Moment in the Sun is a blog series from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) that highlights projects and programs that are expanding access to affordable community solar and enabling communities to realize the meaningful benefits of community solar, such as low- to moderate-income household access, greater household savings, increased resilience, community ownership, entrepreneurship, and workforce development.
Read the stories below to learn how these projects and programs found innovative ways to overcome a variety of challenges and get more community solar deployed across the country.
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Community-owned solar is growing in Hope Village, a 107-block neighborhood in Detroit, thanks to the work of HOPE Village Revitalization, the neighborhood’s community development corporation. -
The members of People Power Solar Cooperative in Oakland, California, are demonstrating the feasibility and benefits of community-owned solar, a type of community solar in which residents of a community collectively own a solar system. -
The team that pioneered community solar at the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) Queensbridge Houses worked together to overcome challenges and ensure access to the benefits of community solar.
Additional Information
- Read more solar energy blog posts.
- Find out more about NCSP and join the partnership.
- Explore the DOE solar office’s research on equitable access to solar energy.
- Learn about the basics of community solar.