What have other PA Houses of Worship done?
House of Worship | Year | System size | Buy Outright? | Other Financing Method |
Central Baptist Church of Wayne, Wayne, PA | 2009 | | 70% PA Energy Harvest grant 13% PA DCED grant 19% line of credit/ 30 contributors | |
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, Aston, PA (Red Hill Farm) | 2011 | 75 kW | | PPA with traditional solar developer: RER Energy Group |
Christ Covenant Church, Harleysville, PA | 2012 | 87 kW | | |
Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA | 2013 | | | |
State College Friends Meeting, State College, PA | 2015 | ~16 kW | Large bequest | |
Felician Sisters of North America, Beaver Falls, PA | 2016 | 365 kW | | PPA with traditional solar developer: Dovetail Solar and Wind |
Sunbury Bible Church, Northumberland, PA | 2017 | 207 kW | | Collective Sun (a type of prepaid solar loan that resulted in a discount of upfront costs) |
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, PA | 2019 | 18 kW | Capital campaign | |
United Christian Church, Levittown, PA | 2019 | 7 kW | Gift from Exact Solar | |
Baha'i Faith of Carlisle Carlisle, PA | | | | |
Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Rosemont, PA | | | | |
What have other PA Houses of Worship done?
House of Worship | Year | System size | Buy Outright? | Other Financing Method |
Temple Lutheran Church, Havertown PA | 2021 | 44.2 kW (Solarize Delco) | | PPA with Single Person LLC, Holy Solars, Funded together with loans from other congregational members |
Second Baptist Church, Germantown PA | 2022 | 26.66 kW | Yes | Grandom Institution grant + fundraising campaign + use of the church’s building improvement fund |
Unitarian Universalist of Wyoming Valley | 2022 | 19.6 kW | | PPA with The Clean Energy Co-op https://www.cleanenergy.coop/uucwv |
Congregation Beth Israel of Media, PA | 2022/2023 | 26.2 kW (Solar States, Contractor) | | PPA with Single Person LLC, 18 Rays, funded together with loans from other congregational members |
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ardmore PA | 2023 | 25.55 kW (Solar States, contractor) | Endowment withdrawal, Operating savings. Possible IRA benefit (Started install in 2022, ended in 2023) | |
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