Homepage»Industry News»NREL and Accela launch SaaS integrated instant residential solar permitting platform #1 Leading Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Industry-Focused Newswire. We Specialize in News Reports/Analysis and Cutting Edge R&D Discoveries. Add To Read List California — Accela announced a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to launch SolarAPP+ (Solar Automated Permit Processing Plus), a new instant online solar permitting platform for residential solar energy and battery projects. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution will be rolled out to 1,500 agencies at launch and made available at no cost to Accela’s current state and local customers and transform permitting timelines from an average of two weeks to instantaneous.