Supporting solar power in renewables portfolio standards: Experience from the United States

LBNL- 3984E E RNEST O RLANDO L AWRENCE B ERKELEY N ATIONAL L ABORATORY Supporting Solar Power in Renewables Portfolio Standards: Experience from the United States Ryan Wiser and Galen Barbose Environmental Energy Technologies Division Edward Holt Ed Holt & Associates, Inc. October 2010 This work was supported by: the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Solar Energy Technologies Program) and the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (Permitting, Siting, and Analysis Division) of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory under Contract No. DEK-8883050; and the Clean Energy States Alliance.

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