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When the organizers of the 2011 Solar Decathlon decided that they would pursue plans to move the event off the National Mall, there was hope that the event might still take place inside the District of Columbia. Such hopes, however, appear to have been extinguished: according to this report, organizers are close to signing a deal to move the efficient-housing showcase to National Harbor.

The report states that while a “final agreement” with National Harbor has yet to be signed, there is no chance the event will be returning to the Mall. But why National Harbor? Well, it appears as if we’ll have to wait on an official announcement from the Departments of Energy and the Interior to get that answer. One thing we can discuss, though, is that the National Harbor arrangement will certainly ruffle some feathers.