Examining community solar programs to understand accessibility and investment: Evidence from the U.S.

Gai, Dor Hirsh Bar; Shittu, Ekundayo; Attanasio, Donna M.; Weigelt, Carmen; LeBlanc, Saniya; Dehghanian, Payman; Sklar, S.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112600

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“…Restrictions on generation capacity, dearth of consistent standards and enabling regulations, and regulations related to cost neutrality and parity were identified as regulatory barriers related to community solar. 2 Lack of awareness among consumers about community solar (B3). Presence of knowledge gap about the advantages and process to practice or adapt community solar projects highlights the lack of awareness of education amongst industry and community.…”

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“…50 Stakeholders involved in energy management are unaware of the best practices related to community solar and the process to effectively implement community energy projects. 2 Identification of reliable contractors was identified as a barrier in a survey on community solar communities in Hong Kong. 51 Lack of seed funding (B7).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, new economic and financial models are contingent on policies and regulations, which impacts newcomers' partaking in community solar. 2,77 Policy coherence with national renewable energy target, horizontal policy to synergize with other departments and policies to create collaborations among multi-level stakeholders are critical conditions while framing policies for sustainable community solar. 51 Also, Mah 51 emphasized that government needs to reframe policy intervention and redefine the role of incumbent utilities to enable communities to opt for viable community solar.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Community solar permits households, businesses, and non-profits to customize renewable energy projects as per their need 2–4 additionally, it presents consumers the autonomy to shift towards renewable energy electrification without utility intervention. Community solar shifts electricity generation from onsite generation to third-party generation, 2 and permits groups of homeowners to collaborate and invest in a common photovoltaics (PV) system. 5 Community solar aids in customer-powered interaction and distributed energy strategies, grid modernization and efficiency improvements.…”

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Analysis of barriers affecting the adoption of community solar from consumer's perspective: A hybrid ISM-DEMATEL approach

Thakur

Wilson

2022

Energy & Environment

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Community solar has the capability to broaden solar accessibility and convalesce financial feasibility in comparison to conventional and commercial solar options and holds the potential to be part of the energy mix. Community solar avails ingress and affordability to solar power for those who may not be able to exploit it either due to financial or location constraints. Parallelly, it solves the issues related to electrification, fossil fuel crisis and greenhouse gas emission, contributes to sustainable development goals (SDG 7 and SDG 11), and realization of net-zero goals, however, the presence of barriers makes the adoption or scaling of community solar difficult. This research work intends to identify twelve crucial barriers for the adoption of community solar on the basis of the literature review and the perception of experts in the energy system. In this paper, we adopted hybrid Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) - Decision Ma king Trail and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) approach for comprehension of the causal and hierarchical relationships among barriers for community solar adoption. The result suggested that lack of consumer awareness, lack of regulations and policies addressing community solar and lack of business model are the most influential barriers as depicted in ISM-DEMATEL based methodology. With the presented novel method, policy-makers, utilities and communities can liaise, coordinate and practice the system-wide advantages of community energy projects. It can also aid the public sector in comprehending the barriers and requirements of people.

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Section: Barriers For the Adoption Of Community Solarmentioning

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Section: Barriers For the Adoption Of Community Solarmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Analysis of barriers affecting the adoption of community solar from consumer's perspective: A hybrid ISM-DEMATEL approach

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2022

Energy & Environment

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“…Inculcating renewable energy practices in school curricula is required to promote renewable energy sources (RES) and maintain the green campus. Lack of energy policies, financial assistance, and subscription issues was observed as barriers in promoting solar communities [19]. The driving factors were energy sustainability and grid resilience.…”

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Recent innovations in solar energy education and research towards sustainable energy development

Senthil

2022

Acta Innovations

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The essential requirements of our everyday lives are fresh air, pure water, nourishing food, and clean energy in a most sustainable manner. The present review article concisely discusses recent innovations in solar energy education, research, and development toward providing clean and affordable energy and clean water to some extent. This article primarily addresses the Sustainable Development Goal 7 of the United Nations (SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy). Over the past few decades, many research activities have been carried out on solar energy conversion and utilization. The deployment of solar energy technologies has been witnessed to combat global warming and the betterment of the planet. Drivers and barriers to implementing solar energy systems from school to master's level through real-time deployments are discussed for further development and innovations. Mainly, expedited solar energy education and research are essential to improve solar energy utilization. The advancements in solar energy education and research towards sustainable energy development and circular economy are highlighted along with further directions required.

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Benchmarking performance of photovoltaic power plants in multiple periods

Ogunrinde

Shittu

2023

Environ Syst Decis

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Examining community solar programs to understand accessibility and investment: Evidence from the U.S.

Cited by 10 publications

References 48 publications

Analysis of barriers affecting the adoption of community solar from consumer's perspective: A hybrid ISM-DEMATEL approach

Analysis of barriers affecting the adoption of community solar from consumer's perspective: A hybrid ISM-DEMATEL approach

Recent innovations in solar energy education and research towards sustainable energy development

Benchmarking performance of photovoltaic power plants in multiple periods

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