July 23, 2024 • 3Degrees Staff

Discover ways organizations are reducing emissions in cement production by adopting innovative solutions like carbon capture, and identify actionable steps for integrating low-carbon materials into your supply chain.

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UP Whitepaper
October 25, 2017 • Katie Soroye

The residential renewable energy market is primed for rapid growth. A confluence of market factors is increasing choices for residential customers. Utilities in particular are eager to provide more choices and enhanced customer engagement.  3Degrees recently released a white paper that discusses the challenges for utilities in designing and delivering meaningful products to satisfy growing customer demand. The […]

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March 20, 2017 • 3Degrees Staff

As more states develop policy mechanisms for developer-led community solar, projects are proliferating. While some are highly successful, others struggle to sell out their capacity. To help build this market, we conducted research to determine what consumers want in a community solar product. The research was designed to answer the question: We used a conjoint […]

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December 16, 2016 • Sara Morse

Let’s be honest, designing a community solar product that resonates with customers, utilities, and regulators can be challenging. Many of the products we see in the market overlook customer needs and include unattractive requirements, such as upfront costs and rigid contracts. Designed to mitigate utility risk, these elements actually increase risk by hindering marketing and […]

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3Degrees compares community solar to barbecue: The Devil Is in the Details
September 13, 2016 • Adam Capage

Last year, we published a three-part series about community solar as offered by regulated utilities. These articles focused on key program design decisions; many of those discussions are just as relevant now as they were last year. But today I’d like to take the conversation up a level and talk about all the different varieties […]

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community solar white paper
February 2, 2016 • 3Degrees Staff

As more customers become interested in having solar, utilities are looking to meet that demand through new community solar offerings. The content of this white paper is focused on assisting utilities that voluntarily choose to implement community solar programs. Launching a new utility offering is similar to launching a new product. As utilities develop these […]

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sunshine lights up road
March 30, 2015 • Adam Capage

The first community solar programs were started nearly a decade ago, and, as the name suggests, the early efforts were led by communities — neighbors, small towns, places of worship — in each case, a group of people dedicated to building solar systems and sharing the benefits of the electrical output. From these humble beginnings, […]

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