Puerto Rico Solar-for-All: LMI PV Rooftop Technical Potential and Solar Savings Potential

Mooney, Meghan; Waechter, Katy; Miller, Clark

doi:10.7799/1676962

Title: Puerto Rico Solar-for-All: LMI PV Rooftop Technical Potential and Solar Savings Potential

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The Puerto Rico Solar-For-All dataset provides Census Tract level estimates of residential low-to-moderate income (LMI) PV rooftop technical potential as well as solar electric bill savings potential for LMI communities at the municipality level. Each dataset is broken out by income group, defined by the Area Median Income (AMI), by tenure, and by building type. The underlying LiDAR data used the estimation were collected in 2015-2017 and the American Community Survey (ACS) data are from 2011-2015. This Puerto Rico Solar-For-All dataset is intended to extend the SEEDSII Solar-For-All estimates for the US 50-states (https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy18osti/70901.pdf) for the territory of Puerto Rico using updated methods. Please see the data documentation for details.

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Arizona State University

Publication Date:: Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2020

Other Number(s):: DE-EE0008570

DOE Contract Number:: DE-EE0008570

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Data (NREL-DATA), Golden, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION

Keywords:: solar; rooftop; PV; photovoltaics; low and moderate income; low income; low-income; PR; Puerto Rico; solar energy; LMI; NREL; tract; residential; solar-for-all

OSTI Identifier:: 1676962

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.7799/1676962

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                    Mooney, Meghan, Waechter, Katy, and Miller, Clark. Puerto Rico Solar-for-All: LMI PV Rooftop Technical Potential and Solar Savings Potential.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Mooney, Meghan, Waechter, Katy, & Miller, Clark. Puerto Rico Solar-for-All: LMI PV Rooftop Technical Potential and Solar Savings Potential.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.7799/1676962

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                    Mooney, Meghan, Waechter, Katy, and Miller, Clark. 2020.  
"Puerto Rico Solar-for-All: LMI PV Rooftop Technical Potential and Solar Savings Potential".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.7799/1676962.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1676962. Pub date:Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2020

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  title        = {Puerto Rico Solar-for-All: LMI PV Rooftop Technical Potential and Solar Savings Potential},

  author       = {Mooney, Meghan and Waechter, Katy and Miller, Clark},

  abstractNote = {The Puerto Rico Solar-For-All dataset provides Census Tract level estimates of residential low-to-moderate income (LMI) PV rooftop technical potential as well as solar electric bill savings potential for LMI communities at the municipality level. Each dataset is broken out by income group, defined by the Area Median Income (AMI), by tenure, and by building type. The underlying LiDAR data used the estimation were collected in 2015-2017 and the American Community Survey (ACS) data are from 2011-2015. This Puerto Rico Solar-For-All dataset is intended to extend the SEEDSII Solar-For-All estimates for the US 50-states (https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy18osti/70901.pdf) for the territory of Puerto Rico using updated methods. Please see the data documentation for details.},

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