Community rooftop public solar power generation

What are rooftop and community solar?

Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative Rooftop and community solar are alternative product classes for residential solar in the United States.

What is a rooftop solar energy system?

Rooftop solar energy systems produce power locally, keeping power production and the economic opportunities that solar energy generates within the community. SETO funds research that helps maximize the value of rooftop solar systems for their owners.

Are rooftop and community solar a viable alternative product class?

Nature Energy 9, 955–963 (2024) Cite this article An Author Correction to this article was published on 28 June 2024 This article has been updated Rooftop and community solar are alternative product classes for residential solar in the United States.

Are rooftop and community solar reaching distinct racial communities?

Future research could explore why rooftop and community solar appear to be reaching distinct racial communities and why policy appears to be particularly critical for expanding solar access to racial minorities. Our data sources are defined in Table 1.

Does community solar expand access to demographic groups underserved by rooftop solar?

Nonetheless, we find that multifamily building occupants, renters, and—to a lesser extent—LMI households are significantly more likely to adopt community solar than rooftop solar. These results suggest that community solar effectively expands access to demographic groups underserved by rooftop solar.

Do community solar projects promote more equitable adoption?

The impact of community solar on clean energy access has not been empirically evaluated. In this study, we fill this research gap by analysing the demographic profiles of rooftop and community solar adopters to determine whether existing community solar projects have promoted more equitable adoption.