Residential Solar-Adopter Income and Demographic Trends: 2022 Update
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| Title: | Residential Solar-Adopter Income and Demographic Trends: 2022 Update |
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| Authors: | Barbose, Galen L, Forrester, Sydney, O’Shaughnessy, Eric, Darghouth, Naïm R |
| Publisher Information: | Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Subject Terms: | 13. Climate action, 11. Sustainability, 1. No poverty, 7. Clean energy |
| Description: | Author(s): Barbose, Galen L; Forrester, Sydney; O’Shaughnessy, Eric; Darghouth, Naim R | Abstract: The report describes income, demographic, and other socio-economic trends among U.S. residential rooftop solar adopters. The report is based on data for roughly 1.9 million residential rooftop solar systems installed through 2019, representing 82% of all U.S. systems. With its unique size, geographic scope, and level of detail, this report is intended to serve as a foundational reference document for policy-makers, industry stakeholders, and researchers. Key findings include the following: -Solar adopters generally skew towards higher incomes, though that trend continues to diminish over time. -Solar adopter incomes vary considerably and encompass many low-to-moderate income (LMI) households. -Solar-adopter incomes are consistently higher for systems paired with battery storage, for host-owned systems, and for systems installed on single-family homes. -Solar adopters differ from the broader U.S. population in terms of a variety of other demographic and socioeconomic measures. -State-level comparisons indicate that solar-adopters tend to live in neighborhoods with relatively high non-Hispanic White and Asian populations, and with relatively low Hispanic and Black populations. |
| Document Type: | Report Other literature type Article |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| DOI: | 10.2172/1775422 |
| Access URL: | https://escholarship.org/content/qt5vd6w51m/qt5vd6w51m.pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5vd6w51m https://escholarship.org/content/qt5vd6w51m/qt5vd6w51m.pdf?t=qr54ad https://escholarship.org/uc/item/473933mw |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....df610a50f8839243d5dc5280d7308d8c |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Author(s): Barbose, Galen L; Forrester, Sydney; O’Shaughnessy, Eric; Darghouth, Naim R | Abstract: The report describes income, demographic, and other socio-economic trends among U.S. residential rooftop solar adopters. The report is based on data for roughly 1.9 million residential rooftop solar systems installed through 2019, representing 82% of all U.S. systems. With its unique size, geographic scope, and level of detail, this report is intended to serve as a foundational reference document for policy-makers, industry stakeholders, and researchers. Key findings include the following: -Solar adopters generally skew towards higher incomes, though that trend continues to diminish over time. -Solar adopter incomes vary considerably and encompass many low-to-moderate income (LMI) households. -Solar-adopter incomes are consistently higher for systems paired with battery storage, for host-owned systems, and for systems installed on single-family homes. -Solar adopters differ from the broader U.S. population in terms of a variety of other demographic and socioeconomic measures. -State-level comparisons indicate that solar-adopters tend to live in neighborhoods with relatively high non-Hispanic White and Asian populations, and with relatively low Hispanic and Black populations. |
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| DOI: | 10.2172/1775422 |