Sunny Side Up: Developing Community Solar Policy in the State of California

Over the past ten years, the State of California has realized environmental, economic, and social benefits through the increased deployment of solar photovoltaic technologies. However, utility-scale and residential-scale solar projects also pose a variety of problems, which have created barriers to...

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Main Author: Wade, India H
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Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/643
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spelling ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-scholarship.claremont.edu-cmc_theses-16172013-07-19T03:03:23Z Sunny Side Up: Developing Community Solar Policy in the State of California Wade, India H Over the past ten years, the State of California has realized environmental, economic, and social benefits through the increased deployment of solar photovoltaic technologies. However, utility-scale and residential-scale solar projects also pose a variety of problems, which have created barriers to their broader adoption. Community solar projects offer a model for solar development that can reduce the problems associated with utility-scale and residential-scale projects, while simultaneously preserving the benefits of each. This thesis examines the problems associated with current solar projects and proposes policy to support the community solar project model in California. 2013-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/643 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1617&context=cmc_theses © 2013 India H. Wade CMC Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont community solar policy California utility electricity Energy Policy Environmental Policy Public Policy Social Policy
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topic community
solar
policy
California
utility
electricity
Energy Policy
Environmental Policy
Public Policy
Social Policy
spellingShingle community
solar
policy
California
utility
electricity
Energy Policy
Environmental Policy
Public Policy
Social Policy
Wade, India H
Sunny Side Up: Developing Community Solar Policy in the State of California
description Over the past ten years, the State of California has realized environmental, economic, and social benefits through the increased deployment of solar photovoltaic technologies. However, utility-scale and residential-scale solar projects also pose a variety of problems, which have created barriers to their broader adoption. Community solar projects offer a model for solar development that can reduce the problems associated with utility-scale and residential-scale projects, while simultaneously preserving the benefits of each. This thesis examines the problems associated with current solar projects and proposes policy to support the community solar project model in California.
author Wade, India H
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title Sunny Side Up: Developing Community Solar Policy in the State of California
title_short Sunny Side Up: Developing Community Solar Policy in the State of California
title_full Sunny Side Up: Developing Community Solar Policy in the State of California
title_fullStr Sunny Side Up: Developing Community Solar Policy in the State of California
title_full_unstemmed Sunny Side Up: Developing Community Solar Policy in the State of California
title_sort sunny side up: developing community solar policy in the state of california
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