{"id":12616,"date":"2016-08-02T18:13:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T22:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/brownsville-residents-can-now-get-solar-panels-installed-on-their-homes-for-free-and-you-can-too\/"},"modified":"2016-08-04T08:15:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T12:15:01","slug":"brownsville-residents-can-now-get-solar-panels-installed-on-their-homes-for-free-and-you-can-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/brownsville-residents-can-now-get-solar-panels-installed-on-their-homes-for-free-and-you-can-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Brownsville residents can now get solar panels installed on their homes for free \u2014 and you can too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Level Solar technicians install solar panels on a roof in Brownsville. Photo via Malcolm Bliss\/Level Solar Last Friday afternoon on Powell Street in Brooklyn, the sun blistered down upon a\u00a0small group of Brownsville residents, alternative energy advocates and City Council\u00a0people as they gathered in front of longtime resident Ellen Fludd\u2019s house to sip\u00a0ginger ales and vie for spots beneath the easy-up tent. The sun also reflected off of several shiny new solar panels that were recently installed on Ellen\u2019s\u00a0roof free of charge, the cause for the celebration, and a result of the Solarize\u00a0Brownsville\u00a0campaign, which aims to\u00a0install free solar panels on 100 Brownsville rooftops to help cut electricity costs and\u00a0carbon emissions in NYC. Fludd has been rooted in the Brownsville community along with her three children\u00a0and six grandchildren for more than 50 years. She saw a flyer posted up in her\u00a0neighborhood, she followed up, and now the home she owns is powered entirely&hellip; Read More<\/p>\n<p>Brownsville residents can now get solar panels installed on their homes for free \u2014 and you can too : <a href=\"http:\/\/brokelyn.com\/solar-panels-brooklyn\/\">Brokelyn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level Solar technicians install solar panels on a roof in Brownsville. 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