Community Power Interactive Toolkit

Credit to Author: John Farrell| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:00:36 +0000

Don’t know where to start in expanding local clean energy in your community? This interactive tool provides examples of over 20 tested tools used by cities and towns across the country to increase local clean energy, reduce energy use, and fight climate change

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Why Minnesota’s Community Solar Program Is The Best

Credit to Author: John Farrell| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:05:03 +0000

Minnesota’s community solar program hit a record 613 megawatts of operational capacity in September 2019. The chart below shows the progress of projects through the program since August 2015, and the nearly two-year lag between the program launch in December 2014 and the successful ignition of multiple megawatts of capacity in January

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The Environment, The Economy, & Equity

Credit to Author: John Farrell| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:55:50 +0000

On this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Denise Fairchild, President of the Emerald Cities Collaborative, about Energy Democracy. As co-editor of the book, Fairchild helps explain the concept of energy democracy to Farrell for a recent episode of ILSR’s Building Local Power podcast, republished in a slightly shorter version for Local Energy Rules

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