Community Solar 101 [Slides]

Heeter, Jenny S.; Xu, Kaifeng; Fekete, Emily

doi:10.2172/1602184

Title: Community Solar 101 [Slides]

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This presentation deck provides an overview of community solar for a new user. The presentation covers community solar structures, considerations for low- and moderate-income (LMI) customers, policies related to community solar design, and a community solar market overview.

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Heeter, Jenny S. ^[1]; Xu, Kaifeng ^[1]; Fekete, Emily ^[1]

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

Publication Date:: 2020-03-02

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

OSTI Identifier:: 1602184

Report Number(s):: NREL/PR-6A20-75982

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; soft costs; community solar; net metering; shared solar; market data

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                    Heeter, Jenny S., Xu, Kaifeng, and Fekete, Emily. Community Solar 101 [Slides].  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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        "Community Solar 101 [Slides]".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1602184.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1602184.

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