The role of residential solar photovoltaic panels
The adoption of residential photovoltaic systems (PV) is seen as an important part of the sustainable energy transition. To facilitate this process, it is crucial to identify the determinants of solar adoption.
The adoption of residential photovoltaic systems (PV) is seen as an important part of the sustainable energy transition. To facilitate this process, it is crucial to identify the determinants of solar adoption.
Failing to identify the prominent role that solar PV will play in a future climate-neutral energy system weakens the communication of an important message: PV technology is ready to ramp up fast and contribute to mitigating emissions by 2030, which will be key to remain on a path compatible with the Paris Agreement. 1 Installation times are .
In this paper, we aim to develop an estimate of the economic potential of rooftop PV, and implement this technology in an IAM to study its possible role in long-term energy and climate scenarios. For this, we derived regional cost-supply curves for rooftop PV and used these curves to create a rooftop PV technology in the IMAGE IAM.
We study the diffusion of solar photovoltaic panels in California and find that at the average number of owner-occupied homes in a zip code, an additional installation increases the probability of an adoption in the zip code by 0.78 percentage points.
The prevalence of low-density residential development to host solar PV, the ubiquity of solar irradiation, and incentivizing policies have created substantial opportunities for homeowners in the United States.
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