It's the Dawn of the Community Solar Farm
- U.S. apartment dwellers, renters have access to shared solar
- Mid-size solar backed by Obama, may surge 18-fold by 2021
The Jefferson County Community Solar Garden, a 13 acre, 1.5 megawatt solar garden.
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It’s like rooftop solar, without the rooftops.
A growing number of consumers are buying into community solar farms that allow renters and apartment dwellers to access renewable energy produced on neighborhood plots that can be small enough to host a little league baseball game. Some are so modest they’re referred to as “solar gardens.”