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100 Best Solar Energy Case Studies of 2019

The adoption of solar energy in the world is growing at a rapid pace in the world.

More and more consumers, businesses and governmental organizations are considering solar energy.

But it can be sometimes difficult to convince your family, friends, boss or colleagues to adopt solar energy?

To make it easier to convince people to adopt solar power we selected the best and most complete 100 solar energy case studies.

The case studies included in this list contain key information about the return on investment and annual savings of solar energy systems built all over the world and different sizes.

The list is divided in three categories:

Residential Solar Energy

Commercial solar energy, public sector solar energy, 1. home lavallee family.

Country: Cumberland, Rhode Island, United States Installer: Renewable Energy Service of New England Inc. Solar PV: Suniva Inverter: Enphase Size: 9.5 kW Return on Investment: 34.9% Annual Savings: $3845

RES installed 33 solar modules for the Lavallee Family. The projected return of investment is 6 years.

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2. Home Middle Franconia

Country: Bavaria, Germany Inverters: SMA Size: 5 kWp Cost reduction: €875 per year

One family of five installed a solar energy system with batteries. The whole system included a SMA pv inverter, a SMA battery inverter and a SMA sunny home manager for system monitoring and energy management.

3. Home Götz Family

Country: Wetzlar-Hermannstein, Germany Installer: Gecko Logic Solar PV: Yingli Inverters: SMA Size: 8.5 kWp Cost Reduction: €3936 per year

A colleague convinced the family to invest in solar energy. The solar modules exceed the predicted energy yield. This system was installed by Gecko Logic.

4. Home Tan Family

Country: Jalan Kelawar, Tanglin, Singapore Installer: ReZeca Renewables Solar PV: Yingli Solar Size: 18.6 kWp Estimated Annual Savings: SGD$6000

The Tan Family wanted to reduce their footprint and their energy bills. In total 62 solar panels were installed.

5. Home Pappalardo Family

Country: Viagrande, Italy Installer: Etnergia Solar PV: Yingli Inverters: SMA Size: 8.58 kW Cost Reduction: €5533 per year

After seeing solar pv installation in other countries the family decided to switch to solar energy. The company Etnergia installed 39 solar panels on roof with south-east orientation. The system is performing better than expected.

6. Absolute Coatings

Country: New Rochelle, New York, United States Installer: Sunrise Solar Solutions Inverter: Enphase Size: 82 kW Savings over system life: $442 866

Sunrise Solar Solutions designed and installed 313 solar modules for Absolute Coatings on a new roof. The mounting system is ballast only. This project is part of 200 kW solar energy system that will completed in a next phase.

7. Rehme Steel

Country: Spicewood, United States Installer: Freedom Solar Power Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 81.6 kW Estimated savings over 25 years: $338 883

Rehme Steel wanted to reduce their operating cost and their carbon emissions.

8. Birkhof Horse Stables and Riding School

Country: Waldsoms, Germany Installer: Gecko Logic Solar PV: Yingli Inverters: SMA Size: 34.68 kWp Cost Reduction: €12 954

Birkhof choose for solar energy, because of environmental and cost reduction reasons. Gecko Logic installed the system in 2008.

9. Ryan and Ryan Insurance

Country: Kingston, New York, United States Installer: Sunrise Solar Solutions Solar PV: Conergy Inverter: Enphase Size: 16.3 kW Savings over lifetime system: $69 654 Years to breakeven: 5.9

The roof of Ryan and Ryan Insurance was big enough to place enough solar panels to cover their whole energy consumption. The solar panels are mounted with a fully ballasted racking system.

10. Powerplant Poggiorsini

Country: Poggiorsini (Bari), Italy Installer: SAEM Company Solar PV: Yingli Inverters: Siel Size: 3 MWp Return: €1 412 000 per year

The solar power plant was built by SAEM Company and is made up of 13 500 units. The plant is oriented to the south. The plant produces enough energy to power the homes of 1500 families.

11. Huerto Solar Villar de Cañas II

Country: Villar de Cañas, Spain Installer: CYMI Solar PV: Yingli Inverters: Siemens Size: 9.8 MWp Return: €6 336 000 per year

Prosolcam bought a 22 hectare site to invest in solar energy. The company CYMI designed and installed the system that consist of 56 180 pv modules. The plant has an south facing orientation.

12. Amcorp Gemas Solar Plant

Country: Gemas, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Installer: Amcorp Power Sdn. Bhd. Solar PV: Yingli Size: 10 269 MWp Return: MYR 11.88 million (about $2.6 million)

Amcorp Power is a solar farm developer in Malaysia. The solar plant has a power purchase agree with Tenaga Nasional Berhad for 21 years. The plant that consists of 41 076 pv modules, produces enough energy for 3315 residential homes.

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13. Jackson Enterprise LLC

Country: California, United States Installer: CM Solar Electric Solar PV: Sunpower, LG Inverter: SMA Size: 26kW Average Annual Savings: $11 556 Return on Investment: 23.6%

The solar energy system provides at least 100% or more of the energy consumption of the building. And the total net investment of the system was $49 000.

14. Diab Engineering

Country: Geraldton, Australia Installer: Infinite Energy Solar PV: Conergy Inverter: SMA Size: 100 kW Year 1 return on investment: 34% 10 Year Net Present Value: $139 000 Annual Savings: $41 000

Diab Engineering choose Infinite Energy to install a solar energy system on there roof of their workshop. Diab Engineering used government funded solar programmes to finance their system.

15. GAL Manufacturing

Country: New York,United States Installer: Solar City Size: 237 kW Annual Savings: $50 000

GAL Manufacturing is a family owned company that builds elevator parts. The system will generate almost half of the buildings energy consumption. The project is partly funded by government funds.

