气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Examining community solar programs to understand accessibility and investment: Evidence from the U.S.

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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112600
	Examining community solar programs to understand accessibility and investment: Evidence from the U.S.
	Hirsh Bar Gai D.; Shittu E.; Attanasio D.; Weigelt C.; LeBlanc S.; Dehghanian P.; Sklar S.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	159
英文摘要	This paper examines barriers and drivers to investment in community solar programs in the U.S. The paper addresses two key questions: (i) What barriers and drivers influence community solar adoption, including in low- and middle-income households? (ii) How can the market potential for community solar be further unlocked beyond the group of early adopter utilities and developers? The research team used a three-phased methodology consisting of stakeholder interviews, a survey, and a stakeholder engagement workshop. The main findings of the paper are: First, leading barriers to adoption are the absence of state and federal policies and standards, difficulties in subscribing customers, and lack of education, financial viability and suitable location sites; Second, the major drivers for adoption are enhancing community benefits and resiliency and grid modernization efforts. Improving financial viability is possible through, for example, the use of anchor tenants to mitigate financial risk and improve value-stack and sustainability efforts. To unlock the market potential for community solar programs requires addressing six categories of issues: (i) increasing community solar programs’ generation limits and use of a portfolio approach to development and financing to achieve economies of scale through multiple projects, (ii) community education, project coordination and site selection, (iii) incorporating community solar programs in grid modernization and resiliency efforts, (iv) standardizing community solar programs policies, (v) mitigating interconnection financial burden, and (vi) designing dynamic contracts with anchor tenants that mitigate subscription issues. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Commerce; Economic analysis; Modernization; Site selection; Barriers to adoption; Federal policies; Financial viability; Low incomes; Market potential; Middle incomes; Research teams; Solar project; Stakeholder engagement; State policy; Investments; accessibility; alternative energy; financial market; investment; renewable resource; stakeholder; technology adoption; United States
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/256510
作者单位	School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University, 800 22nd St NW, Washington, DC 20052, United States; Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University, United States; Energy Law, George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, United States; A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, 7 McAlister Drive, New Orleans, LA 70118, United States; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington University, United States; Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Washington University, United States; Solar Institute, George Washington University, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hirsh Bar Gai D.,Shittu E.,Attanasio D.,et al. Examining community solar programs to understand accessibility and investment: Evidence from the U.S.[J],2021,159.
APA	Hirsh Bar Gai D..,Shittu E..,Attanasio D..,Weigelt C..,LeBlanc S..,...&Sklar S..(2021).Examining community solar programs to understand accessibility and investment: Evidence from the U.S..Energy Policy,159.
MLA	Hirsh Bar Gai D.,et al."Examining community solar programs to understand accessibility and investment: Evidence from the U.S.".Energy Policy 159(2021).