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Cheaper solar power means low-income families can also benefit – with the right kind of help

  • Written by Galen Barbose, Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
imageSolar power is becoming more common for households at all income levels. These homes in Richmond, California, went solar with the help of GRID Alternatives.GRID Alternatives, CC BY-ND

Until recently, rooftop solar panels were a clean energy technology that only wealthy Americans could afford. But prices have dropped, thanks mostly to falling costs...

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