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December 2013 Edition
Check back often for the latest news and updates related to the Solar Roadmap and American Solar Transformation Initiative (ASTI). Below is the current edition of our monthly newsletter with the latest program updates and other exciting highlights.
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Fremont, California: Evolving from a suburban community to a sustainable urban center
The City of Fremont, the fourth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, has quietly made strides in transforming itself from a typical suburban community to a sustainable urban center by adopting renewable energy goals, streamlining solar permitting, and participating in regional efforts to deploy solar.
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Solar-ready building standards for new construction
There is a noticeable lack of consideration for solar installations on new developments. The many advantages of incorporating solar at the time of construction – including lowering installation costs, mitigating roof life issues, and easier financing – is a huge missed opportunity.
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Partner Highlight: Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board
The American Solar Transformation Initiative (ASTI) team works to deploy the Solar Roadmap in a regionally unified manner wherever possible, which helps to have partners with strong roots in a given area. The Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board is one such partner helping to deploy the Solar Roadmap.
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Project Highlight: 4 MW of solar installed in Maryland
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission commissioned two 2-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic installations at wastewater treatment plants, saving ratepayers approximately $3.5 million over the 20-year power purchase agreement.
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A view of local solar market potential
As the Solar Roadmap’s market potential assessment demonstrates, all solar markets are local and each region holds millions of dollars in untapped economic impact. This feature helps helps your community determine its solar market potential with a customized snapshot of the potential economic, generation, and environmental benefits of solar adoption.
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