Solar panels on the roofs of homes, businesses, and government buildings.
Rooftop solar brings the benefits of clean energy directly to communities, by meeting local energy needs affordably, creating new local jobs, and supporting electric grid reliability. Plus, we can build it more quickly than other technologies to battle climate change.
Most states could meet at least 20 percent of their electricity needs with rooftop solar alone, according to the 2020 update of Energy Self-Reliant States.
Energy Self-Reliant States
How much of the U.S. solar fleet is made up of smaller, distributed sources that help communities build local wealth? This 2024 update examines the...
In Boston, a creative cooperatively-run solar developer is combining the best of Massachusetts’ equity-focused climate opportunities to distribute the benefits of the climate transition.
This post breaks down how state-level policies passed in 2024 informed ILSR’s 2025 Community Power Scorecard.
ILSR’s annual scorecard surveys a suite of 18 state-level policies that help or hinder local clean energy action.
