As solar consultants know all too well, getting permits and grid access often takes way too long.

It's something that we know is needed, but that we'd like to get done as quickly as possible.

And the only way for that to happen is for governments to make the process as fast as possible.

This is why a recent Joint Statement by the Global Wind Energy Council and Global Solar Council brings hope that this is about to happen soon, worldwide.

Here are some of the positive measures that the Councils are calling for:

1. Mandating maximum lead times to permit solar energy plants (1.5 years for utility-scale projects and 6 months for repowering, which can be reduced to 6 months to 1 year for utility-scale and to 1 month for repowering.);

2. Centralizing the siting and permitting process through a "one-stop shop" model;

3. Implementing a mechanism for quickly settling legal disputes, thus avoiding delays.

While this Statement isn't a legally binding document, it's great to see initiatives to speed up the adoption of renewables.

And, logically, if it's going to get easier for industrial and commercial solar, the same is bound to happen for residential.

So home solar installations will become faster and simpler.

Homeowners will notice and tell others about it.

After all, complying with government bureaucracy usually feels slow and painful.

When it isn't, people remember and spread the word. Others will want in on it, too.

And they'll expect their solar consultants to be just as fast.

But this can often be a challenge.

Especially when solar consultants are dealing with a big number of solar proposals at the same time.

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