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(Washington, DC) – DC Green Bank and partners today announced the closing of $3.3 million in financial support for the new construction of an affordable housing development in Ward 8 and energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades for a building in Ward 7. In addition to a $3 million construction…

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(Washington, D.C.) – DC Green Bank and Uprise Solar today announced the closing of a $385,000 permanent loan to support the long-term viability of 187 kW’s of residential solar projects across DC. The loan supports the financing of a portion of an existing portfolio of solar projects and will consolidate…

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(Washington, D.C.) – DC Green Bank is proud to announce Trisha Miller as its next Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Miller comes to the bank after her recent service in the Biden – Harris Administration as a Senior Director in the White House Domestic Policy Office working on decarbonization policy and…

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(Washington, D.C.) – The DC PACE Program and Stonehill PACE program are proud to announce the successful closing of nearly $3.5 million in financing to deliver energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades for a new construction multi-family development at 1966 9 ½ Street NW, in the U Street/Shaw neighborhood. The…

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(Washington, D.C.) – DC Green Bank and SEDC Solar today announced the closing of a $1.4 million construction revolving loan facility to finance a portfolio of solar plus battery storage projects for homes, rental units, and community-serving institutions in Wards 4, 5, 7, and 8 of Washington, D.C. Within the…

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(Washington, D.C.) – The DC PACE Program and United Bank are proud to announce the successful closing of $125,000 in financing to support clean energy and energy efficiency improvements for a commercial building in Ward 7. Administered through the DC PACE program, the financing will deliver green roofing upgrades and…

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The fight against climate change will need big investments in infrastructure like solar and wind farms, transmission grids and low-carbon industry. But it also needs many more small-scale investments for hundreds of millions of homes and businesses — and that kind of work is best done locally. So say green-bank…

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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, President Joseph R. Biden signed the historic Inflation Reduction Act. This legislation is a landmark achievement on the road to a cleaner, more equitable, and more prosperous future for all. The Act is a downpayment towards meeting the necessary emissions reductions to avoid the worst impacts…

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By Kazi Stastna, CBC News You’ve heard of the gold rush? Get ready for the green rush. With close to $370 billion US ($475 billion Cdn) on the table, the race will soon be on south of the border to secure some of the clean-energy cash expected to flow out…

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By Aysha Khan, Next City Washington, D.C. just finished installing its first solar shingle project through the district’s Solar for All program for low-income residents. The new installation at Rock Creek Ford is one of nearly 200 community solar installations underway as part of Solar for All, a Department of…

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By K Kaufmann, RTO Insider WASHINGTON — The “dragonscale” solar shingles that are powering Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) massive eco-friendly campus in California’s Silicon Valley will soon also be pumping out electrons from the much smaller rooftop of a multifamily building in D.C., while cutting electric bills in half for about a…

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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU), DC Green Bank, Flywheel Development, and SunStyle, alongside Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George and other District elected and government officials, celebrated the completion of the first solar shingle project under the District’s Solar for All program. The project is…

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