The Solar Commons Project
Sustainable solar energy organization.The Solar Commons Project is a community-engaged, multi-disciplinary research project based at the University of Minnesota, applying the Solar Commons Model of low-income community trust ownership in Living Labs with community partners. The project is co-creating and testing the legal and digital dashboard tools that empower community partners to use solar technology to create a twenty-year, peer-governed revenue stream to support long-term community development work. There are four main impacts of the Solar Commons Project in categories of Equitable Wealth, Integrated Climate Mitigation, Just Energy Transition, and a Commons Sector Infrastructure that makes it possible to achieve and scale the first three impacts.