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Building not your average dream home: The roof

A benefit to designing the roof for optimal solar production is the ability to plan for all the ventilation and plumbing to be on the north-facing side to both maximize system size and prevent any energy losses from shading.

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U.S. solar power generation forecast to grow 75% through 2025

The Energy Information Administration expects solar generation to grow from 163 billion kWh in 2023 to 286 billion kWh in 2025.

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SolarApp+ speeds solar permitting for more than 160 communities

The Solar Automated Permit Processing Plus software platform has helped local governments approve nearly 33,000 solar projects.

Sunrise brief: Who’s putting solar on their roof and why

Also on the rise: Small-scale solar best for environment but agrivoltaics may be the answer. BLM seeks public comment on 400 MW solar project near Las Vegas. And more.

Solar home sales: location and premium price

MarketWatch studied Zillow listings to determine which regions of the U.S. have the highest number of solar-powered homes for sale per 100,000 people and how much more prospective buyers are paying for solar-powered residences across the country. 

EV owners more likely to install rooftop solar on homes

The NREL behavioral study analysis, funded by the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office, was based on a survey of 869 households in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Worldwide PV growth set to slow in 2024

The number of PV installations around the world grew by an annual average of 28% between 2019 and 2023, including a 56% jump from 2022 to 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie. Growth is not expected from 2024 to 2028, however.

All I want for Christmas is one terawatt of solar deployed annually

As the world grapples with the escalating impacts of climate change, our hopes rely on the innovation and implementation of technical solutions, particularly solar, as we scale toward annual deployments of 1 terawatt and beyond.

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Four rooftop solar trends in 2023

With the calendar year almost complete, pv magazine USA shares four trends it saw in residential solar this year.

U.S. residential solar grows 24% through Q3, tempered expectations for 2024

Wood Mackenzie noted the fundamentals are slowly shifting, as interest rates are expected to cool, and utility electricity rates are scheduled to rise considerably.

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