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SolarStrong is a plan to equip the United States military housing and other structures with solar photovoltaic installations. The original five-year plan involved an installation of 160,000 rooftop solar panels with total capacity of 371 MW and total cost about US$1 billion.[1] The project was reduced afterwards to 120,000 panels.[2][3]

SolarStrong is being carried out by an American energy services provider SolarCity in cooperation with Lend Lease Group involving 124 military bases in 33 states.[1][4][5] The financing is agreed with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, USRG Renewable Finance, and U.S. Bancorp.[1][2] It had a partial $344 million federal loan guarantee through the United States Department of Energy Financial Institution Partnership Program; however, the guarantee was withdrawn after the project implementation started.[1][2]

The project started in 2011 with development of the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, followed by Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.[1][2] In 2012, the project continued with the Los Angeles Air Force Base in California, and Peterson Air Force Base and Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado.[2][5]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Woody, Todd (7 September 2011). "Military Deal To Double The U.S.'s Rooftop Solar Installations". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2011/06/14/google-invests-280-million-in-fund-to-install-home-solar-panels/. Retrieved 11 September 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Woody, Todd (17 July 2012). "Big Military Solar Project Expands To New Bases". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/07/17/big-military-solar-project-expands-to-new-bases/. Retrieved 11 September 2012. 
  3. ↑ Hsu, Tiffany (17 SJuly 2012). "SolarCity plans 18,000 panels for military in SolarStrong effort". http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/17/business/la-fi-mo-solarcity-solarstrong-20120717. Retrieved 11 September 2012. 
  4. ↑ Dearen, Jason; Daly, Matthew (7 September 2011). "SolarStrong Project: Obama Administration Backs SolarCity Military Energy Program". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/07/solarstrong-project-solarcity-military-energy-program_n_952765.html. Retrieved 11 September 2012. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "SolarStrong expands to bases in California and Colorado". NHST Media Group. 18 July 2012. http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/solar/article318098.ece. Retrieved 11 September 2012. 
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