1. SOLAR FOR ALL.
- Author
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RAUBER, PAUL
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SOLAR energy , *ELECTRICITY , *COOPERATIVE societies , *RENEWABLE energy sources , *MATHEMATICAL physics , *ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. - Abstract
The article focuses on the use of solar energy on community scale in the U.S. In Minnesota, members of the Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association are allowed to own part of a 39-kilowatt array of solar panels on the roof of the co-op's headquarters, which helps them to share in the electricity just as they would with a system on their own roofs. California's Sacramento Municipal Utility District allows consumers to buy solar power from a local solar farm, receiving the same retail credit per kilowatt-hour that they would from a home system.
- Published
- 2013