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SolarAPP+ Has Cut 150,000 Business Days of Solar Permitting Process

June 15, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), policy & politics, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar leasing, solar panels, solar permitting, solar prices, solarapp, us solar energy, us solar energy policy, us solar permitting, us solar power

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:57:16 +0000

15,400 Hours of Staff Time Saved and Projects Installed 14 Days Sooner With Automated Solar Permitting Platform Across the United States, rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations continue to grow, with over 671,000 installs in 2022—and final numbers are expected to be even higher in 2023. Local governments must permit each installation, checking … [continued]

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U.S. Electric Power Sector Reported Fewer Delays for New Solar Capacity Projects in 2023

May 11, 2024 admin clean power, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, market research, policy & politics, research, Solar energy, solar permitting, us solar, us solar energy, us solar permitting

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 07:24:24 +0000

The U.S. electric power sector reported fewer delays to install new utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in 2023 than in 2022. In 2023, solar developers pushed back the scheduled online date for an average of 19% of planned solar capacity compared with an average of 23% in 2022. Although the … [continued]

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200 Clean Energy Companies Urge Congress to Pass Siting, Permitting, & Transmission Reform Before 2024 Election

April 22, 2024 admin aes, batteries, clean power, Congress, edf renewables, electricity transmission, Energy Storage, federal public lands, lithium-ion batteries, permitting, press releases, public lands, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar on public lands, solar permitting, solar power plants, transmission, us solar permitting

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:37:18 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — [This week] nearly 200 solar and storage companies sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve permitting, project siting, transmission, and public lands access for solar and solar plus storage projects. Market forecasts show that a range of policy and economic outcomes will determine the volume … [continued]

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Automated Solar Permitting Speeds Solar Adoption Across United States

May 13, 2023 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar permitting, solarapp, us department of energy (doe), us solar permitting

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 03:25:59 +0000

Communities That Used SolarAPP+ Processed More Than 11,000 Solar Permits and Eliminated More Than 134,000 Days of Delays in 2022

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Streamlined Solar Permitting App Surpasses 10,000 Solar Permits

February 11, 2023 admin clean power, consumer technology, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), policy & politics, rooftop solar, smartphone apps, Solar energy, solar panels, solar permitting, solarapp, us solar permitting

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 01:45:47 +0000

Cumbersome, time-consuming, and costly solar permitting has been a major block to greater rooftop solar power adoption for decades. Even as solar panel costs came down and solar permitting was streamlined in other countries, the USA lagged behind in one of the most fundamental portions of the “going solar” process. Then it arrived (a bit […]

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SolarAPP+ Prize Helps Communities Adopt Automated Solar Permit Processing

December 9, 2022 admin clean power, consumer technology, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, policy & politics, rooftop solar, rooftop solar permitting, smartphone apps, Solar energy, solar permitting, solarapp

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 08:00:23 +0000

12 Communities Selected To Adopt Online Solar Permitting Platform — and Win $15,000

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Solving Rooftop Solar Permitting Challenges In USA: New American-Made SolarAPP+ Prize

September 13, 2022 admin clean power, policy & politics, rooftop solar, rooftop solar permitting, Solar energy, solar permitting, solarapp

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:10:58 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy just launched the American-Made SolarAPP+ Prize to accelerate the adoption of SolarAPP+ by local governments. Counties, cities, and incorporated towns and villages in the United States can win $15,000 by applying before Nov. 4, 2022, and implementing SolarAPP+ by April 27, 2023. SolarAPP+ is an online platform that can automate […]

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Safer, Faster, Cheaper Rooftop Solar: How SolarAPP+ Is Cutting Through Bureaucracy To Boost Solar Deployment

July 19, 2022 admin clean power, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar permitting, solarapp

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 12:50:17 +0000

More than half a million residential solar systems were installed in the United States in 2021, representing a 30% year-over-year uptick in installed solar capacity. This is great news for households looking to both stabilize and lower their energy costs, but for the thousands of local jurisdictions responsible for permitting and inspecting each and every […]

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California to Give Grants to Cities & Counties that Adopt SolarAPP+ Solar Permitting App

July 1, 2022 admin California, california energy commission, california solar permitting, clean power, consumer technology, policy & politics, smartphone apps, Solar energy, solar permitting, solarapp, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:00:40 +0000

California recently launched a first-in-the-nation initiative to spur growth in rooftop solar and reduce consumer costs by cutting red tape that impedes solar installations. The California Energy Commission’s “CalAPP” program will provide incentives to cities and counties to adopt SolarAPP+, software designed by the federal Dept. of Energy using innovative technology that issues building permits […]

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NREL-Led Solar Permitting Software Reduces Project Times By 12 Days

February 3, 2022 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), policy & politics, rooftop solar, rooftop solar permitting, Solar energy, solar permitting, solarapp

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:21 +0000

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new pilot study on the Solar Automated Permit Processing (SolarAPP+) tool — a free, web-based platform for automating residential solar permit approval—revealing the platform’s impact in the communities where it is deployed. The results of the study are impressive: The software substantially reduces the time it takes to permit, […]