Hard Challenges: Soft Costs

Moderator: Jason Keyes, KFW

Presenters: James Tong, CG Dong, Darlene Steward, Robert Margolis, Rebecca Cantwell

More details on each presenter/presentation below.


From the Trenches: Innovations in Distributed Generation Permitting

Author and Presenter: James Tong, Senior Director, Clean Power Finance, San Francisco, CA


The impact of city-level permitting processes on residential pv installation prices and development times

Authors: CG Dong, Ryan Wiser
Presenter: CG Dong
Affiliations: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA; The University of Texas at Austin, TX


State policy staging to optimize private investment in solar technologies

Authors: Elizabeth Doris, Darlene Steward
Presenter:Darlene Steward, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO


Non-hardware roadmap for residential and commercial PV 2012: solution pathways for cost reduction (first edition)

Authors: Robert Margolis, Sarah Truitt, Carolyn Davidson, Kristen Ardani, Daniel Seif, Jesse Morris, Roy Torbert
Presenter: Robert, Margolis
Affiliations: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; Rocky Mountain Institute, Snow Mass, CO.


Developing Solar Friendly Communities

Author and Presenter: Rebecca Cantwell, Senior Program Director, Solar Friendly Communities, COSEIA