Corporate buyers also upped their commitments to solar in 2014 by 28 % over the year before, taking the cumulative installed capacity of top U.S. companies to over 569 MW at 1,110 facilitites, according to «Solar Means Business,» a report
from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
PG&E's rate case is coming first — and we've already seen new tariff proposals come out from the utility and
from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), two parties that have clashed before over solar - friendly rate design.
Enjoy the Solar Smackdown and some solar industry information about Oregon and North Carolina
from the Solar Energy Industries Association.
The Solar industry had the second largest quarter in US History based on a recent report
from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)-- installing over 2.3 gigawatts of solar PV — and is expected to grow to 12 gigawatts of solar capacity by the end of 2017.
But renewable energy officials — including ones
from the Solar Energy Industries Association and the American Wind Energy Association, both ALEC members — questioned the new policy.
American businesses are investing record amounts in solar, according to a new report
from the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Sara Birmingham
from the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) applauded the president's announcements, but cautioned that federal policies will only go so far without on the ground reinforcement.
Not exact matches
Today,
solar jobs vastly outnumber those in coal, and those numbers continue to grow — a recent report
from the International Renewably
Energy Agency estimated that employment in the
solar industry expanded 17 times as fast as the US economy overall in 2016.
The U.S. installed almost 2.4 gigawatts of
solar photovoltaics in the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 8 percent year - on - year, according to a recent report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Associa
solar photovoltaics in the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 8 percent year - on - year, according to a recent report
from GTM Research and the
Solar Energy Industries Associa
Solar Energy Industries Association.
U.S. Senator Dean Heller
from Nevada, New York Representative Tom Reed and North Carolina U.S. Senator Richard Burr — all vocal proponents of renewables — together accounted for more than 40 % of the
Solar Energy Industries Association PAC's total federal campaign donations.
GEX holds a wide spectrum of companies that earn at least 1/2 their revenues
from the broader renewable
energy industry, which includes
solar, wind, biofuel and geothermal players, as well as companies focused on
energy efficiency.
The country's renewable capacity has more than tripled
from 2008 levels as of 2016, and the
solar market alone grew 95 % for the year according to the Solar Energy Industries Associa
solar market alone grew 95 % for the year according to the
Solar Energy Industries Associa
Solar Energy Industries Association.
Even as those projects bring prospective jobs, the
Solar Energy Industries Association pointed to the potential job losses from the suspension or termination of solar projects because of higher c
Solar Energy Industries Association pointed to the potential job losses
from the suspension or termination of
solar projects because of higher c
solar projects because of higher costs.
A joint statement of opposition was filed by a coalition including everything
from the American Petroleum Institute and the Natural Gas Supply Association to Advanced
Energy Economy, the American Wind
Energy Association, the
Energy Storage Association, and the
Solar Energy Industries Association.
«Ministers must now come up with a sensible plan that protects the UK's
solar industry and allows cash - strapped homes and businesses to free themselves
from expensive fossil fuels by plugging into clean
energy.
Last month, he announced a plan to reduce methane emissions
from landfill, oil, gas and other
industries, and he has actively promoted offshore wind and
solar energy projects.
«This should reduce overall costs for the
energy industry because, rather than creating large, expensive
solar cells, you can use much smaller cells that produce just as much electricity by absorbing intensified
solar energy from concentrating lenses.
The president and Congress must also end the market - distorting subsidies given out like Halloween candy to
industries across the
energy spectrum —
from coal and oil to wind and
solar.
The 184 page publication, A Handbook for the States: Incorporating Renewable
Energy into State Compliance Plans for EPA's Clean Power Plan, «was prepared by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and is intended as a starting point for states that are considering renewable energy as a compliance tool for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed regulation of carbon emissions from existing power plants (Clean Power Plan).&
Energy into State Compliance Plans for EPA's Clean Power Plan, «was prepared by the American Wind
Energy Association (AWEA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and is intended as a starting point for states that are considering renewable energy as a compliance tool for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed regulation of carbon emissions from existing power plants (Clean Power Plan).&
Energy Association (AWEA) and the
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and is intended as a starting point for states that are considering renewable energy as a compliance tool for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed regulation of carbon emissions from existing power plants (Clean Power Plan).&
Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and is intended as a starting point for states that are considering renewable
energy as a compliance tool for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed regulation of carbon emissions from existing power plants (Clean Power Plan).&
energy as a compliance tool for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed regulation of carbon emissions
from existing power plants (Clean Power Plan).»
I myself have been accused of being a paid shill for the coal
industry, because I argued that rapidly deploying
solar and wind
energy technologies, along with efficiency and smart grid technologies, is a much faster and much more cost effective way of reducing GHG emissions
from electricity generation than building new nuclear power plants.
Re # 43, A «collosal political jump forward» would be for the US to strip all subsidies
from the fossil fuel
industry, and to strip all subsidies
from fossil - fuel intensive agricultural
industry as well (over $ 35 billion a year), and to deliver those subsidies to
solar, wind, and carbon - neutral agricultural
industries — as well as instituting a hefty carbon tax on all fossil fuels, and agreeing to strict emissions caps, and mandating
energy efficient technology in all areas.
