Over the past 12 months, solar power has become California’s largest source of electricity, a trend likely to continue.

“In the 12 months ending April 2025, solar generated 83.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity, compared to 81.6 TWh from natural gas.”

“Nationally, solar generation continues to climb. In April, solar supplied 10.64% of U.S. electricity for the month (marking the first time the country crossed the 10% mark) and contributed 7.35% of generation over the rolling 12 months. California, by comparison, produced 42% of its electricity from solar at its seasonal peak in April, with May expected to push that figure even higher.”

Good 'ol CA, long-time nation-leader.

  • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 days ago

    It makes a lot of sense. More people should (have) gotten in while the getting was good.

    If

    • your roof gets sun
    • you own your house
    • you’re going to stay there ~10 years
    • you don’t have to go into debt at a bad rate to do it

    You should have really looked into it while the 30% fed discount existed. I think it dies at the end of this year. Payoff time with a battery is something like 9-14 years, but after that it’s 10-25 years of profit. And you don’t have to worry about power outages anymore.

    • m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      prices for solar are continuously falling. bleeding edge is expensive, as always. cheaper helps it grow. big oil wants to kill it. too late.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      You should have really looked into it while the 30% fed discount existed. I

      The real return on renewables is in the industrial facilities. Your house isn’t going to have the location or the hardware to optimize sunlight collection like a multi million dollar facility.

      Economies of scale can get the price of generating solar down into the low single digits. And then there’s industrial batteries/transmission.

      That’s what is boosting utility. Not home units.