On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA) reopened Solarize Philly, a program to help all Philadelphians go solar. Solarize Philly is the nation’s largest program of its kind, with 654 homeowners participating since 2017. Participants benefit from group-buying discounts and consumer protections. Installers are kicking off theRead More

For many families, solar can seem beyond reach because of upfront costs, home prices, or language barriers. To overcome these obstacles over the summer of 2019, Spark Northwest and Homestead Community Land Trust launched Solarize the Land Trust, holding workshops in King County, Wash. Here, homeowners could learn about solar, financing andRead More

The Solarize programs included in the Midwest Renewable Energy Association’s Solar Group Buy have helped 482 property owners in four states add 3.8 MW of solar electric generating capacity to their homes, farms, organizations, and businesses, more than doubling the organization’s solar group buy results to date. How it workedRead More

We’ve been posting a lot of news focused on low-income solar programs lately, not just because we think this is an important area for the solar industry to focus its attention but because there’s actually been a lot of attention. There’s this initiative in New York State and this oneRead More

In our cover feature for Sept/Oct, we look at the inefficiencies in local permitting and interconnection processes that are holding back solar energy adoption in pockets across the country. Check out the full feature here. On the flip side of the issues noted are communities making an effort to reviseRead More

RGS Energy, a residential and small-business commercial solar company since 1978, has been selected by Solarize Cranston, through a state-run program, Solarize Rhode Island, to bring solar electricity to home and business owners in Cranston, Rhode Island. Solarize Rhode Island is a community supported discount buying program that uses tieredRead More

RGS Energy, a residential and small commercial solar company since 1978, has been selected by Solarize Granby, a non-profit purchasing cooperative, to bring solar electricity to homes and business owners in Granby, Connecticut. Solarize Granby’s goal is to increase the number of Granby homeowners adopting a clean energy solution whileRead More

June 30 marked the last day for Solarize Athens, and after tabulating the results the coalition in charge of Solarize Athens, made up of Environment Georgia, the Georgia Climate Change Coalition, Georgia Interfaith Power and Light and Solar Crowd Source, announced they hit their goal of tripling residential solar inRead More

Sign-ups for Solarize Athens (Georgia), a program designed to bring the savings of bulk solar purchases to residents and commercial buildings in the Metropolitan Athens Area, ended at midnight on April 30. The sign-up period closed with 729 Athenians expressing interest in installing solar on their home or business. “We’veRead More

One of the coolest parts of the solar industry, as far as an energy industry goes, is the collaboration it can create between suppliers, cities and citizens. Solarize is one ongoing example of this. Originally launched in Portland, Ore., in 2009, the Solarize approach allows groups of homeowners or businessesRead More