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Title: Encouraging PV Adoption in New Market-Rate ResidentialConstruction: A Critical Review of Program Experiences to Date

Abstract

In this paper, we review experiences with programs to support the deployment of photovoltaics (PV) in new, market-rate homes, drawing upon interviews with program managers around the country, project data, and publicly-available documentation on program design, impacts, and experiences. We focus on state clean energy funds, which have been established in 14 U.S. states to build markets for clean energy resources, as well as a select number of other state or local organizations whose activities are particularly noteworthy. We describe the types of programs implemented and their impacts to date, and discuss key issues and lessons learned for initiatives aimed at growing the new home market for PV.

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Research Org.:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE. Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy and Office of Electricity Delivery and EnergyReliability; Clean Energy States Alliance
OSTI Identifier:
889620
Report Number(s):
LBNL-59744
R&D Project: E11201; TRN: US200704%%91
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Solar 2006, Denver, CO, July 7-13,2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN; DOCUMENTATION; MARKET

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Barbose, Galen, Wiser, Ryan, and Bolinger, Mark. Encouraging PV Adoption in New Market-Rate ResidentialConstruction: A Critical Review of Program Experiences to Date. United States: N. p., 2006. Web.
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Barbose, Galen, Wiser, Ryan, and Bolinger, Mark. Mon . "Encouraging PV Adoption in New Market-Rate ResidentialConstruction: A Critical Review of Program Experiences to Date". United States. doi:. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/889620.
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year = {Mon Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
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