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Community Solar and the Drive towards Decarbonisation

Graham Watson

25th March 2021

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A new business model is looking at how to encourage the adoption of residential solar power in low-income parts of the US.

The key to the expansion of community solar is to shift the costs of switching to renewable energy away from up-front installation and spread it across a far longer time frame.

Community Solar and the Drive towards Decarbonisation
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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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