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| Title | Type |
Date |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Solarize Guidebook: A Community Guide to Collective Purchasing of Residential PV Systems |
How-To Guides |
May 2012 |
This guidebook is intended to be a roadmap for project planners and solar advocates who want to create their own successful Solarize campaigns. |
| Firefighter Safety and Photovoltaic (PV) Systems |
Webinars |
April 2012 |
This webinar will share the results of research conducted by UL to examine the fire service concerns of photovoltaic (PV) systems and the potential impact of firefighting operations. |
| Solar, Sustainability, and Energy Efficiency in Columbia, MO |
Webinars |
April 2012 |
Barbara Buffaloe, the city of Columbia, Missouri’s Sustainability Manager and Connie Kacprowicz, a Utilities Services Specialist for Columbia Water and Light discuss the city’s solar initiatives and how they tie in with other energy efficiency and sustainability programs underway in the community |
| Federal and State Structures to Support Financing Utility-Scale Solar Projects and the Business Models Designed to Utilize Them |
Technical Reports |
April 2012 |
Utility-scale solar projects have grown rapidly in number and size over the last few years, driven in part by strong renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and federal incentives designed to stimulate investment in renewable energy technologies. |
| Economic (Re)Development and Solar Webinar |
Webinars |
April 2012 |
Looking for something to do with that former landfill? Interested in renewable energy? Communities across the country have brownfields, capped landfills, and other pieces of vacant and underutilized land, which have the potential to be successfully redeveloped with solar. |
| Saving With Solar: Understanding Retail Solar Power Purchase Agreements |
Webinars |
March 2012 |
In 2010, PPAs and leases made up around 43% of all PV installations (by capacity) in the non-residential sector and approximately 17% of capacity additions in the residential sector. |
| The Impact of Financial Structure on the Cost of Solar Energy |
Technical Reports |
March 2012 |
To stimulate investment in renewable energy generation projects, the federal government developed a series of support structures that reduce taxes for eligible investors--the investment tax credit, the production tax credit, and accelerated depreciation. |
| New Orleans Solar Calculator |
Tools |
March 2012 |
The City of New Orleans and its partners provide this New Orleans Solar Calculator website as a public service to assist persons in estimating solar potential and the potential value of installing solar panels at locations in the City. |
| Funding Solar Projects at Federal Agencies: Mechanisms and Selection Criteria |
How-To Guides |
March 2012 |
Implementing solar energy projects at federal facilities is a process. The project planning phase of the process includes determining goals, building a team, determining site feasibility and selecting the appropriate project funding tool. |
| Solar America Cities Podcast: Solar in Pittsburgh |
Podcasts |
March 2012 |
Jason Kambitsis, a Senior Planner with the City of Pittsburgh's Department of City Planning, discusses the Pittsburgh Solar Initiative. Pittsburgh was named as one of the Department of Energy's 25 Solar America City in 2007 and as a member of a Rooftop Solar Challenge team in 2011. |