16. Hewlett Packard

Country: Palo Alto, California, United States Size: 1 MW Estimated Lifetime Savings: $1 million

HP installed 1 MW of solar modules on its roof. The system will provide 20% of the buildings usage. HP doesn’t own the system, but will purchase the energy produced from Solar City.

17. Velmade Prestige Sheet Metal

Country: Osborne Park, Australia Installer: Infinite Energy Solar PV: REC Solar Inverter: SMA Size: 31 kW Year 1 return on investment: 18% 10 year Net Present Value: $7 400 Annual Savings: $8 500

In 2014 Velmade installed 120 solar modules on its roof. As a small-to-medium business it wanted to reduce its operating costs. The project is expected to payback in 5.3 years. Velmade used outside funding for its solar system.

18. Bella Ridge Winery

Country: Herne Hill, Australia Installer: Infinite Energy Solar PV: REC Solar Inverter: SMA Size: 40 kW Year 1 return on investment: 21% Annual Savings: $18 300

Bella Ridge Winery is a energy intensive company and was suffering of rising electricity prices in Australia. Infinite Energy installed 156 REC Solar modules on a ground mounted rack. The projected payback period is 4.4 years.

19. Cheeky Brothers

Country: Osborne Park, Australia Installer: Infinite Energy Solar PV: REC Solar Inverter: Fronius Size: 40 kW Year 1 return on investment: 28% Annual Savings: $13 500

Cheeky Brothers is a Food company that installed 152 REC Solar panels on its roof. The system produces 28% of electricity consumption.

20. Seven Acres Business Park

Country: Suffolk, United Kingdom Installer: Enviko Solar PV: CSUN Inverter: SMA Size: 40 kW Yearly Income and Savings: £8 079

This business park decided to install 120 solar panels on its roof just in time before feed in tariffs were reduced in 2012. The project was completed just in time by Enviko.

21. Broad Oak Cider Farm

Country: Clutton Hill Industrial Park, Bristol, United Kingdom Installer: Enviko Solar PV: Conergy Inverter: Solaredge Size: 100 kW Yearly Income and Savings: £15 894

Enviko helped Broad Oak Cider Farm install 400 solar panels that covered the whole roof of the building. Power optimizers were used to reduce the effects of shading on the panels.

22. Glebar Inc.

Country: Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, United States Installer: Solar Energy World Solar PV: Schuco Size: 55.5 kW Yearly Savings: $8000

Glebar Inc was looking for a way to reduce its energy bills and reduce its carbon footprint. Solar Energy World helped achieving their goals. The system is partly funded with a tax break and Solar Renewable Energy Credits.

23. Metuchen Sportscomplex

Country: Metuchen, New Jersey, United States Installer: Solar Energy World Solar PV: LG Size: 312 kW Yearly Savings: $33 397

The developer Recycland LLC decid to add Solar Energy to its building to reduce energy costs and to reduce its carbon footprint.

24. Alfandre Architecture

Country: New Paltz, New York, United States Installer: Sunrise Solar Solutions Solar PV: Conergy and Hyunday Inverter: Enphase Size: 33.4 kW Savings over lifetime system: $190 000

Alfandre Architecture is applying for the LEED GOLD Certification. Adding solar energy to the project is a logical step. Sunrise Solar Solutions did the installation of the new building.

Country: San Jose, California, United States Installer: Solar City Size: 650 kW Annual Cost Savings: $100 000

Ebay wanted to make its campus in San Jose more sustainable. Solar City designed and installed the 3248 solar panel system on five different buildings located on the campus.

26. Heritage Paper

Country: Livermore, California, United States Installer: Solar City Size: 528 kW Annual Cost Savings: $26,950

Heritage Paper is the packaging supplier of big companies like Nordstrom and Cliff Bar. Their huge facility uses huge amounts of energy and installing solar panels was a no-brainer.

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27. Batth Farms

Country: San Joaquin Valley, California, United States Installer: Solar City Size: 1.5 MW Estimated lifetime savings: $9 000 000

The Batth farm uses a lot of energy for the irrigation of the land and running waterpumps. To reduce their operating costs Solar City installed a solar energy system on their farmland.

28. Advance Auto Parts

Country: Enfield, Connecticut, United States Installer: Solar City Size: 1.17 MW Annual Cost Savings: $100 000

Advance Auto Parts is a distribution company of after-sales auto parts. Solar City installed the solar system with little to no disruption to daily operations.

29. Roofmart

Country: Kewdale, Australia Installer: Infinite Energy Solar PV: REC Solar Inverter: SMA Size: 100 kW Year 1 Return on Investment: 25% 10 year Net Present Value: $103 200 Annual Savings: $37 600

Roofmart design, manufactures and distributes steel constructions that are used for garages, patios and sheds. The system was installed in december 2015 and the cost will be returned in under 4 years.

Country: Osborne, Australia Installer: Infinite Energy Solar PV: Winaico Inverter: SMA Size: 100 kW Year 1 Return on Investment: 32% 10 Net Present Value: $240 300 Annual Savings: $45 300

Imdex is listed on the ASX and produces and manufactures fluids and instruments for the mining, oil and gas industries. The projected payback period the solar energy system will be 3.1 years.

31. Audi Seattle

Country: Seattle, United States Installer: A&R Solar Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 235 kW Estimated 25 year savings: $2 million

Audi Seattle is a dealer of high performance electric vehicles. The company wanted to power their vehicles with a sustainable energy source, solar energy.

32. Boulder Nissan

Country: Boulder, United States Installer: Independent Power Systems Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 50.25 kW Estimated 25 year savings: $384 000

Boulder Nissan is a high volume seller of the electric Nissan Leaf in the Boulder area. The adoption of solar energy is a logical step.

