solar garden

This is a garden which produces energy for all to share.  The community garden allowed people who did not have room in their own homes to grow veggies, to own a plot of land and produce their veggies away from their homes.  In a similar way the solar garden allows people who, for a variety of reasons, are not able to have the benefit of rooftop solar panels, to buy a portion of a solar panel array and profit from the energy produced and fed to the grid.  Renters, for example, are unable to install solar panels on their rented property and often have landlords who are not interested in such an investment given that the renters will be getting the rewards from it.

The solar garden can be anywhere in a location that gives it maximum sun and connection to the grid.  The electricity generated is sold to a participating electricity retailer who then credits each member’s electricity bill the appropriate amount.  The solar gardeners form a cooperative that owns and controls and maintains the garden.