Community Solar+

The document proposes 'community solar+', a strategic approach to community solar deployment designed to move beyond simple energy access to maximize local value streams. It argues that by planning deliberately, stakeholders can align solar projects with broader goals such as EV charging investment, energy resilience for vulnerable populations, and the mitigation of urban heat island effects.

• The 'community solar+' model refers to community solar projects that are strategically deployed to maximize local value streams and advance community-wide sustainability and equity goals.
• Purposefully designed community solar projects can provide a wide range of additional benefits beyond energy access, including the acceleration of EV charging investment, increased energy resilience for critical assets and vulnerable communities, the creation of a more equitable energy system, the provision of weather protection and covered parking, and the mitigation of urban heat island effects.

APA

RMI (2022). Community Solar+. https://rmi.org/resources/community-solar-plus-2/

Chicago

RMI. Community Solar+. 2022. https://rmi.org/resources/community-solar-plus-2/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=RMI |title=Community Solar+ |date=12 April 2022 |url=https://rmi.org/resources/community-solar-plus-2/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2022community, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Community Solar+}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2022}, month = apr, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/community-solar-plus-2/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }