Local Solar For All

12/08/2023

Aiming for a 95% emission reduction by 2050, the Local Solar Roadmap put forth an ambitious vision in 2020. We know now that we can be more aggressive thanks to policies like the Inflation Reduction Act. On the Roadmap’s third anniversary, discover our commitment to a cleaner, greener world and what it will take to get there. ☀️🌿


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Check out the new roadmap for how to more cost-effectively transition to a clean grid by 2050.

12/07/2023

Local solar and storage, especially when they are virtual power plants, are essential to keeping our electric grid stable and affordable. We can’t win on climate change without it! In 2020, we showed how we can create $473 billion in savings. That’s only the start of how VPPs and local solar will benefit families, communities, and our national economy.



🔗 https://www.localsolarforall.org/roadmap

12/06/2023

Three years ago, the Local Solar Roadmap presented an ambitious future where rapid deployment of local solar + storage could create the lowest cost, cleanest future grid. What we were really saying was, like local solar and storage are essential to our clean energy transition.

We’re so glad to see some “successor” reports come out since our Roadmap, like the Department of Energy’s Virtual Power Plant Commercial Liftoff report. Check out how local solar and VPPs are our future. ▶︎ https://liftoff.energy.gov/vpp/

12/05/2023

As we celebrate three years of the Local Solar Roadmap, let's look at one of its key findings: Integrating 247 GW of rooftop solar can reduce grid costs by $120 billion!

This anniversary marks a pivotal moment in our journey towards a sustainable and affordable energy future. Join us in exploring the impact of solar innovation. 🌞🌱

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Check out the new roadmap for how to more cost-effectively transition to a clean grid by 2050.

12/04/2023

We’re celebrating 3 years of the Local Solar Roadmap this week!

Using a Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC tool to calculate the future impact of expanding distributed solar, the Roadmap found that deploying more local + storage can get us the cleanest, lowest-cost grid.

☀️273GW of local solar = 💰$473 billion savings + over 2 million jobs.

Learn more about the ideal future that leverages solar power. ▶ https://www.localsolarforall.org/roadmap

11/29/2023

As is about to kick off, let's remember how we can speed up our clean energy transition: and make sure that local solar and virtual power plants are part of the strategy. ☀️

11/23/2023

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11/21/2023

"Interconnection delays and unpredictable grid upgrade costs have slowed community solar project development across the country," writes Sam Weaver, Policy Director at LS4A member Coalition for Community Solar Access.

🔗 Read more to learn how interconnection delays are stifling progress across the country. pv magazine USA 🔻

Interconnection, or the process of acquiring a utility’s permission to connect to the local distribution grid, threatens to derail tremendous progress being made across the country to build out inn…

11/20/2023

Community solar offers a whole host of benefits to get more folks plugged into . If it’s not in your state, work with Coalition for Community Solar Access to change that!

☀️ Find out how could benefit you. 🔻

The community solar model can offer an affordable way to go solar. Is it coming to your state next?

11/16/2023

If we can’t maintain a stable and affordable electric grid, how will we be able to successfully electrify and decarbonize? 🔋

11/15/2023

🔌 Electrification is one of the most effective ways to decarbonize. But for it to be a success, we’ll need local solar and storage go mainstream to keep the grid stable and affordable.

Check out this U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report on electrification to learn more. 🔻

Inflation Reduction Act incentives could reduce building greenhouse gas emissions through 2035 more than emissions in any other end-use sector, according to a recent EPA report.

11/14/2023

Tripling virtual power plant capacity — from 80 GW to 160 GW — by 2030 could save U.S. ratepayers $10 billion annually in grid costs.

With extreme weather and rolling blackouts on the rise, VPPs can help low-income communities shore up their energy security.

Energy News Network explains how virtual power plants can help. 🔻

If we take the best of what we know and apply it to low income and underserved communities, we can create energy solutions with enormous benefit to the communities that need it most.