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To read a thorough discussion of the various legal models
available to community solar groups, including ours, read
this one by Kristin Bailey.
This article cites us as "the nation's first community intiated solar
electric system..."
For-Profit Solar Group Sets Sights on Churches, Schools
Ecopreneurist
In University of Maryland, the roof of the Church of the
Brethren is adorned not with religious symbols, but with solar panels. The group
responsible for the solar panel installation, the for-profit University Park
Solar, includes members of the ...
Montgomery County Consumer Affairs Office
features UP Community Solar LLC (p.3 in Fall newsletter in Publications)
click here
Getting off the grid: Consumers turn
to solar power as energy prices rise
Canada.com
Community solar is
another option. When Dave Brosch of University
Park, Maryland discovered his roof wasn't suitable for solar,
he got together with his neighbours and formed University
ParkCommunity Solar (UPCS),
the first community-funded solar ...
Testimony cited before the Maryland Finance Committee by a UPCS Member
Citybizlist
Sarah Moseley:
"Citizens should have the same right to harvest the sun and be paid a fair
price,"
Excellent overview of the state on community solar propects and policies
Americans for Energy Leadership
University
Park LLC is mentioned along with numerous others
Maryland environmental leader cites UP solar as solution to
local dispute
Washington Post
[Mike Tidwell]
cited a cooperative in University Park
that put its system on a local church
Residents of University Park, Maryland Band
Together in First Community
PR Newswire (press release)
They're called University Park
Community Solar LLC and the system they are purchasing is believed to be
the first community-initiated solar electric system ...
Marylanders Take Leap of Faith into Nation's First
Community-Initiated Solar
CleanTechnica
In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind arrangement, a group of individuals in
University Park, Maryland have established a limited liability
corporation ...
Maryland church group signs up for solar power
BrighterEnergy.org
The University Park
Community Solar LLC, as the group is called, will secure more predictable
energy prices for their church, as well as cutting reliance on ...
Md. neighborhood funds solar plant at church
Washington
Examiner
The University Park Community
has created a limited liability company --
University Park Community Solar LLC -- for
investment purposes and hired Standard ...
University Park Community Solar Purchases
Photovoltaic Electric System
AZoCleantech
University Park Community
Solar LLC, a community of people, has purchased a photovoltaic electric
system with 23 kW capacity to be installed on the rooftop ...
Maryland Group Initiates Community Solar Model
EarthTechling (blog)
by Susan DeFreitas, April
29th, 2010 Want clean, green solar energy in your
neighborhood? A group of residents of
University Park, Maryland,
did, ...
New laws make it easier for small power producers
MarylandReporter.com
David Brosch is the co-founder of University Park
Community Solar, LLC, a cooperative dedicated to installing solar
panels in its College Park
neighborhood. ...
22 Kilowatts and Counting for a Church and
Community Solar Energy System in
...
Earthtimes (press release)
The project
is funded by 36 community members who have formed the University Park
Community Solar LLC (UPCS). • The system will supply electricity to the
...
Solar Energy – the Community Solution Using a Power
Purchase Agreement
EnergyBoom
Here's how it is working for a group of individuals in University Park,
Maryland with a system they own atop a local church. Primarily by word-of-mouth
...
University Park Plans Next Steps for Energy
Efficiency
Patch
... especially after new solar
panels were placed on the roof of the Church of the Brethren.
University Park was awarded the Department of
Energy grant in ...
Documentary on University Park Solar Energy
Project Debuts
Patch
By Robert Janis | Email the author | 6:00am David Brosch, president of
University Park Community Solar LLC, addresses the
audience before the debut of the ...
Community Solar: A New Model for
Local Ownership?
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
University Park To Participate in Worldwide
Initiative
Patch
As a part of 10/10/10,
University Park
Community Solar will host an event at the Church of the Brethren to
promote energy efficiency. ...
Renewable Energy
Democracy: Obama's Solar Panels and Deployment of Clean ...
It's Getting Hot In Here
A FIT
could help projects like solar panels on the White House or the University Park
Community Solar Business sprout up faster than possibly any other
...
Proposed Solar Power
Regulations Cloud Savings for Consumers - By Megan Poinski
Citybizlist (press release)
Earlier this year,
Pinsky heard about University Park
Community Solar LLC, which is in his district. UPCS is a community-based
company that seeks to profit ...