34. Microsoft

Country: Mountain View, United States Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 551861 kW Estimated annual savings: $120 000

Microsoft is one of the biggest software companies in the world with a commitment to the environment.

35. Rivermaid Trading co.

Country: California, United States Installer: Sunworks Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 1.7 mW Estimated annual savings: $300 000

Rivermaid Trading is a grower, processor and distributer of fruit. The company has facitlities that are huge and with solar energy they wanted to reduce their energy bills.

36. Lake County Sanitation District

Country: Lakepoint, United States Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 2.17 mW Estimated savings over 20 years: $5 million

The Lake County Sanitation District wanted to reduce their environmental impact.

37. Dobinsons Spring & Suspension

Country: Rockhampton, Australia Solar PV: Hanwha Q Cells Size: 510 kWp Estimated annual savings: AUD$160 000

In the past decade Dobinsons saw their energy costs grow with 100%. With an solar energy system Dobinsons is now protected from increasing energy prices.

38. Austchilli

Country: Bundaberg, Australia Solar PV: Phono Solar Size: 300 kWp Estimated payback period of 4-5 years

Rising energy costs made the business model of Austchilli less feasible and that is why they choose solar energy.

39. Enmach Industries

Country: Bundaberg, Australia Solar PV: Q-Cell Size: 100 kWp Estimated annual savings: AUD$40 000 Estimated payback period of 3.5 years

Like a lot of Australian manufacturing companies, the energy bill of Enmach Industries was rising. Solar energy was the only logical solution.

40. Advantage Welding

Country: Rockhampton, Australia Solar PV: Phono Solar Size: 33 kWp Estimated payback period of 4.2 years

To reduce their electricity bill Advantage Welding worked together with Gem Energy to install solar energy panels on their roof.

41. Bridge Toyota

Country: Darwin, Australia Solar PV: Q Cells Size: 100 kWp Estimated annual savings AUD$35 000 Estimated payback period of 3.5 years

Bridge Toyota has a huge energy consumption for its showroom, office, workshop and warehouse. To prevent huge energy bills cutting in their operating margins they switched to a solar energy system on the roof of their facility.

42. Great Western Hotel

Country: Rockhampton, Australia Solar PV: Q Cells Size: 57 kWp Estimated payback period of 3.2 years

The Great Western Hotel used a renovation to make their operation more green with a solar energy system that is connected to the grid.

43. Luther Auto Group

Country: Midwest, United States Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 454 kWp Estimated saving over 25 years: $2.1 million

The Luther Auto Group used their large flat roofs of their dealerships to generate cheap solar energy.

44. Turtle Bay Resort

Country: Kahuku, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 702 kWp Estimated saving over 20 years: $2.5 million

The Turtle Bay Resort won the Leader in Sustainability Award in Hawaii. The Turtle Bay Resort worked together with REC Solar to install a roof mounted system and a ground mounted system.

45. Zurn Industries

Country: Paso Robles, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 552.7 kWp Estimated annual savings: $110 000

Zurn Industries is a manufacturer of irrigation equipment and want to reduce their operating expenses with the installation of a roof mounted solar energy system.

46. San Antonio Winery

Country: Paso Robles, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 517 kW

Estimated saving over 30 years: $4 million The San Antonio WInery will produce 80% of the power they need for their wine production facility and their hospitality center.

47. Ballester Hermanos

Country: San Juan, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 874 kW Estimated annual savings: $100 000 Ballester Hermanos is located on Puerto Rico that has high energy prices. Solar energy through a power purchase agreement made a lot of economic sense. 

48. Sonoma Mountain Village

Country: Rohnert Park, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 1.16 mW Estimated annual savings: $680 000 Sonoma Mountain Village improved their Leed Premium status by expanding their solar energy capacity.

49. Haas Automation Inc.

Country: Oxnard, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 1.74 mW Estimated annual savings: $500 000

Haas automation wanted to reduce their carbon footprint and reduce their energy costs and opted for two solar roos systems in partnership with Renusol.

50. Niner Wine Estates

Country: Paso Robles, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 388.47 kW Estimated payback period of 5 years

Niner Wine Estates is a Sustainability in Practice Certified winery and has an LEED status. Through their solar energy system they generate 100% of their energy needs.

51. Valley Fine Foods

Country: Benecia and Yuba City, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 1.14 mW Estimated annual savings: $250 000

Valley Fine Foods used a roof mounted and ground mounted solar system to reduce their energy cost.

52. Tony Automotive Group

Country: Waipahu, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 298 kW Estimated savings over 25 years: $5.3 million

Tony Automotive groups has Honda, Nissan and Hyundai dealerships in Hawaii. The need for solar energy was great, because Hawaii has the highest energy costs in the nation.

53. Windset Farms

Country: Santa Maria, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 1.05 mW Estimated annual savings: $245 000

The Windset Farms installed more than 4000 solar energy panels on their roof to curb their rising energy bill.

54. Vintage Wine Estates

Country: Santa Rosa & Hopland, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 945 kW Estimated savings over 30 year period: $10 million

Vintage Wine Estates used a combination of roof mounted and ground mounted solar panels to reduce their utility costs.

Country: Bibra Lake, United States Solar PV: Conenergy Size: 350 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$169 000

AWTA is the largest wool testing organization in the world. The installed 1085 solar panels on their roof and produce 32% of their energy consumption.

56. Transmin

Country: Malaga, Australia Solar PV: Suntech Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$15 200

With the help of the AusIndustry Clean Technology Investment Program, Transmin made their operations more sustainable with 174 Suntech panels and 2 SMA solar inverters.

