The Triangle will take one step closer to achieving its climate goals with Wednesday’s launch of “Solarize the Triangle,” a program developed by the Triangle Sustainability Partnership that aims to make solar energy more accessible for residents and businesses in eleven local jurisdictions.
The initiative—which covers the cities of Raleigh and Durham; Chatham, Durham, and Orange counties; and the towns of Apex, Cary, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Morrisville—is designed to reduce the cost of solar energy systems through a community-based group-purchasing program that offers volume discount pricing on materials and installation services.
“The more people that sign up for the program this summer, the more affordable solar will be for everyone, and the bigger collective impact we can have on climate change,” says Raleigh sustainability manager Megan…