Under NEM 3.0, solar panels and a home battery work as one system, so for most homes in Tiburon and Belvedere, we design and install them together.
Tiburon & Belvedere Solar & Battery Installation
Solar & battery, engineered for the peninsula.
Solar and storage, designed as one system and installed with the discretion an estate home calls for, by a North Bay team that's been doing this since 1984.
Electricity here only moves one way
PG&E residential rates across the North Bay have roughly doubled over the past decade, at about 7.5% compounded annually, and three forces keep pushing them up.
- AI & data centers. California faces a projected ~10 GW supply shortage as new data centers come online, tightening the grid.
- Electrification. As homes move off natural gas to electric appliances and EVs, demand on the grid keeps climbing.
- NEM 3.0. Under current net-metering rules, pairing solar with a battery is what protects your savings, not panels alone.
Solar & battery for Tiburon and Belvedere homes
What going solar actually looks like on the peninsula: estate roofs, design review, hillside lots, and fire-season outages.
Estate homes & design review
Belvedere and much of Tiburon hold homes to strict architectural and design-review standards. We plan low-profile, all-black arrays with concealed conduit and careful layout on tile, slate, and standing-seam roofs, so the system performs without changing how the house reads from the street or the water.
Hillside lots & whole-home backup
Peninsula homes sit on hillsides served by long PG&E lines, where restoration can take longer than in town. We size whole-home battery backup, often multiple units, to carry a large home through extended outages, not just a few essential circuits.
Fire interface & PSPS
The Tiburon ridge and open-space lands put many homes in the wildland-urban interface, with Public Safety Power Shutoffs a regular fire-season reality. Battery backup is the priority here, keeping power, security, and well or pump systems running when PG&E de-energizes the lines.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Tiburon & Belvedere
We install across both towns and the surrounding peninsula. Here's where we work and the kind of solar + battery work each area tends to call for.
Why choose SolarCraft for solar & battery in Tiburon & Belvedere
SolarCraft is a trusted provider of solar and battery storage systems in Northern California, serving Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties for over 40 years. As a 100% employee-owned company, we've installed more renewable energy systems than any other North Bay provider, including for many well-known local organizations, with a focus on maximizing both financial savings and environmental impact.
40+ Years Local • 100% Employee-Owned • 9,000+ Systems Installed • Solar + Battery Specialists
Solar & battery FAQ for Tiburon & Belvedere
How much do solar panels cost in Tiburon?
It depends on your home's energy use, roof, and battery size, so there's no single sticker price. Estate-scale homes typically need larger systems. With our Prepaid PPA, many homeowners start with no monthly payments and a single discounted system price.
Do I need a battery with solar in Tiburon or Belvedere?
For most new systems here, yes. Under California's NEM 3.0 rules, exported daytime solar earns far less than what you pay for grid power at night, so a battery is what lets you store your own energy and keep the savings. We size the two together.
Can panels meet Belvedere and Tiburon design-review standards?
es. We design for aesthetics where it matters, all-black, low-profile panels, concealed conduit, and layouts that respect rooflines and views, and we prepare the documentation that design review boards and HOAs ask for. The goal is a system that operates without changing how the house is presented.
Will a battery keep my home powered during a PSPS outage?
Yes. A home battery keeps your essential circuits running through PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs and unplanned outages, a regular fire-season reality on the Tiburon peninsula. How long depends on your battery size and which circuits you back up, both of which we size to your home.
What is SGIP, and can it lower the cost of a battery?
SGIP, California's Self-Generation Incentive Program, offers rebates for home battery storage through PG&E. Standard residential rebates are modest, but homes in high fire-risk or frequent-shutoff areas of Marin can qualify for substantially higher "resiliency" incentives. We'll check which SGIP tier your address qualifies for.
Are you licensed and insured, and do you handle Marin permits?
Yes. SolarCraft is fully licensed (CSLB #497797) and insured, and we handle Town of Tiburon, City of Belvedere, and Marin County permits plus the full PG&E interconnection, from application through Permission to Operate, so you're not chasing paperwork.
