Edith Makra and team have been hard at work putting a new solar-power-focused spin on the old “think global, act local” maxim. Plenty of communities in Illinois wanted to participate, Makra said. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 14—SolSmart, a national program that honors local communities for their efforts to encourage the use of solar energy, has ...

If you want to install solar panels for your house or business, you're likely to find a faster and more user-friendly permitting process if your community has earned a SolSmart designation. Illinois ...

The national SolSmart energy program, which provides technical assistance for governments to install solar infrastructure, has awarded the town of Frisco with its silver designation. According to a ...

Somerville has joined a leading-edge cohort of nearly 30 cities and counties nationwide as a founding participant in SolSmart, a national program to encourage solar energy development at the local ...

Charlottesville has joined the ranks of the first 50 localities in the country to receive a SolSmart designation, and it is the first in the state of Virginia to earn this recognition for ...

RICHMOND, Ind. — The city welcomed solar panels. Richmond has enabled the Indiana Municipal Power Agency, which supplies Richmond Power & Light, to create seven solar fields — so far. But that's not ...

The following press release was submitted by the Lexington town manager’s office: The town of Lexington is receiving a bronze designation from the national SolSmart program for making it faster, ...