Lessons in Community Owned PV from Swedish Multi-Family Housing Cooperatives

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dc.contributor.authorSommerfeldt, Nelson
dc.contributor.authorMuyingo, Henry
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-14T20:10:56Z
dc.date.available2023-02-14T20:10:56Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractWith increasing population shifts to urban areas and demands for post-war energy efficient renovationsacross Europe, solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment in multi-family housing will play an increasingly important roletowards meeting renewable energy, climate, and sustainability goals. This paper describes the stories of threeSwedish residential cooperatives who have installed large-scale PV systems across multiple buildings on their estates.In all cases, reduced operating costs were the original primary motivator; however unforeseen cost increases, changesin policy, and excess supply in the electricity market have made economic success less likely than originallyexpected. Regardless, the owners consider their projects a success due in part to short term social and long-termenvironmental benefits, which were originally less important and difficult to quantify. We can conclude thatcommunity owned PV offers more than just economic benefits, and Sweden’s unique ownership and managementstructure of residential cooperatives can offer insights towards increased deployment in other nations in Europe.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSommerfeldt, N., & Muyingo, H. (2015). Lessons in community owned PV from Swedish multi-family housing cooperatives. In 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Hamburg, September 14-18, 2015 (pp. 2745-2750).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7803
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHamburgen_US
dc.subjectPV systemen_US
dc.subjecteconomic analysisen_US
dc.subjectsociologicalen_US
dc.subjectcase studyen_US
dc.titleLessons in Community Owned PV from Swedish Multi-Family Housing Cooperativesen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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