57. Mining & Hydraulic Supplies Pty Ltd

Country: Malaga, Australia Solar PV: Solarpower Size: 7 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$1900

Mining & Hydraulic Supplies has reduced their electricity bill significantly and generate 80% of their energy with solar panels.

58. T&G Corporation

Country: Perth, Australia Solar PV: Suntech Size: 33 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$9800

In the preceding years T&G Corporation saw their utility bills rise 28%. With solar energy the made their future energy bills predictable again.

59. Firesafe United Group

Country: Bibra Lake, Australia Solar PV: Hanwha Size: 80 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$23 500

Firesafe United Group installed 3 solar energy systems on their roof to optimize their energy costs.

60. Pacific Nylon Plastics Australia

Country: O’Connor, Australia Solar PV: Canadian Solar Size: 20 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$10 700

Pacific Nylon Plastics Australia used the redevelopment of their buildings to make their operations greener with the installation of 80 solar pv panels

61. Sheridan’s

Country: West Perth, Australia Solar PV: Daqo Size: 15 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$6 100

Sheridan’s installed with their installation partner Infinity Energy 60 solar panels on their roof and one fronius solar inverter.

62. Signs & Lines

Country: Midvale, Australia Solar PV: Q Cells Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$13 500

Cost control was a major reason for Sign & Lines to choose for a roof mounted solar energy system.

63. Slumbercorp

Country: Welshpool, Australia Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$16 100

64. WA Glasskote

Country: Landsdale, Australia Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$10 200

WA Glasskote generates 12% of its energy consumption with their solar energy system.

Country: Malaga, Australia Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 200 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$82 854

Dobbie wanted to reduce their impact on the environment and their energy costs.

Country: Belmont, Australia Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 30 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$15 100

Pindan, a construction company, generates 7% of their energy usage with solar panels.

67. Wallis Drilling

Country: Midvale, Australia Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 67 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$28 900

Wallis Drilling wanted to reduce their costs and make their operations more sustainable. They choose for a roof mounted solar energy system with four Fronius solar inverters. Their solar energy electricity consumption represents 47% of their total energy consumption.

68. Geostats

Country: O’Connor, Australia Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 20 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$6 600

Geostats wanted to make their operations more environmentally friendly and optimize their energy costs.

69. Eilbeck Cranes

Country: Bassendean, Australia Solar PV: Canadian Solar Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$15 800

Eilbeck Cranes installed 156 Canadian Solar on their roof connected to two Fronius inverters monitored with Fronius Remote Monitoring Solution.

70. Arbortech

Country: Malaga, Australia Solar PV: Poly Solar Panels Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$13 000

Arbortech wanted to reduce its dependency on the utility prices by switching to rooftop solar.

71. Australian Safety Engineers

Country: Canning Vale, Australia Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$22 100

Australian Safety Engineers wanted to decrease their utility bill. They opted for a rooftop solar energy system.

72. Stylewoods

Country: Kewdale, Australia Solar PV: Winaico Solar Panels Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$31 500

Stylewoods wanted to reduce their energy bill to free up more working capital for their operations.

73. Plas-Pak

Country: Malaga, Australia Solar PV: Winaico Solar Panels Size: 100 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$31 500

Plas-Pak wanted to maintain competitive prices for their clients and to make their company more environmentally friendly.

74. John Papas Trailers

Country: Welshpool, Australia Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$13 300

John Papas Trailers reduced their dependence on grid electricity through the decision for a solar energy system.

75. Quality Blast and Paint

Country: Welshpool, Australia Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$12 550

Quality Blast and Paint wanted to become more competitive through the adoption of solar energy.

76. Pelagic Marine Services

Country: Freemantle, Australia Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 40 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$15 530

Pelagic Marine Services wanted to make their business more sustainable and more cost efficient and choose for a solar energy system installed by Infinity Energy.

77. Twenty Two Services

Country: Neerabup, Australia Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 13 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$4 200

Twenty Two Services wanted to reduce their yearly CO2 emissions and their utility bills. Infinity Energy helped them install solar energy system containing 38 solar panels and one Fronius inverter.

78. Yolo County

Country: California, United States Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 6.8 mW Estimated savings over 30 years: $60 million

Yolo county wanted to reduce their energy bill and supply their residents with green energy.

79. AC Transit District

Country: California, United States Installer: Sunpower Size: 177 kW Estimated savings over 25 years: $5 million

ACT Transit District is is Sunpower helped AC Transit District with the installation of two solar energy projects.

80. US Airforce Academy

Country: Colorado Springs, United States Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 6 mW Estimated savings annual savings: $500 000

81. Department of Mines and Petroleum

Country: Carlisle, Australia Installer: Infinite Energy Solar PV: Winaico Inverter: SMA Size: 40 kW Year 1 Return on Investment: 31% 10 Year Net Present Value: $69 200 Annual Savings: $15 400

Infinite Energy installed 153 solar panels on the roof of the Department of Mines and Petroleum. The projected return is 2.8 years.

82. Sacred Hearts Academy

Country: Hawaii, United States Installer: Hawaiian Energy Systems Solar PV: Centrosolar America Solar Inverter: Enphase Size: 243 kW Cost Reduction: 33% annually

Sacred Hearts Academy is a private school in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaiian Energy Systems inc. and Centrosolar America installed 1023 panels on three different sun orientations and was completed in 2013.

83. Ina Levine Jewish Community Center

Country: Arizona, United States Installer: Green Choice Solar Solar PV: Centrosolar America Size: 1.3 MW Cost reduction: $6.8 million lifetime system

The Ina Levine Jewish Community Center delivers services to the Scottsdale community. Green Choice Solar installed 5685 solar panels on two locations. One part of the panels was installed on the roof and the majority was installed on 400 carports.

