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Five years ago, we installed solar on Hugo Salas’s home in the Bay Area. Last week, he was featured in climate solutions reporter Julia Simon’s segment on NPR, sharing how solar energy is becoming more accessible in the U.S. under the Biden Administration and why that’s important. <\/p>\n

Listen to the short and sweet segment by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank you, NPR, for the shout-out to GRID’s work in nonprofit solar!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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