Historical and Current U.S. Strategies for Boosting Distributed Generation

Technical Report · Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1233464· OSTI ID:1233464

Lowder, Travis ^[1]; Schwabe, Paul ^[1]; Zhou, Ella ^[1]; Arent, Douglas J. ^[2]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Joint Inst. for Strategic Energy Analysis, Golden, CO (United States)

This report seeks to introduce a variety of top-down and bottom-up practices that, in concert with the macro-environment of cost-reduction globally and early adoption in Europe, helped boost the distributed generation photovoltaic market in the United States. These experiences may serve as a reference in China's quest to promote distributed renewable energy.

• Research Organization: NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States))
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; Children's Investment Fund Foundation
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1233464
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP--6A20-64843
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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renewable energy