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No rooftop, no problem as solar gardens pop up in US communities

More consumers are buying into farms that allow access to renewable energy produced on small neighbourhood plots

Published Sun, Aug 21, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    IT'S like rooftop solar, without the rooftops.

    A growing number of consumers are buying into community solar farms that allow renters and apartment dwellers to access renewable energy produced on neighbourhood plots that can be small enough to host a little league baseball game. Some are so modest they're referred to as "solar gardens".

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