Tell your state legislators: We need more rooftop solar, less red tape
Automated permitting will accelerate the clean energy transition in Illinois.
Communities that used SolarApp+ processed more than 11,000 solar permits and eliminated more than 134,000 days of delays in 2022.
As more American households go solar, automatic permitting promises to increase the number of solar projects, reduce delays and improve project outcomes according to an annual performance report on SolarAPP+, an automatic permitting platform developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
SolarAPP+, which NREL created with support from the U.S. Department of Energy, and in collaboration with industry and the building safety community, eases the permitting process and cuts red tape, making it easier for permit granting authorities to issue permits for residential PV systems and solar-plus-storage systems. With SolarAPP+, the authorities having jurisdiction can instantly issue permits for code-compliant residential PV systems.
The key findings of the 2022 SolarAPP+ performance report include:
“Most residential rooftop solar installations are straightforward,” said Johanna Neumann, Senior Director of the Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy. “SolarApp+ allows run-of-the-mill rooftop solar projects to move forward in a timely manner, while freeing up the valuable time of permitting staff to focus on projects that need their attention. America needs more rooftop solar, fast. This SolarApp+ performance report provides further evidence that adopting automatic permitting for rooftop solar offers critical benefits that will help this valuable clean energy technology become even more widespread. Now we just need more communities across America adopting automatic permitting for rooftop solar.”
America’s solar energy potential is tremendous. Solar energy alone – counting utility-scale and rooftop PV — has the technical potential to produce 284 million GWh of electricity each year, equivalent to 78 times U.S. electricity use in 2020.
Automated permitting will accelerate the clean energy transition in Illinois.
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