… Building from recent research testing strategies and messages that are most conducive to solar adoption, this new project seeks to develop more effective ways to communicate with low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities about solar. Defined as annual household income below $50,000 and between $50,000-$75,000, respectively, LMI communities forego solar for any number of reasons—financing issues, lack of access to capital, limited …
… use of novel behavioral strategies and social interactions to accelerate the deployment of solar energy to both low-and-moderate income households and all households. This next project is a data-driven analysis of the co-adoption of rooftop solar energy along with energy storage, electric vehicles, and energy efficiency. It … key conclusions on the most effective and cost-effective approaches for the deployment of solar energy and related technologies to all communities. This project is funded by the U.S. …
… What motivates people to install rooftop solar panels? Which incentives or policies can rapidly boost the adoption of this … set of partners came together to test these questions by examining the uptake of solar through the Solarize CT program. Out of this collaboration, we have produced a … solar power? If you’ve ever considered installing solar panels on your roof, you’ve probably asked two basic questions: How much does it cost? And how long before ... Blog …
… Jack's Solar Garden, based in Boulder County, Colorado, is the largest commercially active agrivoltaics system in the U.S. Jack’s Solar Garden aspires to be a model for farmers on producing renewable energy while improving agricultural production via agrivoltaics – the co-location of solar power and agricultural production. While agrivoltaics is not a new idea, it is not in …
… Join us for a conversation with Jon Carson, Senior Director of the Solar Ambassador program at SolarCity. Solar City is an American company that provides design, financing and installation of solar …
… Agrivoltaics is a solar market subsegment that co-locates solar energy production and agricultural operations. Combining these practices into one space creates an efficient and sustainable land-use system that benefits farmers, solar developers, rural communities, and the earth itself. This emerging form of renewable …
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… SolarizeCT, which began in 2009, is designed to increase the installation of residential solar systems through local campaigns. The results have been stunning. In a threeyear Connecticut campaign (2012–2015), the number of homes with solar grew from about 800 to over 12,500. Research findings based on the campaign—the first …
… At the end of 2010, Jifan Gao, Trina Solar’s founder and chairman, wondered how his company could expand its presence in the … quickly establish strong relationships with some of the continent’s leading developers of solar projects. Trina supplied modules for a number of large, signature projects, developing … States. Some module makers had taken a fairly direct route and had acquired leading U.S. solar developers. In September of 2010, the Japanese module maker Sharp had bought Recurrent …
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