What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup, and home electrification easier and more affordable?

[mgifford@mastodon.social]

What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup, and home electrification easier and more affordable?

I'm exploring a community-led model for Ottawa that focuses on transparency, resilience, and reducing costs through neighbourhood-scale adoption.

No sales pitches. No exclusive vendors. Just neighbours helping neighbours make informed decisions.

https://mgifford.github.io/neighbourhood-solar/

#Ottawa #SolarEnergy #ClimateAction #EnergyResilience #OpenSource

[jrhawley@toot.cafe]

@mgifford I love this! Community-focused work and educating on electrification, without unnecessary pressure, sounds like a great idea.

Nice work putting the website together. It looks great and is really clear

[max@corteximplant.com]

@mgifford in the US there is a charity called Solar United Neighbors that helps communities form co-ops to group purchase solar. A similar idea, maybe worth a look for ideas. I joined my local group to install solar and batteries on my old house.

https://solarunitedneighbors.org/

[lenzgr@mastodon.social]

@mgifford there are similar initiatives in Germary. They are listed on https://selbstbau.solar/ - here in Hambung, there's @SoliSolar

[billysmith@social.coop]

@mgifford

There are local energy co-operatives that have been crowd-funding using Bond Issues via Ethex:

https://www.ethex.org.uk/

[sarae@ecoevo.social]

@mgifford are you familiar with the work of Olympia Community Solar?

they're doing great work

I was an investor in an early project