California is currently leading the switch to solar energy

CALIFORNIA (KYMA, KECY/CNN) - California is looking to switch to more efficient methods of harnessing energy.

Shannon Eddy, the president of a consulting firm providing progressive policy advancement solutions states, "Our future energy grid will be fed by solar, wind, both offshore wind and onshore wind, by geothermal, biomass, hydrogen is coming into play, hydropower, assuming we have the water. "

3 million homes in California use solar energy but that number needs to increase to 10 million.

Climate Central collected data which shows California generated more than one-third of the solar power generated across the country.

The cost of generating solar energy has lowered 85 percent since 2010.

Solar energy faces challenges including storage space and the need for constant exposure to the sun in order to produce power.