Building Minnesota’s Solar Future: The Option of a “Solar Carve-Out” in the Renewable Energy Standard (2008)
Submitted by Hans Craen on June 12, 2009This brief was put out by the associate director of the Green Institute in 2008. The purpose of this document is to plan a program to build on the current Minnesota state program â a solar rebate ending in 2009.
They propose a âsolar carve-outâ, which is an addition to a renewable energy standard (RES) that specifies that a portion of that RES needs to be met with a particular technology (solar). Other policies are also included in the document to promote solar such as: performance incentives or feed-in tariffs; tax credits; cash rebates or grants; green pricing programs.
It also gives examples of other states with solar carve-outs, with the unique characteristics about the programs, and issues that relate to solar carve-outs.
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