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Obama tries to revive a grassroots solar program
2016-07-19 23:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Can the Obama administration Frankenstein a celebrated solar program back to life? The administration announced a new plan on Tuesday to bring solar power to more neighborhoods - but its actually an old plan, long-stymied. The Property Assessed Clean Energy program, known as PACE, was created in 2007 when Berkeley, California, realized the same tools used by neighborhoods to pay for big projects like street paving could also be used to pay for installing solar panels. People in homes with panels...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical