Fight for your right to sunshine

The right to solar access: An ecologically friendly community in Australia was to have its solar array severely shaded by a proposed neighboring development. Rather than standing by, the community fought back in a case that highlights the importance of the right to solar access that will likely increase in importance as solar penetration levels continue to head upwards around the globe.
Jonathan Gifford
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Jonathan Gifford

A 1.25 kW rooftop array is small fry in today’s gigawatt-scale solar industry. However, one particular rooftop system in southern Australia may prove a big deal in the wider discussion about the right to sunlight.Josephine Thomas is a medical doctor and university lecturer in the state of South Australia’s capital city Adelaide. Her straw-bale home …

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