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The Coyote Ridge Community Solar Garden is a partnership between GRID Alternatives and Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA), built at the Larimer County Landfill on the west side of Fort Collins, Colorado. It was one of the first large-scale community solar gardens in the nation built to allocate most of its output to income-qualified households \u2014 giving renters, and others who can’t put solar on their own roof, a way to share directly in its benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n

GRID partnered with PVREA and the Colorado Energy Office to build the system. More than 300 community volunteers, including PVREA members and staff, contributed roughly 3,200 hours to construct it over the course of a few weeks. The farm now generates nearly 2.9 million kWh of clean energy each year, powering close to 300 households.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0Located at the regional landfill, this project serves as an example of project development and construction at brownfield sites such as landfills that are otherwise unsuitable for other purposes.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4880,"template":"","project-type":[98],"region":[64],"scale":[],"class_list":["post-9929","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-type-community-solar","region-colorado"],"acf":{"location":"Fort Collins, CO","deck":"One of the first large-scale community solar gardens in the nation built primarily to serve income-qualified households.<\/span>","hero_image":4880,"details":[{"label":"Location","value":"Fort Collins, CO","feature":false},{"label":"Region","value":"Colorado","feature":false},{"label":"Project Type","value":"Community Solar","feature":false},{"label":"System Size","value":"1.5 MW","feature":true},{"label":"Panels","value":"6000","feature":true},{"label":"Completed","value":"September 2017","feature":false},{"label":"Partner","value":"Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA), in partnership with the Colorado Energy Office","feature":false},{"label":"Annual Savings","value":"$52,826","feature":false},{"label":"Lifetime Savings","value":"$1,056,528","feature":true}],"pattern_override":"","sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"gallery","module_spacing":"margin-spacing-large","anchor_title":"","anchor_id":"project-photos","background":"","program_palette":"","heading":"Project Photos","images":[4879,9932,4880]},{"acf_fc_layout":"testimonial","module_spacing":"margin-spacing-large","anchor_title":"","anchor_id":"","style":"panel","layout":"image-left","alignment":"align-center","color":"tea-green","background":"","program_palette":"","composition":"portrait","quote_size":"large","eyebrow":"","heading":"","button":null,"quote":"","name":"","caption":"","image":null,"quotes":[{"quote":"I could see things being installed from my home, and I called to ask if the community could get involved, so here I am! 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