Project Brings Solar to 10 Habitat for Humanity Homes
WASHINGTON — U.S. government agency and White House officials paid a visit to the home of Kiona Mack, a single mother in the economically challenged Ivy City neighborhood in northeast Washington, District of Columbia, joining volunteers, job trainees, and community partners to install solar panels on her home. The project was led by GRID Alternatives, the country’s largest nonprofit solar installer, which is launching its new mid-Atlantic presence with this neighborhood project to install solar energy systems on 10 Habitat for Humanity of Washington D.C. homes.
GRID Alternatives’ expansion into the District of Columbia area comes at a time of tremendous growth for the solar industry and amid ongoing state and federal policy discussions around how to make solar power more accessible to underserved communities.