Solar Power Arrives at MIT, Selected Area Residences

The MIT Community Solar Power Initiative, is a project funded by a grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC). The grant is part of a Solar-to-Market Initiative designed to reduce costs of solar systems.

The MIT Department of Facilities and the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment (LFEE) received $455,700 for 40 solar installations on campus as well as on schools, homes, and businesses in Cambridge, Watertown, Arlington, Lexington, and Waltham.

The initiative reflects Institute support for renewable energy research. The MIT Community Solar Power Initiative has several educational objectives, including collaborative work with MIT students as well as Cambridge high school and middle school students.