THE RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ACCELERATOR

The Residential Rooftop Solar Accelerator is a lease model targeting the Indian residential market to overcome high upfront costs and performance risks. By using data-driven customer acquisition, standardized product offerings, and a mobile app for sales management, the instrument aims to scale rooftop solar deployment. A pilot in Kota, Rajasthan, targets 250 projects of 5 KW each by 2019, with a broader goal of installing projects for 20,000 households by 2022 to mobilize US$ 75 million and abate 130,000 tons of carbon emissions.

• As of March 2018, India's residential rooftop solar market had only 0.5 GW installed despite a total potential exceeding 60 GW, while total rooftop installations reached 2.5 GW, primarily in commercial and industrial sectors.
• The instrument addresses market barriers such as high upfront costs and performance risks for customers, as well as high acquisition costs and limited commercial finance access for developers, through a lease model and standardized product configurations.
• The pilot phase in Kota, Rajasthan, aims to install 250 projects of 5 KW each by 2019, which is expected to mobilize US$ 1 million and save up to 1600 tons of carbon emissions.
• At scale, the instrument targets the installation of 5 KW projects for 20,000 households by 2022, which would mobilize US$ 75 million and abate 130,000 tons of carbon emissions.
• If replicated by other companies, the model could lead to 500 MW of installed capacity by 2022, powering 100,000 homes and abating 640,000 tons of CO2.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2018). THE RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ACCELERATOR. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Residential-Rooftop-Solar-Accelerator_Instrument-Overview.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. THE RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ACCELERATOR. 2018. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Residential-Rooftop-Solar-Accelerator_Instrument-Overview.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2018residential, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{THE RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ACCELERATOR}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2018}, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Residential-Rooftop-Solar-Accelerator_Instrument-Overview.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }