One of the first low-income shared solar projects goes live in Virginia

On November 20, Dimension Renewable Energy will be joined by leading elected officials, state regulators and industry partners to celebrate one of the state’s first shared solar facilities — a 5-MW project in Waynesboro, Virginia, that will bring low-cost clean energy to 1,200 nearby low-income households.

The project, called Waynesboro Bridge Solar, is one of 12 solar facilities developed, owned and operated by Dimension that will be first to go live under the state’s shared solar program. The portfolio will be subscribed to by nearly 10,000 low-income households and generate over $20 million in savings for those subscribers.

Unlike utility-scale or rooftop solar, shared solar or community solar, allows renters, small businesses and homeowners who lack adequate roof space or cannot afford their own solar panels to subscribe to the shared solar facility and lower their electric bills.

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