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Residential Solar+Storage? Volume 10, Number 5 G June 2017 What’s Holding Back Residential Solar+Storage? A national lab provides insight into energy storage pricing and adoption barriers. page 12 Grid Impacts New methods help estimate how solar affects major U.S. electricity markets. page 16 Resource Assessment Accurately predicting project performance can make a big difference for developers. page 20 a_1_SI_1706.indd 1 5/26/17 10:50 AM b_2_11.28_36_SI_1706.inddLG_Spread_1706.indd 1 2 5/25/17 1:03 PM 5/19/17 12:04 PM LG_Spread_1706.indd 1 b_2_11.28_36_SI_1706.indd 3 5/19/175/25/17 12:04 1:04 PMPM ✹ Contents R Features Home Solar+Storage 12 12 What’s Holding Back Residential Solar+Storage? The National Renewable Energy Laboratory gauges the costs of combining residential solar with energy storage, as well as discusses current adoption barriers. Grid Impacts 16 Making Sense Of Solar: New Methods To Assess Penetration And Oversupply Risks Examining three operational variables can provide insight into the impacts of solar in major U.S. electricity markets. Resource Assessment 20 The Importance Of Accurate Performance Predictions 16 Several best practices can help developers reduce uncertainty in pre-construction solar resource assessments. Project Development 24 Developing Projects For Higher Education Colleges and universities have a growing appetite for on-campus solar projects, which require some unique development considerations. 24 20 ✹ Departments 6 Sun Dial 8 New & Noteworthy 10 Products & Technology 28 Projects & Contracts 32 Policy Watch 34 Sundown 4 Solar Industry b JUNE 2017 b_2_11.28_36_SI_1706.indd 4 5/26/17 10:55 AM 1 0 0 % L The easiest solar e mounting solution a for k Asphalt Shingle -P Roofs! 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As of MICHAEL BATES press time, the CPP hasn’t officially been dismantled, but Trump signed an executive order Publisher & Vice President [email protected] setting the processNEW &into NOTEWORTHY motion in late March. 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