In this week’s news roundup, we discuss an important update from Washington and a new study testing the viability of power sharing between neighbors.
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Highlights from LBNL’s 2021 Tracking the Sun report
In case you missed it, solar has been in the news quite a bit recently: the Biden Administration announced a goal for solar to produce 40% of the nation’s electricity by 2030; the Department of Energy released a corresponding Solar Futures Study that lays out just how to reach that lofty goal; the inclusion of clean energy incentives (including for solar!) is at the forefront of the debate around the infrastructure and budget reconciliation bills; the latest Solar Market Insight report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie just dropped; and we recently released our own biannual Marketplace Intel Report. There’s a lot going on!
Amidst this solar news frenzy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) just released their annual Tracking the Sun report, the best resource for tracking the state of residential solar installations in the U.S., and complete with publicly-available data sets with info on nearly 80 percent of all of the solar panel systems installed in the country. Here are some of the highlights from the report:
Continue readingSolar news: September 17th, 2021
In this week’s news roundup, we discuss an important update to solar incentives in Illinois, and a new solar powered electric vehicle (EV) charging facility in California.
Continue readingSolar news: September 3rd, 2021
In this week’s news roundup, we discuss an expansion in American solar manufacturing capability, and a major addition to the world’s largest solar battery plant.
Continue readingSolar news: August 20th, 2021
In this week’s news round-up, we discuss a new startup company looking to innovate electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, as well as an updated projection on the country’s energy future from the federal government.
Continue readingCan I still buy Panasonic solar panels? Yes–and there are no signs of that changing
In February 2021, Panasonic announced that during fiscal year 2022 (ending in March 2022), it will stop manufacturing photovoltaic (PV) modules (aka solar panels). This announcement created some confusion about Panasonic’s future role in the solar industry, causing some to wonder if the company will stop selling solar panels altogether. But this is not the case! The company stated that it will “continue to sell outsourced photovoltaic modules as it has been doing in North America.” We sat down with Panasonic to get the inside scoop on their future in the clean energy industry.
Continue readingSolar news: August 6th, 2021
In this week’s news round up, we’re discussing a proposed new federal incentive and an important update in solar financing.
Continue readingWhat is the Green New Deal?
Seemingly out of nowhere, the bold new climate policy initiative everyone began talking about in 2019 was the Green New Deal. But what exactly is the Green New Deal, where did it come from, and what has caused it to gain so much traction?
Continue readingSolar news: July 23rd, 2021
In this week’s solar news round-up, we bring you an exciting technical update in solar cell technology as well as an important update on solar incentives in Hawaii.
Continue readingSolar news: July 9th, 2021
In this week’s news roundup, we discuss an update to state solar incentives in New Jersey and the possibility for several new community solar projects in Louisiana.
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