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El Coyote Ridge Community Solar Garden es una asociaci\u00f3n entre GRID Alternatives y la Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA), construida en el vertedero de Larimer County, en el lado oeste de Fort Collins, Colorado. Fue uno de los primeros jardines solares comunitarios a gran escala en el pa\u00eds, construidos para asignar la mayor parte de su producci\u00f3n a hogares con ingresos calificados \u2014 ofreciendo a los inquilinos y a otras personas que no pueden instalar paneles solares en su propio tejado una forma de compartir directamente los beneficios de esta tecnolog\u00eda.<\/span><\/p>\n

GRID trabaj\u00f3 junto con PVREA y la Oficina de Energ\u00eda de Colorado para construir el sistema. M\u00e1s de 300 voluntarios de la comunidad, incluidos miembros y personal de PVREA, aportaron aproximadamente 3.200 horas para su construcci\u00f3n en el transcurso de unas pocas semanas. La granja ahora genera casi 2,9 millones de kWh de energ\u00eda limpia cada a\u00f1o, alimentando a cerca de 300 hogares.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0Situado en el vertedero regional, este proyecto sirve como ejemplo de desarrollo y construcci\u00f3n de proyectos en terrenos con infraestructuras industriales abandonadas, como los vertederos que de otro modo no ser\u00edan aptos para otros usos.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4880,"template":"","project-type":[98],"region":[64],"scale":[],"class_list":["post-9929","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-type-community-solar","region-colorado"],"acf":{"location":"Fort Collins, CO","deck":"One of the first large-scale community solar gardens in the nation built primarily to serve income-qualified households.<\/span>","hero_image":4880,"details":[{"label":"Location","value":"Fort Collins, CO","feature":false},{"label":"Region","value":"Colorado","feature":false},{"label":"Project Type","value":"Community Solar","feature":false},{"label":"System Size","value":"1.5 MW","feature":true},{"label":"Panels","value":"6000","feature":true},{"label":"Completed","value":"September 2017","feature":false},{"label":"Partner","value":"Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA), in partnership with the Colorado Energy Office","feature":false},{"label":"Annual Savings","value":"$52,826","feature":false},{"label":"Lifetime Savings","value":"$1,056,528","feature":true}],"pattern_override":"","sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"gallery","module_spacing":"margin-spacing-large","anchor_title":"","anchor_id":"project-photos","background":"","program_palette":"","heading":"Project Photos","images":[4879,9932,4880]},{"acf_fc_layout":"testimonial","module_spacing":"margin-spacing-large","anchor_title":"","anchor_id":"","style":"panel","layout":"image-left","alignment":"align-center","color":"tea-green","background":"","program_palette":"","composition":"portrait","quote_size":"large","eyebrow":"","heading":"","button":null,"quote":"","name":"","caption":"","image":null,"quotes":[{"quote":"I could see things being installed from my home, and I called to ask if the community could get involved, so here I am! 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