Commercial rooftops have more potential than the solar industry believes A case study on C&I roof space in New Jersey.

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Ritesh Pothan

There are 88,429 commercial and industrial rooftops in New Jersey. Together, they hold 22 GW of viable solar potential. Only 7.2% of those rooftops have solar today. That means 17.5 GW of untapped capacity is sitting on roofs that are already at load, already grid-connected and already permitted for commercial use. For context, that figure…

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About Ritesh Pothan

Ritesh Pothan, is an accomplished speaker and visionary in the Solar Energy space in India. Ritesh is from an Engineering Background with a Master’s Degree in Technology and had spent more than a decade as the Infrastructure Head for a public limited company with the last 9 years dedicated to Solar and Renewable Energy. He also runs the 2 largest India focused renewable energy groups on LinkedIn - Solar - India and Renewables - India
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