<![CDATA[What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup, and home electrification easier and more affordable?]]>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/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/241fb027-a589-49d5-a9c7-5f4dc187b073/what-if-neighbours-worked-together-to-make-solar-battery-backup-and-home-electrification-easier-and-more-affordableRSS for NodeFri, 19 Jun 2026 13:28:07 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2026 01:57:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup, and home electrification easier and more affordable? on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:11:09 GMT]]>@mgifford are you familiar with the work of Olympia Community Solar?

they're doing great work

I was an investor in an early project

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/sarae/statuses/116758063944502253https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/sarae/statuses/116758063944502253Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:11:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup, and home electrification easier and more affordable? on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:21:17 GMT]]>@mgifford

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

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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/BillySmith/statuses/116757867887171828https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/BillySmith/statuses/116757867887171828Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:21:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup, and home electrification easier and more affordable? on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:58:10 GMT]]>@mgifford there are similar initiatives in Germary. They are listed on https://selbstbau.solar/ - here in Hambung, there's @SoliSolar

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lenzgr/statuses/116757776964616101https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lenzgr/statuses/116757776964616101Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:58:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup, and home electrification easier and more affordable? on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:08:02 GMT]]>@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/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/Max/statuses/116757579880584173https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/Max/statuses/116757579880584173Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:08:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup, and home electrification easier and more affordable? on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:45:05 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/jrhawley/statuses/116757489601718575https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/jrhawley/statuses/116757489601718575Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:45:05 GMT