Rooftop solar power: The solar energy potential of commercial building rooftops in the USA

✍ Scribed by Bill Jeppesen

• Book ID: 104438922
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 131 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1471-0846
• DOI: 10.1016/s1471-0846(04)00186-6

✦ Synopsis

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n states like California, one of the few states in the U.S. with established financial incentives programs designed to stimulate the PV market, considerably less than 1 percent of the usable commercial roof space is generating electricity from sunlight. The state is missing out on a potential source of energy, capable of generating thousands of gigawatt hours of electricity every year. Commercial building owners are missing an opportunity to decrease their operating expenses and increase their cash flow.

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A long-term perspective is required to fully evaluate and appreciate the impact of a photovoltaic (PV) system 2% of commercial roof space installed with PV could power 60,300 average californian homes