Wooden Mackenzie has launched a brand new report that appears on the results of the One Massive Stunning Invoice Act (HR1) on the U.S. residential photo voltaic market. The evaluation group finds that the removing of the Sec. 25D ITC will hinder near-term progress, however long-term potential stays robust. Development is predicted to return after 2028.
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Wooden Mackenzie’s newest perception, “Near-term challenges but long-term potential: Evaluating the U.S. residential solar addressable market,” finds that HR1 may downgrade residential photo voltaic capability by as a lot as 46% by way of 2030 in comparison with its business-as-usual base case from Q2. The elimination of the residential ITC will make photo voltaic much less reasonably priced for householders, creating important near-term market disruption.
“Many firms won’t be able to remain in enterprise,” mentioned Zoe Gaston, principal at Wooden Mackenzie. “Nevertheless, the market will finally adapt, and the remaining gamers will diversify and discover methods to chop prices. Additional, rising retail charges will proceed to make the residential photo voltaic worth proposition extra compelling.”
Regardless of these near-term challenges, the report reveals substantial long-term alternative. The residential photo voltaic complete addressable market (TAM) is projected to succeed in practically 1,500 GW by 2050. Leveraging U.S. Census Bureau and Wooden Mackenzie information, the evaluation estimates roughly 92 million single-family owner-occupied residential properties will exist by 2050, with potential for greater than 70 million properties so as to add photo voltaic over the subsequent 25 years after excluding unsuitable properties and people with current installations.
Even in Wooden Mackenzie’s conservative 25-year low-case state of affairs — which assumes solely 12% TAM penetration — the market would nonetheless add 150 GW of residential photo voltaic capability by 2050.
“Nevertheless, rather a lot can change in 25 years, together with technological and product developments, enterprise mannequin evolution, and value declines that may speed up residential photo voltaic progress,” added Gaston. “We count on a extra constructive end result than our low-case state of affairs.”
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