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Utilizing a unique dataset from the residential PV market in Texas, the authors construct a financial model based in part on an NREL model that calculates the expected lifecycle costs and revenues of PV system ownership for the residential buying and leasing business models. The results confirm the ability of third party ownership to open up new market segments. 

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With significant variance in estimates of cost and price within the solar market, DOE's Sunshot Initiative with scientists from National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Lawrence Berkley National Labs, have released their report that seeks to address these differences.

From an environmental perspective, few things threaten our nation's future prosperity more than climate change.But there is growing hope. Every 3.2 minutes of every single day, the US solar industry is doing its part to help fight climate change by flipping the switch on another completed solar project. 

Benjamin Franklin once said, "half the truth is often a great lie." Keep that in mind when you read a recent report prepared for the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) about Germany's experience with renewable energy, including solar power. 

With the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issuing its first-ever rule limiting carbon pollution from existing power plants, many policymakers in Congress and state capitals are wondering: How can states meet the proposed standards most cost effectively?