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Learning by Doing: The Evolution of State Support for Photovoltaics.

DE2004820258

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Bolinger, M.; Wiser, R.
Page Count	18
Abstract	Fifteen states have established 'clean energy funds' that will collect more than $3 billion in aggregate from ratepayers over the next decade. The general mission of these funds is to support the development of renewable energy technologies and markets; all of the funds target the installation of photovoltaics (PV) in one way or another. So-called 'buy-down' programs-i.e., programs that offset the high up-front costs of PV through capital grants or rebates-have been the most popular approach taken to date in supporting PV. At present, however, state clean energy funds appear to be evolving into a new phase of supporting PV-one that draws upon lessons learned from the past few years experience with the first round of buy-down programs. This paper briefly discusses these lessons from the past and describes how various states are tweaking, rearranging, or crafting new programs to incorporate those lessons.
Keywords	Photovoltaic power supplies Solar energy Technology Marketing Renewable energy sources Funds States(United States) Clean energy
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA. Environmental Energy Technologies Div.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200413

Learning by Doing: The Evolution of State Support for Photovoltaics.

Learning by Doing: The Evolution of State Support for Photovoltaics.
DE2004820258

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Bolinger, M.; Wiser, R.
Page Count	18
Abstract	Fifteen states have established 'clean energy funds' that will collect more than $3 billion in aggregate from ratepayers over the next decade. The general mission of these funds is to support the development of renewable energy technologies and markets; all of the funds target the installation of photovoltaics (PV) in one way or another. So-called 'buy-down' programs-i.e., programs that offset the high up-front costs of PV through capital grants or rebates-have been the most popular approach taken to date in supporting PV. At present, however, state clean energy funds appear to be evolving into a new phase of supporting PV-one that draws upon lessons learned from the past few years experience with the first round of buy-down programs. This paper briefly discusses these lessons from the past and describes how various states are tweaking, rearranging, or crafting new programs to incorporate those lessons.
Keywords	Photovoltaic power supplies Solar energy Technology Marketing Renewable energy sources Funds States(United States) Clean energy
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA. Environmental Energy Technologies Div.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200413