Streamlining photovoltaic deployment : The role of local governments in reducing soft costs
(2016) In Energy Procedia 88. p.450-454- Abstract
Steep declines in photovoltaic (PV) technology prices have directed attention to the so-called soft costs associated with PV deployment. This paper focuses on one element of soft costs: those that arise from local permitting and inspection processes typically being handled by municipalities. Based on a literature review, the paper compares the status of local PV permitting in the US and Germany. Results show the significant potential for municipalities to streamline local permit procedures, a process that can be facilitated by higher-level governance rules, standardizing bodies, and other solar advocacy coalitions.
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- author
- Strupeit, Lars LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016-06-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Governance, Municipality, Permitting, Photovoltaic, Soft cost reduction
- in
- Energy Procedia
- volume
- 88
- pages
- 5 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- wos:000387975200070
- scopus:85007583372
- ISSN
- 1876-6102
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.06.023
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 83f719b9-70b7-4238-bce7-77fa4436d13f
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- 2017-02-01 09:33:17
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