Community Solar Project Siting

To help meet aggressive state and federal clean energy goals, many more community solar projects must be built across the country. This paper proposes a siting framework for community solar

Siting of Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects

On June 13, 2024, DOE and others released a report cataloging siting policies and permitting authorities on a state-by-state basis. The report highlights how these policies and authorities vary by state,

Rural solar power generation site standards

Addressing the challenges of randomness, volatility, and low prediction accuracy in rural low-carbon photovoltaic (PV) power generation, along with its unique characteristics, is

Solar Electricity Generation on Rural Lands

This guide is intended to represent a collection of legal resources relating to solar electricity generation on rural lands.

Siting Clean Energy: An Inventory of State Policies and Permitting

New report and interactive map provide a detailed look at the diversity of renewable energy siting and permitting regulations and processes across the United States, profiling all 50

Large-Scale Solar Siting Resources | Department of Energy

If not properly managed, solar facilities can cause stormwater runoff from the site or soil erosion of the land underneath. Some site management practices include site grading and terracing, vegetation

Policies and Regulations | US EPA

State Solar Carve-Out ProgramsSolar Interconnection Standards & PoliciesUnderstanding Electricity Market Frameworks & PoliciesInterconnection standards define how a distributed generation system, such as solar photovoltaics (PVs), can connect to the grid. In some areas of the United States, the interconnection process lacks consistent parameters and procedures for connecting to the grid or is unnecessarily complex. This drives up costs and causes delays, which can be sign...See more on epa.govDepartment of Energy

Siting of Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects

On June 13, 2024, DOE and others released a report cataloging siting policies and permitting authorities on a state-by-state basis. The report highlights how these

Utility-Scale Solar Energy Systems

The owner of the solar energy system shall plant, establish, and maintain perennial vegetated groundcover on the ground around and under the solar panels per project design, and as appropriate

Utility-Scale Energy Siting Recommendations | Center For Rural

Officials tasked with creating or updating renewable energy ordinances are often inundated with siting resources as they seek out information. The standards below are a summary of

Policies and Regulations | US EPA

There is a patchwork of federal, state, and local policies and regulations pertaining to renewable energy systems that impact your project development. It is important to understand the

Conservation Considerations for Solar Farms

Maintaining a healthy perennial vegetative cover on the soil under and between solar panel rows to encourage infiltration and prevent erosion. Ideally, the vegetated distance between the rows of