Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video was produced when the laboratory operated as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The laboratory is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) hosted the fourth annual National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) Summit on February 14, 2024. The summit’s theme, ‘Community Solar – Deploying Benefits & Delivering Impacts,’ reflects on how the industry has proven its ability to deliver meaningful benefits through exemplary projects and programs that have leveraged innovative policies, business models, financing, and community leadership. The rollout of the provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, the forthcoming announcement of funding for Solar for All programs nationwide, and the work of the National Community Solar Partnership and its members have all primed the industry to deliver meaningful benefits to low-income and disadvantaged communities.
0:0 – 33:39 – Welcome & Keynote
33:40 – Achieving Scale
1:03:10 – Centering the Customer
1:41:33 – Federal Incentives
2:21:10 – Funding the Future
3:01:48 – Closing Remarks
This video was produced when the laboratory operated as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The laboratory is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) hosted the fourth annual National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) Summit on February 14, 2024. The summit’s theme, ‘Community Solar – Deploying Benefits & Delivering Impacts,’ reflects on how the industry has proven its ability to deliver meaningful benefits through exemplary projects and programs that have leveraged innovative policies, business models, financing, and community leadership. The rollout of the provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, the forthcoming announcement of funding for Solar for All programs nationwide, and the work of the National Community Solar Partnership and its members have all primed the industry to deliver meaningful benefits to low-income and disadvantaged communities.
0:0 – 33:39 – Welcome & Keynote
33:40 – Achieving Scale
1:03:10 – Centering the Customer
1:41:33 – Federal Incentives
2:21:10 – Funding the Future
3:01:48 – Closing Remarks
