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Local:

Civil Beat: How A Maui Solar Farm Reached An ‘Unprecedented’ Deal With Neighbors

In September, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission took the unusual step of ordering a solar farm developer and a community group to use mediation to resolve a bitter dispute over a planned project to power more than 11,500 homes. Advocates say the agreement between a renewable energy company and a community group in West Maui could be a model for resolving disputes.

The Molokai Dispatch- Ho’āhu Energy Coop Gets Support for $7.5M Loan from State agency

“News of this financing points toward an exciting and important point where Molokai can soon use renewable energy to bring economic relief to its residents,” said Yamashita. “Most importantly, these funds go a long way in ensuring this project continues to be community controlled and owned.”

National: 

NPR- This Colorado 'solar garden' is literally a farm under solar panels

With help from researchers at nearby Colorado State University and the National Renewable Energy Lab, which had been studying how to turn all that otherwise unused land beneath solar panels into a place to grow food.