Community-Scale Solar

What is Community Solar?

Community solar projects are typically built on small to medium-sized parcels of land, ranging from 1 to 50 acres.

Using a subscription model, community solar provides homeowners, renters, and businesses with equal access to the economic and environmental benefits of solar energy generation, regardless of their physical attributes or ownership of their home or business.

Community solar expands access to solar energy for everyone, while building a stronger, more distributed, and resilient electric grid.

How Does it Work?

Community solar allows residents, small businesses, organizations, municipalities, and others to receive credit on their electricity bills for the power produced from their portion of a solar array, offsetting their electricity costs.

This is accomplished through a model where residents and businesses can subscribe to a community solar project. As a landowner, you can enjoy knowing that your land is helping to power your local community.

Arcadia, one of the national leaders in community solar, is our subscriber partner at Farmers Powering Communities.

Diagram showing how community solar works: sunlight generates electricity; community solar subscribers are credited based on subscription size; electricity feeds into the grid; electric households own the project; includes icons of the sun, houses, buildings, trees, and power lines.
Aerial view of a solar farm surrounded by rows of trees and farmland.

Build a legacy that lives on

Farmers Powering Communities helps farmers, ranchers, and landowners honor their lifelong commitment to land stewardship. We know that your land is your legacy. Partner with FPC to see your vision come to life. For your family. For your community. For the planet.

Solar panels at Burroughs Family Farms in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Learn more Meet the Burroughs Family on www.farmland.org.

Benefits of Hosting a Community Solar Project on Your Land

  • A hand holding a folded hundred-dollar bill outdoors on a bright day, with blurred trees and sky in the background.

    Revenue Generation

    Siting a community solar project on your land can generate consistent income for a landowner over a term of 20-30 years.

  • Three people walking through a harvested field with hay bales, trees on the horizon, and the sun setting.

    Leave a Legacy

    Community solar projects can offer farmers and ranchers the opportunity to preserve their land for future generations and chart a sustainable path forward.

  • Landscape view of rolling hills with vineyard rows in the foreground, small houses scattered amongst trees in the middle ground, and wind turbines on the hilltop in the background at sunset.

    Clean Energy Transition

    Community solar projects generate clean, renewable energy, which can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels.

  • A worker installing or repairing solar panels on a rooftop, using a screwdriver and wearing gloves.

    Boost the Local Economy

    Community solar projects can create local jobs and stimulate the local economy by providing additional tax revenue to towns and counties.

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