Shungnak-Kobuk Community Solar Independent Power Producer: Sunny Awards Winner
The American-Made Sunny Awards for Equitable Community Solar (The Sunny Awards) is a prize competition that recognizes community solar projects and programs that employ or develop best practices to increase equitable access to the meaningful benefits of community solar for subscribers and their communities.
Read about the project on the U.S. Department of Energy
The Shungnak-Kobuk Community Solar Independent Power Producer (IPP) project was selected as a Grand Prize winner for the Sunny Awards for Equitable Community Solar, an initiative of the National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP).
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The Shungnak-Kobuk Community Solar project is an Independent Power Producer for two communities that includes a 223kW solar array, and a battery that allow the diesel generators to turn off for an average of 8-10 hours per day during the daylight season. The battery storage also stabilizes the local grid in the event of any generator failures, and can power the two communities for up to 2 hours. An Energy Fund created by the sale of electricity from the project will be used to maximize the system's size going forward. When the system reaches its maximum capacity, the funds will be used to help households lower the cost of energy by implementing programs like heat pumps and other energy-efficient devices.
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