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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112421
	Exploring the link between project delays and cancelation rates in the U.S. rooftop solar industry
	Cook J.J.; Cruce J.; O'Shaughnessy E.; Ardani K.; Margolis R.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	156
英文摘要	About 1 in 10 rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) customers who sign a contract to install a PV system cancel their contract before the system is installed. Although some cancelation risk is inherent in the solar industry, there may be ways to reduce cancelation volume, such as reducing project delays. Delays can occur at each stage of PV adoption processes, which take several weeks to months from contract signature to system operation. Using data from a recent survey of PV installers, we explore the factors that explain PV project delays and cancelations. The survey data suggest that PV adoptions take about 16 weeks, on average, from contract signature until system operation. Survey respondents consistently identified permitting, inspection, and interconnection (PII) processes as key drivers of project delays. Most respondents then suggested these PII-related delays increase contract cancelations. However, larger-scale installers report higher cancelation rates, and these installers rank changes in customer financial situations higher than PII-related delays as the main cause for cancelations. Most respondents also reported avoiding jurisdictions with particularly onerous PII requirements or charging more in these jurisdictions. On balance, the results provide a rationale for measures to streamline PII processes to reduce delays and potentially mitigate cancelation risk. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Cancellations Inspection Interconnection Permitting Solar Utilities
英文关键词	Risk assessment; Solar power generation; Surveys; Cancelation; Contract signature; Interconnection; Permitting; Photovoltaics; Project delays; Solar; Solar industries; Systems operation; Utility; Inspection
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205062
作者单位	National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, GoldenCO 80401, United States; Clean Kilowatts, LLC, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cook J.J.,Cruce J.,O'Shaughnessy E.,et al. Exploring the link between project delays and cancelation rates in the U.S. rooftop solar industry[J],2021,156.
APA	Cook J.J.,Cruce J.,O'Shaughnessy E.,Ardani K.,&Margolis R..(2021).Exploring the link between project delays and cancelation rates in the U.S. rooftop solar industry.Energy Policy,156.
MLA	Cook J.J.,et al."Exploring the link between project delays and cancelation rates in the U.S. rooftop solar industry".Energy Policy 156(2021).