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posted by martyb on Wednesday July 21 2021, @10:48AM   Printer-friendly

U.S. seeks to speed rooftop solar growth with instant permits:

The Solar Automated Permit Processing (SolarAPP+) platform, developed by DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, will be an optional portal for local governments to process permit applications automatically.

Approvals typically take a week or more currently, and permit-related costs can account for about a third of installers' overall costs, DOE said. The software speeds the process up by standardizing requirements, streamlining the application and automating some approvals.

Administration officials said the software will help speed adoption of rooftop solar and achieve President Joe Biden's goal of decarbonizing the U.S. electricity grid by 2035, a key pillar of his plan to address climate change. DOE has said that solar energy will need to be installed at a pace as much as five times faster than it is today to realize that goal.

[...] The portal performs an automatic review of permit applications, approving eligible systems instantly. Complex or ineligible systems are re-routed for additional review.

Local governments will not have to pay for the portal, DOE said. DOE is challenging 125 mayors and local officials to sign up for the SolarAPP tool before the end of the summer.


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 21 2021, @01:14PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 21 2021, @01:14PM (#1158733) Journal

    Well, nothings stops the local govt to tax the producers of electrical power operating under their jurisdiction. What's not to like in a steady income stream replacing an one off approval fee for 25 years?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @05:26PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @05:26PM (#1158798)

    Makes sense. In much of the west of the USA property owners do not own the rain that falls on their land, why should they own the insolation?

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 22 2021, @03:07AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 22 2021, @03:07AM (#1159006)

      Rain is Jesus's tears so it actually belongs to the Repubilcans.