Community Solar Austin Texas
In fact 87 of all community solar projects are administered by non profit.
Community solar austin texas. Francis solar and quick mount pv are supplying texas s first netzero capable community whisper valley with equipment to go solar continued. Community solar in texas january 2018 txses annual meeting. The texas community solar guidelines for electric cooperatives and municipally owned utilities was developed as a high level primer for how a texas non profit utility can launch a community solar project. Txses reports on community solar in the state.
Solar technology converts the most clean and abundant natural energy source the sun into electricity on your rooftop. Lennar currently has an all solar section in both colorado crossing and the retreat at harris ridge. When you subscribe to community solar austin energy develops or procures solar projects within the austin community to meet 100 of your electricity needs. It currently provides 185 kilowatt hours of rooftop solar to the community.
Austin energy s community solar program provides access to locally generated solar energy to our residential customers. By katherine searcy cation consultants in the november 2016 solar reflector newsletter i introduced a growing approach to solar deployment around the country known as community solar. Solar austin s mission is to accelerate the transition to clean renewable energy in central texas and to expand access to the benefits of solar to everyone to mitigate climate change create a healthy community and support a strong local economy. Join the elite and growing community of americans who produce clean and renewable energy at home.
The first community solar program came online in 2016 and is located on top of the palmer events center. It provides a summary of community solar its recent growth in texas technical resources to reference and an overview of the major. Through community solar programs electricity customers purchase or subscribe to a portion of a large solar array which is typically located within the customer s utility service area. Francis solar will add rooftop arrays to 7 500 homes in new texas net zero community.