HRM’s Solar City Program has launched! Halifax Regional Council approved the program on December 11th, 2012. The $8.3 million Solar City Program is using an innovative financing and delivery mechanism allowing the municipality to provide turn-key installations for up to a 1,000 solar water heating systems per year to homeowners. Learn more about this innovative program on these web pages.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - Mayor Mike Savage and the Honourable Charlie Parker, Nova Scotia Minister of Energy, attended the official launch and ribbon cutting ceremony for HRM’s Solar City Program at the home of HRM residents, Ron and June Josey, who have the first solar water heating system installed in HRM through the program.

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There are currently 1,600 homeowners signed up for this pilot program. The program is being administered on a first come first serve basis and registration is currently closed. However, we would encourage residents to express interest by sending us an e-mail so that, if and when, the registration opens again you can be contacted.

• Our newest Solar City Bulletin has been released. Check out all the latest news in Solar City Bulletin #3! Not on our e-mail distribution list and want to subscribe? Send us an e-mail to solarcity[at]halifax.ca and we can send you all the latest news as it happens.

• Well over 150 assessments have been completed and more than 30 homeowners have accepted offers for solar heating systems as part of the Solar City Program. The first installations were completed in March! Program activity is ramping up with the goal of having 60-70 solar systems installed per month by the end of Summer 2013.

• Five Open Houses have already been held with great success! More Open Houses will be coming in the future....we will be in Sackville on July 17th.

• HRM was noticed for being on the leading edge of Solar in Canada. As part of the "Globe's" five-day series examining the people, places, things and ideas that will shape 2013, an article titled 'Here Comes the Sun' about Solar Cities was published on December 27, 2012. The article highlighted the HRM Solar City Program.

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