National Community Solar Partnership Blog

The National Community Solar Partnership Blog features stories about the program, its partners, and projects that support access to meaningful benefits of community solar for all Americans. Learn more about the Partnership.

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Group photo of the members of the People Power Solar Collective
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.
Queensbridge Houses community solar installation, Long Island City, Queens.
The team that pioneered community solar at the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) Queensbridge Houses worked together to overcome challenges and ensure equitable access to the benefits of community solar.
Photo of a solar array overlooking a city with train, bridges, and buildings
If you want to power your home with clean energy and lower your electricity bills, but live in an apartment or multifamily home, don’t own your roof, or your roof isn’t suitable for a solar energy system, you can subscribe to a community solar project.
A building in HOPE Village in Washington, DC has solar panels on the roof.
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.