Beth Shalom-Blue Hills goes solar
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Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills enters the new year with a new look and a new source of electrical energy after installing 78 roof-mounted solar panels, expected to generate approximately 29,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.
The project came to fruition after years of discussion and research by the Milton synagogue. It was installed during the period from October to December 2020 by Sunbug Solar, with project assistance from Resonant Energy of Boston. It should supply about 95% of the synagogue’s electrical usage when it is operating in normal (non-pandemic) mode.
A grant from the Left Coast Fund assisted with financing of the project, through the Solar Moonshot Program managed by Hammond Climate Solutions of San Diego. Nonprofits interested in this program can get information at https://bit.ly/36KvXFV.