The United States solar industry can proudly say that it has yet broken another record. For the first time, solar power production accounted for more than 50 percent of all new electricity, one of the key achievements of 2023, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Increase production across all sectors helped make this record […]
DOE Announces Plan To Further Cut Cost Of Solar
The U.S. Department of Energy has just announced a plan to cut the cost of solar power 60 percent by 2030. The plan includes $128 million in funding to accelerate the adoption of solar, improve solar panel performance, and lower the overall costs of implementing solar. “This burst of funding will help us add even […]
Solar Industry Sets Records For 2020
Despite the Covid 19 Pandemic, the U.S. solar market experienced significant growth in 2020. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the industry grew by 43 percent and installed more than 19 gigawatts of solar electric capacity in 2020. Also notable is the fact that, for the second year in a row, solar power […]
The DOE Announces $125 Million In New Solar Funding
The U.S. Department of Energy made an announcement today, the 5th of February, that it is investing $125.5 million in support of further improvements in solar power and other renewable energy technologies. This investment will, more specifically, go towards improving the reliability of the nation’s grid, creating a more robust American manufacturing environment, and helping […]
2020 Will Be A Record Year For Solar
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is predicting a stellar year for solar power in 2020. A total of 24 Gigawatts of solar is expected to come online by the end of the year, according to the US Department of Energy’s EIA. This is impressively 60 percent more than 2016’s record year (15 GW). While the […]
Homeowners Are Warming Up To Solar
A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that homeowners across the U.S. are showing much higher interest in solar power. The overall awareness of residential solar is certainly nothing new. Over the past 10 years or so, rooftop solar panels have become an increasingly common sight in many cities across America. However, solar adoption rates […]
The Confusion Surrounding Solar Potential
There still seems to be plenty of confusion and doubt concerning the ability of the sun to provide sufficient energy in certain parts of the continental United States. The technical term for the amount of available solar energy reaching the surface of the planet is called solar irradiation. While the amount of solar irradiation is […]
Renewables To Surpass Coal By 2021
It’s not a good time to be in the coal business. Based on current trends, sources of renewable energy should surpass energy produced by coal in the United States by the end of 2021. A recent CNN article goes into details on this inevitable transition. CNN’s information was derived from the Institute of Energy Economic […]
A New Solar Breakthrough Shows Promise For Industrial Use
There has been a recent breakthrough in solar power technology that has major implications for industry. The energy required to produce steel and cement can now be solar powered. Heliogen, the company revealing this new solar capability, came out of “stealth mode” this past Tuesday, November 19th with this announcement. The overall solar technology involved […]
The True Cost Of Solar Still Not Well Known
After years of the cost of solar power being lower than conventional sources of electricity, the truth can still be hard to find. Case in point is when a local news outfit does a report on solar, the tag line is usually – “Does solar make sense for you?” Now, understandably, news organizations need to […]