Innovative Business Models

The Innovative Business Model focus area includes projects that provide support to build the market for solar energy. Successful deployment of new business models is required to meet the goals and objectives of the CSI Program. Testing and demonstration of innovative business models will help support expansion of cost-competitive solar technologies by reducing costs or increasing value of the solar system to owners or utilities. The program supports activities that enhance the competitiveness of new technologies, or to help reach a ‘tipping point' into widespread commercialization." This can include projects that involve testing of technologies or measures that enable streamlining of regulatory processes or standards in ways that allow new products to come to market more quickly and at lower costs.

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