84. Fire station Gifhorn

Country: Germany Installer: Elektro Ohlhoff Solar PV: Yingli Solar Inverter: Kaco Powador Size: 60.86 kWp Cost Reduction: €25900

The roofs of the fire station in Gifhorn presented a perfect solar energy investment opportunity. It was an easy decision for the local government of Gifhorn.

85. University of Colorado

Country: Boulder, Colorado, United States Installer: Eco Depot USA / Solarado Energy Inverter: SatCon Technology Corporation Size: 100 kW Average Annual Savings: $21 750 Return on investment: 7.9%

In septembre 2009 the University of Colorado installed solar panels on a solar carport. This project was part of a LEED Platinum certificate process for which the University applied. The LEED platinum status is the highest green building status that can be achieved in the LEED program.

86. Rotary Residential College

Country: Kensington, Australia Installer: Infinite Energy Solar PV: REC Solar Inverter: SMA Size: 40 kW Year 1 return on investment: 33% 10 year Net Present Value: $69 000 Annual Savings: $20 400

Rotary Residential College is a high-school with a lodging service to their students. Infinite Energy helped the Rotary Residential College with the installation of 153 REC solar panels on their roof.

87. Solar Carport Santa Cruz

Country: Santa Cruz, California, United States Installer: Swenson Solar Size: 386 kW Annual Savings: $73 000

The city of Santa Cruz choose Swenson Solar to build two solar carports with 834 and 936 solar panels installed on them.

88. Hurstpierpoint College

Country: Hurstpierpoint, United Kingdom Installer: Enviko Solar PV: Conergy Inverter: SMA Size: 53.75 kW Yearly Income and Savings: £10 151

Hurstpierpoint is a college home to more than 1000 students. The college wanted to reduce their energy bill and demonstrate their green credentials. The solar panels are installed on three different roofs. Because of the feed-in-tariff the cost of the installation will be recovered in 6 years.

89. San Ramon Valley Unified School District

Country: Danville, United States Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 3.3 mW Estimated savings over 25 years: $24.4 million

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District was confronted with the reduction of their budgets and growing energy bills. Getting solar energy was their solution.

90. University of California Merced

Country: Merced, United States Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 1.1 mW Estimated savings over 20 years: $5 million

The university wanted to reach their sustainable goals and with no upfront cost the adopted solar energy through a power purchase agreement.

91. Stonehill College

Country: Easton, United States Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 2.8 mW Estimated savings over 20 years: $1.8 million

The Stonehill College started the Stonehill Goes Green campaign to reduce their gas emmission with 20% by 2020. That is why they switched to solar energy paid through a power purchase agreement.

92. Inland Empire Utilities Agency

Country: San Bernardino County, United States Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 3.5 mW Estimated savings over 20 years: $3 million

The Inland Empire Utilities Agency has the objective to be 100% powered by renewable energy by 2020.

93. Phelan Piñon Hills Community Services District

Country: San Bernardino County, United States Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 1.5 mW Estimated savings over 30 years: $13 million

The Phelan Piñon Hills Community Services District was confrented with fast growing electricity prices and lowered their cost with solar energy.

94. Bundaberg Christian College

Country: Bundaberg, Australia Solar PV: Hanwha Q Cells Size: 193.98 kWp Estimated annual savings: AUD$100 000

The Bundaberg Christian College has opted for a solar energy system with battery backup, the largest system of its kind at an Australian school.

95. Cathedral College

Country: Rockhampton, Australia Solar PV: Q Cells Size: 85 kWp Payback period of six years

Because of it strong commitment to sustainability, Cathedral College opted for solar energy.

96. Emerald Marist College

Country: Central Highlands, Australia Solar PV: Q Cells Size: 100 kWp Estimated annual savings: AUD$40 000

Due to high air conditioning usage and electricity bills during the summer months, Emerald Marist College, choose to install a solar energy system on its roof.

97. Pleasanton Unified School District

Country: Paso Robles, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 1 mW Estimated saving over 25 years: $2.2 million

The Pleasanton Unified School District made the switch to solar energy through a power purchase agreement. The solar panels were placed on solar carports.

98. Roseville Joint Union High School District

Country: Paso Robles, United States Solar PV: REC Solar Size: 1.02 mW Estimated saving over 25 years: $8 million

The Roseville Joint Union High School District installed solar panels over their parking structures.

99. St Catherine’s College

Country: Crawley, Australia Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 200 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$84 000

100. City of Perth – Depot

Country: Perth, Australia Solar PV: Sunpower Size: 39 kW Estimated annual savings: AUD$16 100

The city of Perth wanted to make their depot more sustainable and more cost efficient. 

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To reach these levels, solar deployment will need to grow by an average of 30 gigawatts alternating current (GW ac ) each year between now and 2025 and ramp up to 60 GW per year between 2025 and 2030—four times its current deployment rate—to total 1,000 GWac of solar deployed by 2035. By 2050, solar capacity would need to reach 1,600 GW ac to achieve a zero-carbon grid with enhanced electrification of end uses (such as motor vehicles and building space and water heating). Preliminary modeling shows that decarbonizing the entire U.S. energy system could result in as much as 3,200 GW ac of solar due to increased electrification of buildings, transportation, and industrial energy and production of clean fuels.

The  Solar Futures Study  is the third in a series of vision studies from SETO and NREL, preceded by the SunShot Vision Study (2012) and  On the Path to SunShot (2016). While the previous studies focused on the impacts of low-cost solar technologies on the economy, this study dives into solar energy’s role in a decarbonized grid and provides analysis of future solar technologies, the solar workforce, and how solar energy might interact with other technologies like storage.

