Influence of local environmental, social, economic and political variables on the spatial distribution of residential solar PV arrays across the United States

Energy Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 332-344

  Kwan, Calvin Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Renewable energy policy; Solar photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

COST OF ELECTRICITY; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; FLORIDA; GIS SOFTWARE; HOUSING UNITS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; POLITICAL VARIABLES; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; SOLAR INSOLATION; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PVS; ZIP CODE;

ENERGY POLICY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY POLICY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862261869     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.074     Document Type: Article

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