National Catholic Reporter: Catholic Charities to build D.C.'s largest solar array

by Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter

The largest ground-based solar array to date in the nation's capital is being built by the Catholic Church.

Catholic Charities of the Washington Archdiocese announced plans July 10 for a 2-megawatt solar array consisting of 5,000-plus panels that will provide enough renewable power to offset the energy needs of 12 of its buildings throughout the district. 

Once constructed, it would be the largest ground-based solar project approved in the District of Columbia, project partners said in a press release. 

The solar project is the most ambitious so far developed through Catholic Energies, a program of Catholic Climate Covenant to assist church institutions big and small across the country install solar panels or energy efficiency measures — all at no cost to the Catholic organizations.

Catholic Energies will manage the solar project, which will be constructed by IGS Solar and Maryland-based Solar Energy Services Inc., which will also operate the system. IGS Solar, which works in 30 states, will own the panels and also sell renewable energy certificates, which allow consumers to certify their electricity came from renewable sources.

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