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Designing PV Incentive Programs to Promote System Performance: AReview of Current Practice
Barbose, Galen; Wiser, Ryan; Bolinger, Mark - 2008
design efforts going forward, we examine the approaches to encouraging PV system performance - including, but not limited to …Some stakeholders continue to voice concerns about the performance of customer-sited photovoltaic (PV) systems … much remains to be understood about the extent and specific causes of poor PV system performance, several studies of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436041
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New Berkeley Lab Report Tracks a Decade of PV Installed Cost Trends
Barbose, Galen; Peterman, Carla; Wiser, Ryan - 2009
Installations of PV systems have been expanding at a rapid pace in recent years. In the United States, the market for PV is driven by national, state, and local government incentives, including upfront cash rebates, production-based incentives, requirements that electricity suppliers purchase a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436091
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Tracking the Sun III; The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the United States from 1998-2009
Barbose, Galen; Darghouth, Naim; Wiser, Ryan - 2011
Installations of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have been growing at a rapid pace in recent years. In 2009, approximately 7,500 megawatts (MW) of PV were installed globally, up from approximately 6,000 MW in 2008, consisting primarily of grid-connected applications. With 335 MW of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436285
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Renewable Portfolio Standards in the United States - A Status Report with Data Through 2007
Wiser, Ryan; Wiser, Ryan; Barbose, Galen; Bird, Lori; … - 2008
, has not yet been signed into law. The design of an RPS can and does vary, but at its heart an RPS simply requires retail … to the renewable energy policy landscape, and these policies continue to evolve. Keeping up with the design, early … information on historical RPS experience and design. The report begins with an overview of state RPS policies: where they have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436034
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State Policies Provide Critical Support for Renewable Electricity
Barbose, Galen; Wiser, Ryan; Bolinger, Mark - 2009
following the implementation of RPS policies. To date, wind energy has been the primary beneficiary of state RPS policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436093