That’s enough to produce 1.4 trillion watt hours of electricity per year or about 35% of the total needed to power the country.
The National Reusable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimates that there exists about 3,000 square miles of roof space in the continental United States suitable for solar. Without significant additional investment in the grid, building many more solar fields is impractical.Įxisting roofs present a solution.
Already pushback from the public is on the rise given the transformation of once bucolic lands into waves of glass.įurthermore, the best sites from an infrastructure point of view have already been developed. Our nation’s goal to produce 40% of electric energy from solar by 2035 presents a daunting challenge.Ĭonsider that less than 3% is produced today despite solar fields seemingly popping-up everywhere.
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