{"id":252300,"date":"2024-06-08T06:40:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T06:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/follow-in-the-footsteps-of-communities-planning-solar-deployment-that-works-for-them\/"},"modified":"2024-06-08T06:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T06:40:31","slug":"follow-in-the-footsteps-of-communities-planning-solar-deployment-that-works-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/follow-in-the-footsteps-of-communities-planning-solar-deployment-that-works-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow in the Footsteps of Communities Planning Solar Deployment That Works for Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Apply to the Solar Community Assistance for Local Equity (Innovation at SCALE) Initiative To Receive Technical Assistance for Communities and Organizations Across the Country<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was looking for ways to make the city\u2019s goal for carbon neutrality by 2050 more equitable, city of Boston staff turned to the Solar Energy Innovation Network (SEIN), a program run by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0program informed Boston leaders\u00a0how to build from insights developed by a SEIN project team from Tampa Bay, Florida, and prompted NREL researchers and SEIN partner Converge Strategies to apply the Clear Sky Toolkit, available\u00a0on the Tampa Bay website. 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