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 ^[1]; Grove, Jennifer ^[1]; Irvine, Linda ^[1]; Jacobs, Janet F. ^[1]; Johnson Phillips, Sarah ^[1]; Sawyer, Alexandra ^[1]; Wiedman, Joseph ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

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 Laboratory (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): DOE/GO--102012-3569; NREL/BK--5200-54570
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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