A Guide to Community Shared Solar: Utility, Private, and Non-Profit Project Development (Book)

Technical Report · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1042515· OSTI ID:1042515

Coughlin, Jason; Grove, Jennifer; Irvine, Linda; Jacobs, Janet F.; Johnson Phillips, Sarah; Sawyer, Alexandra; Wiedman, Joseph

This guide is organized around three sponsorship models: utility-sponsored projects, projects sponsored by special purpose entities - businesses formed for the purpose of producing community solar power, and non-profit sponsored projects. The guide addresses issues common to all project models, as well as issues unique to each model.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1042515
• Report Number(s): NREL/BK-5200-54570; DOE/GO-102012-3569; TRN: US201212%%988
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Powered by SunShot, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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non-profit project development
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