Events
Solar Finance Fund Spring 2022 Webinar Recording Review a recording and slides from our informational webinar presented on April 21, 2022.
Solar Finance Fund Fall 2021 Webinar Recording The SFF officially launched with a webinar on November 4, 2021 to discuss the Fund's purpose, structure, eligibility and application process. Presentation slides and a webinar recording are available for review.
Press Releases
- 4/15/2022 – Webinar to explain how the Appalachian Solar Finance Fund is helping coal-impacted communities — Fund recently awarded its first grant to help a nonprofit go solar
- 10/21/2021 – Launch of Appalachian Solar Finance Fund will spur solar in coal-impacted communities
- 9/16/2021 – Appalachian Voices Receives $1.5M from Appalachian Regional Commission’s POWER Initiative
- 9/16/2021 – The Solar Finance Fund Awarded $1.5M by the ARC’s POWER Initiative
SFF in the News
- 5/18/2022 – The Washington Post – In West Virginia, the clean-energy transition rests on Joe Manchin
- 5/15/2022 – Appalachian News-Express – EC Council accepts resignation, hears solar proposal
- 4/29/2022 – Times West Virginian – Give me shelter: Humane society kicks off $1.5M fund drive
- 4/19/2022 – MyBuckhannon.com – Webinar to explain how the Appalachian Solar Finance Fund is helping coal-impacted communities April 21
- 11/29/2021 – Charleston Gazette-Mail – Autumn Long: WV is going solar, but can do more (Opinion)
- 11/8/2021 – Charleston Gazette-Mail – New solar finance fund available for Central Appalachia
- 11/3/2021 – The Appalachian Chronicle – New solar fund a rare chance for Appalachian grassroots leaders
- 11/3/2021 – Mountain Top News – Appalachian Solar Finance Fund seeks to assist Appalachian Communities
- 11/2/2021 – The Appalachian Chronicle – Solar energy gets a boost in Appalachia
- 10/29/2021 – MyBuckhannon.com – Launch of Appalachian Solar Finance Fund expected to spur solar in coal-impacted communities
- 10/27/2021 – WVLT-TV Knoxville – Public funds can boost solar projects in region
- 10/8/2021 – Ohio Valley ReSource – Letting the sunlight In: When Appalachian solar dreams become reality
- 9/20/2021 – Virginia Mercury – Can Southwest Virginia remake itself as a laboratory for renewables? As coal continues to decline, region zeroes in on diversification
- 9/18/2021 – MyBuckhannon.com – Appalachian Voices receives $1.5M from Appalachian Regional Commission’s POWER Initiative
- 9/17/2021 – Solar Power World – Appalachian Voices awarded $1.5 million to build solar in coal-impacted communities
- 9/17/2021 – Home Improvement News – Appalachian Voices awarded $1.5 million to build solar in coal-impacted communities
For press inquiries, contact Autumn Long, autumn.long@appvoices.org