Solar Market Pathways
Despite the many successes of the california solar market there are portions of the market that still lack easy access to solar energy particularly renters and businesses in multi tenant structures.
Solar market pathways. Solar market pathways smp is an effort funded by the u s. Department of energy sunshot initiative to help 15 member colleges develop comprehensive plans for implementing solar power on their campuses. Enable more people businesses and communities to participate in community solar programs. Department of energy to drive down the cost of solar energy and accelerate deployment in communities across the united states.
Develop and implement programs in markets that have not previously had community solar. Awardees use a wide range of tools including special financing mechanisms like commercial property. These projects take a variety of approaches to develop actionable strategic plans to expand solar electricity use for residential community and commercial properties. Stakeholders responded positively to the 2016 report and requested an update to the original report which was published by veic in 2020.
Solar market pathways smp is an effort funded by the u s. Through solar market pathways projects worked to. The resulting vermont solar market pathways report published in 2016 proved the feasibility and benefits of increasing solar contributions to 20 and provided a plan for implementation. The program is run through the solar energy technologies office which seeks to make solar cost competitive advance grid integration approaches increase.
The program is run through the solar energy technologies office which seeks to make solar cost competitive advance grid integration approaches increase demand response and. Identify best practices and consumer preferences to improve existing program models. Background california is a solar market leader largely due to innovative policies and programs fostered at state and local levels. The solar market pathways program supports 15 sunshot projects that are advancing solar deployment across the united states.