Community and residential solar energy projects of the Alaska Energy Authority and Alaska Housing Finance Corporation get huge funding boost from EPA's Solar for All program.
Morning FastCast April 22, 2024ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Energy Authority and Alaska Housing Finance Corporation will receive a total of $62.5 million in grant funding that will pay for residential solar energy programs.
Executive director of the Alaska Energy Authority Curtis W. Thayer hopes that the grant will allow Alaskans to benefit from solar energy who may not otherwise have had the opportunity.Thayer said. “The Solar for All program helps to level the playing field by making solar energy solutions more accessible.”
The AEA plans to use the grant to fund the development of community solar arrays that benefit disadvantaged communities. According to a press release from AEA, that will also include battery energy storage systems which will help “fortify electrical distribution in rural Alaska communities, delivering resilience and reliability for the foreseeable future”.
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