If you’ve been to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, you’ve walked by huge solar panels in its parking lots. They create lots of shade – but they also generate 4.55 megawatts of solar power across ...
Amidst a contraction in community solar in the US, New Mexico inaugurated its first such project this week. Image: The Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA). The passage of the One Big Beautiful ...
Some of the thickest hay in the meadow at Jack’s Solar Garden, in Longmont, Colorado, is on the west side under an elm tree. The tree offers shade, absorbs the brunt of afternoon sun, and keeps more ...
A new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance says non-utility community solar expanded meaningfully in only three US states in the third quarter of 2025 amid uneven policy support.