Community Solar Austin Texas

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.

Community solar austin texas. 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. Lennar currently has an all solar section in both colorado crossing and the retreat at harris ridge. The first community solar program came online in 2016 and is located on top of the palmer events center. Francis solar and quick mount pv are supplying texas s first netzero capable community whisper valley with equipment to go solar continued.

Txses board member katherine searcy has been researching and writing about community solar in texas since early 2017 and has published and presented the following well researched articles and presentations. It provides a summary of community solar its recent growth in texas technical resources to reference and an overview of the major. Community solar in texas january 2018 txses annual meeting. It currently provides 185 kilowatt hours of rooftop solar to the community.

Solar technology converts the most clean and abundant natural energy source the sun into electricity on your rooftop. 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. Austin energy s community solar program provides access to locally generated solar energy to our residential customers. Txses reports on community solar in the state.

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. When you subscribe to community solar austin energy develops or procures solar projects within the austin community to meet 100 of your electricity needs. Join the elite and growing community of americans who produce clean and renewable energy at home. Cullick told the austin monitor that we sold palmer in hours he explained that that initial success was the impetus for the creation of the second community.