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Climate Law Ushers in New National Green Bank

August 26, 2022

NRDC – Carolina Herrera, Sarah Dougherty, and Douglass Sims The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a long-overdue step toward establishing a national green bank that will unleash tens of billions of public and private dollars for investment in clean energy and climate-resilient infrastructure in underserved communities. In…

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How a New National Green Bank Could Steer $27B to Clean Energy Projects

August 24, 2022

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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AEG Washington: Grid Modernization

July 7, 2022

Join our CEO Eli Hopson next week to talk about a critical issue facing our region and our city: GRID MODERNIZATION. AEG WASHINGTON STAKEHOLDER CHALLENGE Q3:Grid Modernization When: July 14th @ 8:00am – 12:30pm CT Location: DC Water Headquarters, 1385 Canal Street Southeast, Washington, DC 20003 ABOUT: Four invited speakers…

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DC Green Bank Ward 7 Virtual Community Meeting

July 6, 2022

DC Green Bank is hosting a public virtual event exclusively for Ward 7 – political leaders and staff, residents, small and large businesses, developers, contractors, property owners, homeowners and community associations, community-serving organizations and all who make Ward 7 a special place to live. We believe it is important to…

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DC Green Bank Ward 8 Virtual Community Meeting

July 6, 2022

DC Green Bank is hosting a public virtual event exclusively for Ward 8 – political leaders and staff, residents, small and large businesses, developers, contractors, property owners, homeowners and community associations,community-serving organizations and all who make Ward 8 a special place to live. We believe it is important to have…

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D.C.′s Solar for All Program Just Installed Its First Solar Shingles

June 30, 2022

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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‘Dragonscale’ Solar Shingles Will Power DC Community Solar Project

June 29, 2022

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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