The US needs to deploy a minimum of 103GW of distributed solar and 137GW of distributed energy storage by 2030 to achieve President Biden’s climate goals at the lowest cost, according to a new report by Local Solar for All, a coalition of local solar advocates.
The report, which is based on an analysis from electric grid modelling firm Vibrant Clean Energy, also showed that scaling up distributed solar and storage would reduce stress on utility-scale resources and “enable access to 579GW of utility-scale solar and 442GW of wind”, save ratepayers over US$109 billion by 2030 compared to only deploying utility-scale renewables and create more than 1.2 million new jobs by 2030.
