Posts Tagged ‘Solar Mosaic’
Solar panels debut at Oakland Chinatown’s Asian Resource Center
The Asian Resource Center broke ground on a new solar installation project Wednesday. They are the site of the first community-funded project on the Solar Mosaic platform.
Read MoreOakland’s Asian Resource Center goes solar, thanks to innovative financing program
Founded in October 2010 by Danny Rosen, Arthur Coulston and Billy Parish, Berkeley-based Solar Mosaic is using Oakland as a proving ground to test for the first time its model of this crowd-funded community solar, with plans to finance five to seven projects, of which the Asian Resource Center (ARC) project is the first.
Read MoreSolar Mosaic uses the power of crowds to fund big solar projects
There are a number of incentive programs for Oakland residents who go solar—such as California Solar Initiative, Energy Upgrade California, or Sungevity.org—but they only work if you own your rooftop. But what if you don’t?
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