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In 2022, around 10% of all new residential solar installations included paired storage — up from virtually zero in 2015.

Rooftop solar system median size up 200%, with storage pairings rising: DOE lab

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Across the U.S. market, California “dominates” in sheer numbers of residential solar installations, according to LBNL. And 11% of those systems have attached storage, a trend Barbose said is driven in part by rebates for storage and by the California Public Utilities Commission’s Self-Generation Incentive Program.

However, system sizes in California only average 7.1 kW – “near the low end of the spectrum,” LBNL said, which pulls the U.S. median downward. While median system sizes in most states are “well above 8 kW, and in many states above 9 kW,” California’s overall share of the market means national median size is 7.2kW.

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Source: Utility Dive

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The new permitting system streamlines approvals for rooftop solar systems, reducing the process time from weeks or months to mere minutes.

Huntington Beach unveils automated solar permitting system

The City of Huntington Beach announced yesterday, the introduction of an automated photovoltaic solar permitting system in collaboration with SolarAPP+. This innovation expedites the approval process for rooftops solar systems, promoting renewable energy adoption amongst community members, as posted on their Facebook page.

Through this initiative, Huntington Beach positions itself as one of Orange County’s leading cities in striving for a sustainable future.

This launch of an automated permitting system reflects the city’s dedication to mitigating reliance on non-renewable energy sources.

It prompts a movement to more sustainable, efficient and cost-effective solutions.

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Source: hoodline

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California's 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco will hear a legal challenge to the state’s recently adopted rooftop solar rules.

Appeals court will hear challenge to California’s new rooftop solar rules

California’s 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco will hear a legal challenge to the state’s recently adopted rooftop solar rules.

Three groups challenged the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) decision to slash the value of electricity generated from solar panels and install $15 monthly fees for residents who add solar panels to their rooftops.

The Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Working Group, and the Protect Our Communities Foundation challenged the CPUC’s adoption of the new rules.

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If all warehouses and superstores went solar, they could produce enough electricity to power the equivalent of 27 million households.

The solar potential of warehouses and superstores explained

Solar energy in America is growing. In 2021, America produced enough solar energy to power 15 million homes – 15 times as much as we produced in 2012.

But given that solar could power our country many times over, we are still just barely scratching the surface of our solar potential. The sooner we tap that potential the better it will be for our health and our environment.

One of the best place to put the large scale solar that we’ll need is on existing rooftops. In the video below, I explain the rooftop solar potential of big box stores and warehouses.

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Source: Environment America

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The number of solar residential installations continues to climb every year and to break records. A government estimate shows how much.

This year’s rooftop solar installations expected to break last year’s record, experts say

Rooftop solar installations had a record-breaking year in 2022 and experts believe this trend will continue.

Last year broke records for small-scale solar installations. National rooftop solar adoption has risen by 32.2 gigawatts since 2014, according to new estimates from the US Energy Information Administration, with 2022 holding the record for the most small-scale solar capacity added in one year (6.4 gigawatts).

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Source: CNET

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The Zúñigas got their panels for free, as a result of a state program called Transformative Climate Communities.

Low-income households are getting help from a free solar rooftop program

Gloria and Macedonio Zúñiga have lived in Pacoima for more than 45 years. They emigrated from Mexico and built a life here — Gloria worked as a seamstress and Macedonio as a machinist. They eventually bought a home and raised three children.

Now retired, their days are mostly spent watching over their six young grandchildren.

But in recent years, they’ve noticed the heat only going up. She said every day has felt hotter than the last.

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Source: LAist

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Allume Energy announced a $1.5M bridge investment from Elemental Excelerator and the Schmidt Family Foundation to bring Allume’s SolShare technology to more multi-unit residences and expand clean, affordable energy access.

Allume Energy receives $1.5M to address energy inequity

Allume Energy today announced a $1.5 million bridge investment from Elemental Excelerator and the Schmidt Family Foundation to bring Allume’s SolShare technology to more multi-unit residences and expand clean, affordable energy access where it has the greatest potential to benefit the lives of low-income residents. Allume will use the convertible note funding to bring rooftop solar to more than 4,000 residents across the Southeastern U.S., starting with shared solar projects in Florida, Georgia and Mississippi.

On average, beneficiaries of the SolShare technology can save up to 40% off their electricity bills. The first U.S. pilot project in Orlando has indicated an average annual savings of $1166 per apartment in the first year of operation, including net metering credit savings. Allume expects its new projects across the Sun Belt over the next year will prevent over 10,000 tons of CO2 emissions (equivalent to taking over 2,000 cars off the road for a year) that would have otherwise been created from conventional energy consumption. Allume will soon begin installation of its second project in Orlando, bringing the number of U.S. installations to three (the other site is in Jackson, MI).

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Source: Kalkine Media

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By the end of 2032, buying & installing solar energy system at your home makes you eligible for a federal tax credit for 30% of the cost.

At 30%, solar panel tax credits are at a high point for now

Americans are increasingly turning to rooftop solar panels to save money on their energy bills, and over the next decade, federal tax credits can help reduce the cost of installing them.

Tax breaks for solar panels aren’t new, but the Inflation Reduction Act, passed last year, expanded and extended them as part of the government’s effort to reduce greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

If you buy and install a solar energy system at your home by the end of 2032, you are eligible for a federal tax credit for 30 percent of the cost, including the panels, related equipment, wiring, installation, permits and fees. The credit shrinks to 26 percent in 2033 and 22 percent in 2034. (The solar credit is one of several residential clean energy credits included in the 2022 law.)

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Source: The New York Times

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CA regulators are proposing a plan that could make it impossible for people in apartments, schools and small farms to reap the benefits of solar.

Rooftop solar benefits for apartment buildings, schools in crosshairs of California energy regulators

California energy regulators are proposing a rooftop solar energy billing plan that, if adopted, could make it impossible for people in apartments, schools and small farms to enjoy the environmental, financial and other benefits of the clean power source.

The California Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, on August 2 introduced its proposed changes to two key solar programs, Net Energy Metering Aggregation, or NEMA and Virtual Net Energy Metering, or VNEM. The changes could thwart multifamily properties’ use of the energy their rooftop solar generates, forcing them to sell the energy to the state’s electric utilities before purchasing it back at higher retail rates.

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The DOE has announced $453.5M from the PR-ERF to install up to 30,000 to 40,000 solar PV & battery storage systems for low-income single-family households.

US announces $450 million for Puerto Rico’s rooftop solar power

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The Department of Energy has announced $453.5 million from the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund to install up to 30,000 to 40,000 solar PV and battery storage systems for low-income single-family households, according to the agency Monday.

Funding will also be allocated toward consumer protection efforts to provide ongoing system education, training, and support.

This marks the first funding opportunity through PR-ERF, an initiative to support Puerto Rico’s most vulnerable communities in meeting the goal of 100% renewable energy by 2050, said the agency.

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Source: Bloomberg Law

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