Solar Energy Information

Solar Energy Information

The City of Goshen has made it easier, faster and cheaper for residents, businesses and others to go solar.

Find everything you need to get started on the City’s “Going Solar in Goshen” page.

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Find additional stories, information, and initiatives in the archive below.

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Local Solar Potential

It might come as a surprise, but Goshen and the surrounding region have become a hotbed of solar activity, with more solar capacity per capita than cities like San Antonia, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. Since 2016, Goshen has achieved SolSmart Gold status as a solar-friendly city and added about 100 new solar arrays at local businesses, churches, homes, schools, and even on city land — many through last year’s Solarize Goshen initiative. Large industry and small off-grid Amish installations have also helped put our region on the solar map in a unique way. These investments will continue to generate power and income for decades to come.

2018 Net Metering Required Reporting Summary
EC Commissioners, Solar Statement
Going Solar Workshop – Solarize Goshen
Solarize 2018 Numbers and Maps
Solar Per Capita, Goshen
Solar United Neighbors of Indiana
Solarize Indiana: Helping Hoosiers Go Solar
New Energy Homes
NIPSCO Integrated Resource Plan

Goshen College, College Mennonite Church announce plans for solar project

Feb 27, 2018 - Author(s): Brian Yoder Schlabach | Elkhart Truth  

Goshen College (GC) and College Mennonite Church (CMC) have announced a project to jointly install a 924-panel solar array － the first solar panels on campus － which will make the Church-Chapel building fully powered by renewable energy. The panels will be installed on the roof of the college’s Rec-Fitness Center and provide 277 kilowatts of power, offsetting the Church-Chapel building’s electric bill, with the costs being fully recovered in about a decade. “Environmental sustainability is a natural priority for both Goshen College, which does so much to teach thoughtful stewardship, and for College Mennonite Church, which seeks to be a blessing in its community and honor our creator God in word and deed,” said David Lapp Jost, a 2011 Goshen College graduate and a member of College Mennonite Church who started this project and spearheaded fundraising. “In addition to saving both institutions tens of thousands of dollars annually for years to come, this project is a testament to deep shared values.”

Goshen Wins AIM Green Communities Project of the Year Award

Oct 4, 2018 - Author(s): Jeremy Stutsman | Accelerate Indiana Municipalities

I had the honor of accepting the AIM Green Communities Project of the Year Award, a state wide award for our community acknowledging the impact we have made in the environment through our many solar projects. This award is possible because of the residents, businesses, MACOG (Leah Thill) and the city who worked together investing in our future.

Solar Indiana Renewable Energy Network (SIREN)

Since 2008, the Solar Indiana Renewable Energy Network (SIREN) has been a leading educator and promoter of renewable energy and energy conservation in the state of Indiana. As a project of the 501 (c) 3 non-profit Center for Sustainable Living (CSL), SIREN is a independent, non-partisan, volunteer-run group with a specific focus on promoting solar power including photovoltaic (electricity), solar hot water, and solar air heating furnaces for homes, businesses, churches, governmental buildings, and schools.

Solarize Northern Indiana

The Solarize Northern Indiana initiatives in South Bend, Goshen, Elkhart, and across the region aimed to make solar even more affordable by leveraging our purchasing power together. As of December 31, 2017, the project is officially over and not accepting new projects.




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