Key Findings of the Solar Futures Study

Explore the interactive diagrams for the study’s results and frequently asked questions  below.

• With continued technological advances, electricity prices do not increase through 2035. Ninety-five percent decarbonization of the electric grid is achieved in 2035 without increasing electricity prices because decarbonization and electrification costs are fully offset by savings from technological improvements and enhanced demand flexibility.
• Achieving decarbonization requires significant acceleration of clean energy deployment, which will employ as many as 500,000–1.5 million people in solar jobs by 2035. Compared with the approximately 15 GW of solar capacity deployed in 2020, annual solar deployment is 30 GW on average in the early 2020s and grows to 60 GW on average from 2025 to 2030. Similarly substantial solar deployment rates continue in the 2030s and beyond. Deployment rates accelerate for wind and energy storage as well.
• Storage, transmission expansion, and flexibility in load and generation are key to maintaining grid reliability and resilience. Storage capacity expands rapidly, to more than 1,600 GW in 2050. Small-scale solar, especially coupled with storage, can enhance resilience by allowing buildings or microgrids to power critical loads during grid outages. In addition, advances in managing distributed energy resources, such as rooftop solar and electric vehicles, are needed to efficiently integrate these resources into the grid.
• Expanding clean electricity supply yields deeper decarbonization. Electricity demand grows by about 30% from 2020 to 2035, owing to electrification of fuel-based building demands (e.g., heating), vehicles, and industrial processes. Electricity demand increases by an additional 34% from 2035 to 2050. By 2050, all these electrified sectors are powered by zero-carbon electricity, and the electrification growth results in an emissions reduction equivalent to 155% of 2005 grid emissions.
• Land availability does not constrain solar deployment. In 2050, ground-based solar technologies require a maximum land area equivalent to 0.5% of the contiguous U.S. surface area. This requirement could be met in numerous ways, including the use of disturbed or contaminated lands unsuitable for other purposes.
• The benefits of decarbonization far outweigh additional costs incurred. Cumulative power system costs from 2020 to 2050 are $562 billion (25%) higher, which includes the costs of serving electrified loads previously powered through direct fuel combustion. However, avoided climate damages and improved air quality more than offset those additional costs, resulting in net savings of $1.7 trillion.
• Challenges must be addressed so that solar costs and benefits are distributed equitably. Solar deployment can bring jobs, savings on electricity bills, and enhanced energy resilience. Various interventions—financial, community engagement, siting, policy, regulatory, and resilience measures—can improve equity in rooftop solar adoption. Additional equity measures can address the distribution of public and private benefits, the distribution of costs, procedural justice in energy-related decision making, the need for a just workforce transition, and potential negative externalities related to solar project siting and disposal of solar materials.

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Grid mixes and energy flows in 2020 and 2050 as envisioned in the Solar Futures Study. Newly electrified loads from the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors mean that the electric grid will deliver more energy in 2050. This energy will come almost entirely from solar and other zero-carbon sources.

The Decarbonization with Electrification scenario will reduce grid emissions (relative to 2005 levels) by 95% in 2035 and 100% in 2050 and replace some direct fossil fuel use in the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors, allowing it to abate more than 100% of 2005 grid emissions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What scenarios were modeled, and what assumptions were they based on.

• Three scenarios were modeled with different assumptions – the “Reference” scenario, the “Decarbonization (Decarb)” scenario, and the “Decarbonization with Electrification (Decarb+E)” scenario.
• The Reference scenario outlines a business-as-usual future, which includes existing state and federal clean energy policies but lacks a comprehensive effort to decarbonize the grid.
• The Decarb scenario assumes policies drive a 95% reduction (from 2005 levels) in the grid’s carbon dioxide emissions by 2035 and a 100% reduction by 2050. This scenario assumes more aggressive cost-reduction projections than the Reference scenario for solar, as well as other renewable and energy storage technologies, but it uses standard future projections for electricity demand.
• The Decarb+E scenario goes further by including large-scale electrification of end uses and analyzes the potential for solar to contribute to a future with more complete decarbonization of the U.S. energy system by 2050.

How much solar is required to decarbonize the U.S. grid?

• By 2035 (95% decarbonization), the decarbonization scenarios show cumulative solar deployment of 760 GW–1,000 GW would be required, serving 37%–42% of electricity demand. The remainder is met largely by other zero-carbon resources, primarily wind and also including nuclear, hydroelectric, biopower, and geothermal power.
• By 2050 (100% decarbonization), the scenarios envision cumulative solar deployment of 1,050 GW–1,570 GW would be required, serving 44%–45% of electricity demand. The remainder is met primarily by wind but also nuclear, hydropower, combustion turbines run on zero-carbon synthetic fuels such as hydrogen, biopower, and geothermal power.
• In 2020, about 76 GW of solar satisfied around 3% of U.S. electricity demand.

Why does the study model 95% grid decarbonization by 2035 instead of 100%?

• However, achieving 95% vs. 100% grid decarbonization by 2035 entails substantial differences in costs and the need for other clean energy technologies.
• In the Decarb+E scenario, an expanded grid electrifies additional end uses (such as motor vehicles and space and water heating in buildings) that had derived energy directly from fossil fuels. In 2035, the grid is 95% decarbonized, but the additional fossil fuel displacement yields total emissions reductions equivalent to a grid that is 105% decarbonized—more cost-effectively than could be achieved by completely eliminating grid emissions in this time frame. These results show the importance of considering flexible, cross-sector approaches to optimizing the speed and cost-effectiveness of overall emissions reductions.

What role can solar play in decarbonizing the U.S. energy system beyond the electric grid?

