The city of bloomington indiana installed solar panels at 32 government owned locations to provide approximately 2 1 mw of solar capacity as of early 2020.
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An epa green power partner the city of bloomington has installed over 13 million of solar capacity at 32 city facilities.
Twenty of those households participated in the ifsa program.
Solarize is a group buy arrangement that reduces prices for all participants through negotiated volume purchases.
Map gallery for city of bloomington facilities with solar installations.
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The city launched the initial phase of solarize bloomington in january by reaching out to encourage monroe county residents to consider rooftop solar.
Initial funding came from the solarize bloomington campaign an initiative jointly sponsored by the city of bloomington and the solar indiana renewable energy network.
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There are two electrical inspections rough in and final inspection and one building inspection final for roof top solar panel installation only.
Municipal solar in 2017 the city launched an effort to diversify the energy supply at its own facilities with an over 13 million investment in solar panels at 32 municipal locations across bloomington.
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The city of bloomington building inspection team has a goal of completing accurate and complete inspection requests within 3 business days there are separate inspections for building permits and electrical permits.
The city is committed to ensuring that equity is front and center in our sustainability goals said mayor john hamilton.
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The city of bloomington supports increasing renewable generation across the community to reduce emissions and reduce the city s operational costs.
The city offered training and wholesale pricing on solar panels as part of its acquisition program and nearly 100 households installed solar systems thanks to phase one initiatives.
Recently solar lights were installed at organics collection sites located in valley view playfield 9000 portland avenue south and west bush lake park 95th street and west bush lake road.
An additional 1 8 mw was added to 240 homes through residential solar as part of a volunteer led volume pricing program in collaboration with the city.
Solar panels at city facilities generated 2 44 gwh of renewable energy in 2019 a 60 percent increase over previous generation.
You might notice solar lights at other bloomington parks as well.
A partnership between the city of bloomington and the solar indiana renewable energy network siren the solarize initiative has facilitated the installation of 1 8 mw solar capacity for 250 residents over four years.
