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
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]