• Expanded electrification of the U.S. energy system in the Decarb+E scenario contributes to reducing energy system carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions by 62% in 2050, compared with 24% in the Reference scenario and 40% in the Decarb scenario (relative to 2005 levels).
• A simplified analysis of 100% decarbonization of the U.S. energy system by 2050 shows solar capacity doubling from the Decarb+E scenario—to about 3,200 GW of solar deployed by 2050—to produce electricity for even greater direct electrification and for production of clean fuels, such as hydrogen produced via electrolysis.

Will achieving the Solar Futures scenarios be costly?

• Decarbonization and electrification costs are fully offset by savings from technological improvements and enhanced demand flexibility through 2035 (95% decarbonization).
• Projected electricity prices are higher in the decarbonization scenarios than in the Reference scenario in 2050 because of higher costs for eliminating emissions by 100%—highlighting the need for technology advancements and decarbonization options beyond those modeled in the scenarios.
• For the 2020 to 2050 period, the benefits of the decarbonization scenarios far outweigh additional costs. Cumulative system costs are higher in the Decarb (10%) and Decarb+E (25%) scenarios than in the Reference scenario, but avoided climate damages and improved air quality more than offset those additional costs, resulting in net savings of $1.1 trillion in the Decarb scenario and $1.7 trillion in the Decarb+E scenario.
• There is greater uncertainty related to costs and benefits in the period out to 2050, compared with the 2035 timeframe.

How much land will be required to achieve the Solar Futures scenarios?

• This analysis does not consider land used for other technologies that generate electricity in the scenarios or transmission infrastructure.  
• Various approaches are available to mitigate local impacts or even enhance the value of land that hosts solar systems. Installing photovoltaic (PV) systems on water bodies, in farming or grazing areas, and in ways that enhance pollinator habitats are potential ways to enhance solar energy production while providing benefits such as lower water evaporation rates and higher agricultural yields.
• Expanding rooftop PV could reduce solar land use. Almost 200 GW of rooftop PV are deployed in the decarbonization scenarios by 2050 (10%–20% of total solar deployment). However, the technical potential for U.S. rooftop PV is greater than 1,000 GW, and efforts to promote rooftop PV could increase deployment beyond the modeled level.

Will enough raw materials be available to support the envisioned solar scale-up?

• Material supplies related to technology manufacturing likely will not limit solar growth in the decarbonization scenarios, especially if end-of-life materials displace use of virgin materials via circular-economy strategies.

Will achieving the Solar Futures scenarios create a lot of waste?

• A lot of materials will be used to produce solar technologies in the scenarios, but a range of strategies—such as reduced material intensity, recycling, repair, and reuse—can mitigate their impact of materials when the technologies reach the end of their planned lifetimes (typically 30 years for PV modules).
• Governments, industry, and associated stakeholders can begin preparing now for more solar materials reaching the end of their useful life by identifying technical solutions for end-of-life management, reducing recycling costs, maximizing value from recovered materials, matching recovered materials with markets, partially offsetting material demands for solar manufacturing via recovered materials, and so forth.

Is it possible to ramp up solar deployment as quickly as the Solar Futures scenarios envision?

• Compared with the 15 GW of solar capacity deployed in 2020, annual solar deployment doubles in the early 2020s and quadruples by the end of the decade in the Decarb+E scenario. Similarly substantial solar deployment rates continue in the 2030s and beyond. Deployment rates accelerate for wind and energy storage as well.
• Clean energy growth during the past decade indicates the scalability of clean technology industries. Global solar deployment rates have exceeded the U.S. rates in the Solar Futures scenarios, and very high annual deployments of other technologies have occurred historically. Still, increased and sustained deployment of solar and other clean technologies will require substantial scale-up of solar manufacturing, supply chains, and the workforce.

Does the Solar Futures vision require new solar technologies?

• Research and development can help keep technologies on current or accelerated cost-reduction trajectories. For example, a 60% reduction in PV energy costs by 2030 could be achieved via improvements in PV efficiency, lifetime energy yield, and cost. Higher-temperature, higher-efficiency concentrating solar-thermal power technologies also promise cost and performance improvements.
• Further advances are also needed in areas including energy storage, load flexibility, generation flexibility, and inverter-based resource capabilities for grid services.

How much additional electric transmission is required to achieve the Solar Futures scenarios?

• From 2020 to 2050, interregional transmission expansion increases by 60% (86 terawatt-miles) in the Decarb scenario and 90% (129 terawatt-miles) in the Decarb+E scenario.

What employment benefits would be realized in the Solar Futures scenarios?

• The solar industry already employs around 230,000 people in the United States, and with the level of growth envisioned in the Solar Futures Study’s scenarios, it could employ 500,000–1.5 million people by 2035.

Does the Solar Futures Study call for more utility-scale or distributed solar?

• The study models utility-scale as well as distributed/rooftop solar. In the Decarb and Decarb+E scenarios, we project that up 200 GW of rooftop PV are deployed by 2050 (10%–20% of total solar deployment). 
• The study's primary conclusion is that decarbonizing the electricity grid will require approximately 1,000 GW of solar.  The exact mix of utility vs. distributed solar will depend on many factors, including ability to expand transmission, as well as policies designed to encourage adoption of rooftop solar. 
• The study does not include any policies specifically targeted at increasing the adoption of distributed PV. Given that the technical potential of U.S. rooftop PV is greater than 1,000 GW, policies to promote rooftop PV could increase deployment beyond the level modeled in the study.  

Does the Solar Futures Study consider equitable distribution of clean energy costs and benefits?

