If you live in a hot place, what better way than to tap solar energy? But things are not that easy. How amenable are the rooftops to place panels on them? How about trees which end up being cut to allow more sunfall?
beating this impasse is an innovative idea from a San Francisco company, CleanPath Ventures. The firm is promoting a solution to allow homeowners to keep their trees and go solar at the same time. CleanPath plans to expand its existing solar farm on the city’s outskirts and then sell “garden plots” to homeowners who would own the electricity generated by their patch of photovoltaic panels. Apartment dwellers and other residents whose homes are not suitable for rooftop solar arrays would also be able to own a piece of the power plant.
If you moved down the block, you’d take the electricity production with you just like if you make an investment in a community garden, wherever you live you’ll benefit from what’s grown in the garden.
Community solar power plants are seen as a way to expand the availability of renewable energy while taking advantage of the economies of scale that result from installing thousands of solar panels in a central location rather than scattered on thousands of individual homes.
Look at energy or waste or water, the future holds promise for community initiatives rather than solo initiatives.
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