Featured in India's solar horizon – 08-2011

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Solar cooperatives: Local renewable energy cooperatives in the United States have begun to yield a substantial amount of solar power, thanks to the combined efforts of neighborhood organizations, solar marketers, solar installers and developers, and federal support for market-building.
By
Charles W. Thurston

While U.S. states and cities struggle with tax-based financing schemes for residential solar, more and more communities are building locally financed programs from the ground up, through so-called local renewable energy collaborative (LREC) schemes. By installing communal systems, individual members of the cooperative save on equipment costs through the group scale of purchasing. At the …

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