In recent years, the Navy, Army and Air Force have outlined ambitious renewable energy targets that will drive 3 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy installations by 2025. These aggressive renewable energy targets respond to rising energy costs, potential energy supply disruptions and ...
Marines and sailors of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and their Afghan national army counterparts, pose in front of a modified ZeroBase Regenerator at Patrol Base Sparks, in Sangin District, Dec. 29. The ZeroBased Regenerator, nicknamed “the Raptor,” after the type...
HICKAM COMMUNITIES, HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE Since the summer of 2011, SolarCity Corp. has been working to construct one of the largest solar communities in the nation at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii. To date, SolarCity has installed and interconnected 3.4 MW for the 2,000-h...
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Military Installs 130 Megawatts of Solar, Makes Energy Supply More Secure Report Released May 17, 2013 Solar plays a critical role in making the military’s energy supply more secure, distributed, affordable and independent. The Department of Defense has committed to meet 25% of its en...
WASHINGTON, DC – A study released today shows that distributed solar generation (DG) and net energy metering will provide Arizona Public Service (APS) customers with $34 million in annual benefits. The study was commissioned by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and was au...
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WASHINGTON, DC – In a new report, energy experts say Texas can help ensure the reliability of its electricity supply by deploying more solar energy, especially during the coming summer months. In recent years, Texas summers have been marked by extreme heat and drought. Wednesday, the ...
WASHINGTON, DC – The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today applauded an announcement that Massachusetts has surpassed Governor Deval Patrick’s goal of installing 250 megawatts (MW) of solar energy by 2017 and the Administration plans to expand the Massachusetts solar goal t...
The Solar Impulse solar-powered airplane made history in 2010 when it embarked on the first-ever solar-powered night flight, and again in 2012 when it made the first intercontinental solar-powered flight (Europe to North Africa). Now the co-founders and pilots of Solar Impulse have an...
WASHINGTON, DC -- Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, released the following statement today as the Senate Finance Committee unveiled its options paper for reform of the U.S. tax code: “Most importantly, the Senate Finance Committee recognizes th...
WASHINGTON, DC -- In celebration of the 43rd annual Earth Day, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, released the following statement: “On April 22, 1970, when the very first Earth Day was held, there was virtually no solar energy powering the grid...
WASHINGTON, DC – For the first time, solar energy accounted for all new utility electricity generation capacity added to the U.S. grid last month, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) March 2013 “Energy Infrastructure Update .” More than 44 megawatts (MW) o...
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The state is awarding $46 million to help finance 76 large-scale solar energy projects across New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday the money will go to 28 recipients for projects at businesses, factories, municipal buildings and other large energy users.
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No fewer than two in three Americans want the U.S. to put more emphasis on producing domestic energy using solar power (76%), wind (71%), and natural gas (65%). Far fewer want to emphasize the production of oil (46%) and the use of nuclear power (37%). Least favored is coal, with abou...
Join SEIA and GTM Research for a review of the U.S. Solar Market InsightTM : 2012 Year-in-Review report, a look back 2012 highlights and accomplishments, a Q4 2012 data review and a forecast of what's to come for the remainder of 2013. The webinar will highlight trends throughout the ...
TRENTON, NJ— The New Jersey solar market hit a new milestone this week when it eclipsed the 1 gigawatt (GW) mark for total installed solar electric capacity. This is enough solar electricity to power 139,000 homes. New Jersey now ranks third in the nation in solar energy installations...
U.S. Solar Marker Insight Year-in-Review 2012 report by SEIA and GTM Research, 2012 was a record year for many states. California became the first state to install over 1 GW in one year, with cumulative installations making it 7th in the world (if it were its own country). Arizona cam...
Trade Dispute Resolution: The U.S. government concluded its investigation of Chinese PV cell imports to the U.S., which resulted in the creation of tariffs on these cells. Although the ultimate impact of this decision is difficult to gauge, Chinese module shipments to the U.S. decreas...
2012 was a historic year for the U.S. solar industry. There were 3,313 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic (PV) capacity installed throughout the year, which represents 76% growth over 2011’s record deployment totals. The fourth quarter of 2012 was also the largest quarter on record as 1,3...
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Wal-Mart today will reveal a major project that it has quietly pursued throughout 2012 — the installation of solar power arrays atop a dozen Ohio stores, including nine in the Dayton-Cincinnati area. The installations occurred without any bother — or notice apparently — among customer...
In the early 1980s, after an energy crisis that gripped the world, a Catholic priest in the Texas city of Lubbock took a stand for the environment. His congregation needed a new church. So the priest, the Rev. Joe James, anchored the building deep in the earth to optimize insulation. ...
If investors merely went by labels in making buy-sell decisions, SolarCity would have been doomed by its name. Companies involved in solar energy have been toxic on Wall Street of late. The culprit has been cheap solar panels from China that have whacked established manufacturers, lik...
Solar Power International moves to Chicago in 2013! Mark your calendar for October 21-24, 2013 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois. Join thousands of professionals in solar energy and related fields for the industry's largest, most comprehensive solar energy event in North America. ...
It wasn’t too long ago that rooftop solar panels were yet another expensive add-on for high end homes, but then again, it wasn’t too long ago that only the rich kids at your high school could afford pocket calculators, let alone mobile phones. Affordable solar power is starting to mak...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released $150 million in unused advanced energy manufacturing tax credits for clean energy and energy efficiency manufacturing projects across the U.S. The credits are the remnants of $2.3 b...
