- On October 30, 2020, Iron Works Cycling became the first to have a solar project installed as part of the Workgroup’s commercial-scale solar program. The 16 kW project was installed by Sigora Solar and was funded in part by a Solar Moonshot grant. In the News:
- On August 6, 2020, Lawrence Berkley National Lab announced that the Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia will receive technical assistance through the National Community Solar Partnership. The technical assistance will help develop community solar project design and financing for People Inc.’s multi-family housing developments.
- On June 10, 2020, the Workgroup issued a commercial-scale solar RFQ seeking a co-development partner. Responses were due July 15.
- In the News, May 29, 2020: Opportunity for Solar to Dot the Coalfields of Southwest Virginia
- On April 28, 2020, the GO Virginia Region One Council recommended funding for two innovative energy projects from Southwest Virginia, Project Energizer and Project Innovation. Read more here.
- On April 2, 2020, the Workgroup issued an RFI for a commercial-scale solar development partner(s). Responses were due May 11, 2020.
- Eight of our communities were designated as SolSmart communities in July 2019!
- We are working to build the projects included in our second Commercial-Scale Solar RFP issued in 2019. Congratulations to Sigora Solar for winning the bid. Click here for more details.
- Click here to read the GO Virginia and ARC POWER April 2019 grant proposal executive summaries that the Solar Workgroup submitted. We were awarded the ARC POWER grant in October 2019 and the GO Virginia grant in June 2019.
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In 2018, the NCi team was selected as the contractor by the Solar RFP Selection Team for six commercial-scale solar RFP sites in SWVA (the NCi team includes Northeast Construction, Acorn Electrical, and RockBridge Energy).
- In Nov. of 2017, the Workgroup released a report called Solar Roadmap of Southwest Virginia detailing a multi-faceted strategy for establishing a vibrant solar energy hub in the coalfields of far Southwest Virginia. The report explores the issues of funding, policies, workforce training and education as they relate to solar advancement in the region, and identifies 15 sites that would be ideal models for solar installations.
- The Solar Workgroup hosted a Solar Fair in May of 2017. Read about it here, or see photos here.