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💭   Earth Matters: Biden's IRA plan extends solar to low-income people, EVs surge

For the tens of millions of Americans who rent, whose roofs and yards are unsuitable for solar panels, or whose wallets aren’t ample enough to cover upfront costs of $20,000 or more, collecting on the promise of getting cheap, clean energy from the sun isn’t easy. Years ago, idealists who wanted to see the benefits of solar spread beyondthe white and affluent—as described in this Berkeley Lab report—to communities of color and people on the low end of the income scale saw community solar as ameans to that end. Unfortunately, while manycommunity solar projects in the 39 states that now encouragethem are perfectly fine and deliver the goods, many do not.The very nature of third party-owned community ...

Daily Kos     Jan 07, 2024