Catholic groups install 5,000 solar panels in DC

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Catholic organizations are installing 5,000 solar panels in a five-acre space in Washington, DC, in what will become the city’s largest array of ground-based solar panels.

The project is led by Catholic Energies, a non-profit organization that is part of the Catholic Climate Covenant. Catholic Energies is working with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington to design and create the solar panel field. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington owns the land, which sits next to a nursing home and convent.

“Catholic Energies was born as a way to provide the time, the expertise, and probably more importantly, the resources,” to create renewable energy projects in Catholic-owned and operated buildings, Page Gravely, vice- executive president of customer services at Catholic Energies, told CNA.

These resources are mainly financial, since energy efficiency projects are generally expensive. Catholic Energies will partner with renewable energy companies, who will act as investors and work with entrepreneurs to bring the projects to life. In return, investors receive a federal tax credit and other financial incentives. In this project, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington will pay nothing for the solar panels.

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