capacity anywhere in the country?
John Farrell

Mar 4, 2014

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