• Low- and medium-income communities and communities of color have been disproportionately harmed by the fossil-fuel-based energy system, and the clean energy transition presents opportunities to mitigate these energy justice problems by implementing measures focused on equity.
• Solar deployment can bring jobs, savings on electricity bills, and enhanced energy resilience. Various interventions—financial, community engagement, siting, policy, regulatory, and resilience measures—can improve equity in solar adoption. 
• The distribution of benefits and costs will not necessarily occur equitably, and addressing this challenge may require targeted policies and structural change.
• This study explores measures related to the distribution of public and private benefits, the distribution of costs, procedural justice in energy-related decision making, the need for a just workforce transition, and potential negative externalities related to solar project siting and disposal of solar materials.

Additional Resources

• Read the announcement .
• Download the full Solar Futures Study report .
• Download the summarized Solar Futures Study fact sheet .
• Download the  Solar Futures Study  databook. 
• Find  supplemental technical reports  on the NREL website. 
• Download the images and multimedia for the report.
• View SETO's goals .
• Explore SETO's research in soft costs and systems integration .

• DOI: 10.3390/app11188785
• Corpus ID: 239146220

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Indonesia as a tropical country has high solar energy potential to generate power. Solar power plant (SPP) using Photovoltaic (PV) is suitable for power generation in a small power system, such as in several small islands in Eastern Indonesia since solar energy is easy to obtain there. The implementation of SPP for power generation needs an examination of energy yield to observe the performance ratio of SPP. Those parameters are important to study to further analyze the economic potential and feasibility of SPP development. This study estimates the performance ratio (PR) and potential energy yield of SPP in a small island in Eastern Indonesia through a self-developed program using MATLAB based Graphical User Interface (GUI). Moreover, this program also provides the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) calculation and land use optimization by readjusting the PV array configuration. According to the simulation result, the implementation of SPP in Eastern Indonesia has 85.4% and 23.54% for annual PR and capacity factor (CF) respectively. The simulation also shows that the optimum distance between PV strings produces higher annual energy yield and CF.

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Global horizontal irradiance

Direct normal irradiance

Diffusive horizontal irradiance

Capacity utilization factor

Ministry of new and renewable energy

National renewable energy laboratory

Total electrical units (kWh)

Maximum generation capacity of the plant

Breakeven duration in years

Plant installation cost

Plant operation and maintenance cost

Revenue generated yearly

Cost of the electrical unit

Plants total cost

Transmission loss

Distance between the nodes \(i\) and \(j\)

Power transmitted between the nodes \(i\) and \(j\)

Distribution loss between the nodes \(i\) and \(j\)

Distribution loss factor between the nodes \(i\) and \(j\)

Number of districts groups

Demand from \(ith\) district for \(jth\) month

Power generated during \(jth\) month from the plant of \(ith\)

Unit cost of electricity generated by \(ith\) plant

Demand from \(ith\) district group for \(jth\) month

Power generated during \(jth\) month from the plants of \(ith\)

Electrical units transmitted between the \(ith\) district group

Distribution losses

Distance between the plants of \(ith\) district group

Transmission losses estimation function based on \(TU_{i}\) and \(dist_{i}\)

Derived monthly average CUF of \({\text{ith}}\) month

Annual average CUF

Monthly averaged GHI for \({\text{ith}}\) month

Yearly average GHI calculated from \({\text{GHI}}_{{\text{i}}}^{{{\text{monthly}}}}\)

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Case Western Reserve University computer scientists and energy technology experts are teaming up to leverage the diagnostic power of artificial intelligence (AI) to make solar-power plants more efficient.

Solar power uses energy from the sun collected by photovoltaic (PV) modules to create clean and renewable energy. Making solar-power plants more efficient will benefit industry and, eventually, consumers, researchers say.

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The work, funded by a three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is part of a  broad $130 million solar-technologies initiative announced by the DOE in 2020 —including $7.3 million specifically for machine-learning solutions and other AI for solar applications.

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In short, the Case Western Reserve-led project aims to use computers to better analyze data from a large number of neighboring PV systems to help quantify their short- and long-term performance.

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French said the group will work on gathering and analyzing data this year, then start providing solar-energy companies and individual power plants a “pre-trained computer model” to assess how to improve their own system.

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The Case Western Reserve team, for example, will work with SunPower, Canadian Solar, C2 Energy Capital, Brookfield Renewable and  Sandia National Laboratories, among other partners.

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Harnessing stadium roofs for community electrical power: a case study of rome’s olympic stadium title.

1. Introduction

1.1. transition to sustainable energy sources and net-zero emissions, 1.2. rise of renewable energy communities and urban integration, 1.3. environmental impact of stadiums and potential for sustainability, 1.4. bridging the gap: from stadiums to urban communities, 2. materials and methods, 2.1. methodology, 2.2. the case study: olympic stadium in rome, 2.3. boundary conditions, 2.4. pv plant, 2.5. energy output from grid to household utilities, 2.6. energy output from grid to streetlights, 4. discussion, 5. conclusions, author contributions, data availability statement, conflicts of interest.

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Barbaro, L.; Battista, G.; de Lieto Vollaro, E.; de Lieto Vollaro, R. Harnessing Stadium Roofs for Community Electrical Power: A Case Study of Rome’s Olympic Stadium Title. Appl. Sci. 2024 , 14 , 7344. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167344

Barbaro L, Battista G, de Lieto Vollaro E, de Lieto Vollaro R. Harnessing Stadium Roofs for Community Electrical Power: A Case Study of Rome’s Olympic Stadium Title. Applied Sciences . 2024; 14(16):7344. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167344

Barbaro, Leone, Gabriele Battista, Emanuele de Lieto Vollaro, and Roberto de Lieto Vollaro. 2024. "Harnessing Stadium Roofs for Community Electrical Power: A Case Study of Rome’s Olympic Stadium Title" Applied Sciences 14, no. 16: 7344. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167344

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