Moment in the Sun: NYCHA Queensbridge
New York City Housing Authority Queensbridge Projects Featured by U.S. Department of Energy
by Liam Davidson
(Installation on the roof of a NYCHA Queensbridge house, Queens, NY)
When the Project Development team at Sunwealth evaluates new opportunities, one of the questions we ask ourselves is— will this project build with impact? To us, building with impact means a couple of things. It means installing projects in underserved and low-and-middle-income communities. It means training the workforce of the future; bringing new, high-paying job opportunities to the neighborhoods that need them. And it means partnering with skilled local installers and developers like Sol Purpose, Venture Solar, and Bright Power. By doing so, we’re investing in the health and well-being of the communities we live in.
There are few better examples of what building for impact means than the New York City Housing Authority community solar projects we financed earlier this year. Across 60+ rooftops in 3 different boroughs, Sunwealth and its partners developed nearly 2MW’s of solar capacity. Along the way, our partners trained 13 NYCHA residents to serve as installers, 5 of whom have continued with Venture Solar.
A few weeks back, Sunwealth CEO Jon Abe and Senior Project Development Manager Marcel Rodgers had the chance to sit down with Anna Balzer of the Department of Energy. Their conversation grew into the following piece for the DoE’s Moment in the Sun series— we’re excited to share it with you below.
To learn more about the National Community Solar Partnership, please visit the Department of Energy website.
To learn more about how Sunwealth makes project financing easy for our developer and installer partners, please visit our website.