These include ending subsidies for the fossil fuel
industry, boosting
energy efficiency, advancing renewable sources like wind and
solar power and moving away
from the idea that «drill baby, drill» is a solution.
The electricity
industry already is — and has been for years — in a rapid transition away
from coal and towards cleaner generation — a transition driven mainly by fundamental market forces such as lower gas prices, lower costs for wind and
solar power and
energy efficiency, and by state and federal policies and company planning decisions that long predated the Clean Power Plan.
Power companies are well on their way to meet the Plan's targets, thanks to the fact that the electricity
industry has already started rapidly moving away
from coal and towards cleaner generation — a transition driven mainly by fundamental market forces such as lower gas prices, lower costs for wind and
solar power and
energy efficiency, and by state and federal policies and company planning decisions that long predated the Plan.
On Wednesday, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a brief statement denying the requests of a long list of energy industry groups, ranging from solar and wind to the American Petroleum Institute, to extend the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking, or NOPR, handed to it by Energy Secretary Rick Perry late last
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a brief statement denying the requests of a long list of
energy industry groups, ranging from solar and wind to the American Petroleum Institute, to extend the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking, or NOPR, handed to it by Energy Secretary Rick Perry late last
energy industry groups, ranging
from solar and wind to the American Petroleum Institute, to extend the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking, or NOPR, handed to it by
Energy Secretary Rick Perry late last
Energy Secretary Rick Perry late last month.
Solar energy industry analysts, along with some homeowners, quickly realized that TPO solar lease companies were retaining most of the value derived from installation of a home solar energy system, and they expressed their criticism publ
Solar energy industry analysts, along with some homeowners, quickly realized that TPO
solar lease companies were retaining most of the value derived from installation of a home solar energy system, and they expressed their criticism publ
solar lease companies were retaining most of the value derived
from installation of a home
solar energy system, and they expressed their criticism publ
solar energy system, and they expressed their criticism publicly.
Leading executives
from the
solar and wind
industries went on the offensive this week at a climate conference in Paris, telling coal executives that renewable
energy is the future, and that they had better get used to it.
Industry response suggests an Australian concentrated solar thermal market would be well subscribed A report out from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) this month published responses from industry stakeholders on the viability of a concentrated solar thermal (CST) energy market in Australia: Paving the way for concentrated solar thermal in Au
Industry response suggests an Australian concentrated
solar thermal market would be well subscribed A report out
from the Australian Renewable
Energy Agency (ARENA) this month published responses from industry stakeholders on the viability of a concentrated solar thermal (CST) energy market in Australia: Paving the way for concentrated solar thermal in Aust
Energy Agency (ARENA) this month published responses
from industry stakeholders on the viability of a concentrated solar thermal (CST) energy market in Australia: Paving the way for concentrated solar thermal in Au
industry stakeholders on the viability of a concentrated
solar thermal (CST)
energy market in Australia: Paving the way for concentrated solar thermal in Aust
energy market in Australia: Paving the way for concentrated
solar thermal in Australia.
The Exhibition Magazine (only in German) reports on the topics dominating the
industry's agenda,
from direct marketing of
solar power,
energy storage and e-mobility to virtual power plants.
-- Scott Sklar,
Solar Energy Industries Association, 1986, quoted by Robert Bradley in «Getting Real: The Oil Major Move Away
from Political
Energy,» MasterResource web site, Apr. 9, 2009
Our projections are much closer to actual renewable
energy development than those
from IEA because we have monitored global and national renewable
energy market development and production capacities carefully since the mid 90s, and discuss possible growth rates with the
solar and wind
industries.
Over the last twelve years, since Rio de Janeiro, an impressive set of stakeholders has been built up: international bureaucrats and national bureaucracies;
industries that build, sell, and operate wind
energy and
solar energy technologies; and a multitude of non-governmental organizations that make their living
from climate scares.
Now, the team of
energy analysts
from UBS, writing in response to plunging power prices in Europe, has issued a stunning report entitled «The unsubsidised
solar revolution» — suggesting that investing in
solar will become a «no brainer» for households in several European countries, and will have profound implications for the incumbent
energy industry.
They promote spending $ 22 billion just in federal money during FY - 2014 on climate change studies; costly
solar projects of every description; wind turbines that blight scenic vistas and slaughter millions of birds and bats annually, while wind
energy developers are exempted
from endangered species and other environmental laws that apply to all other
industries; and ethanol programs that require millions of acres of farmland and vast quantities of water, fertilizer, pesticides and fossil fuel
energy to produce a gasoline additive that reduces mileage, harms engines, drives up food prices... and increases CO2 emissions.
Last week's
Energy Storage Summit in London, England, organised by our publisher
Solar Media, brought together more than 350 representatives
from the battery storage
industry.
India aims to have 100,000 megawatts of
solar power by 2022
from just 3,000 MW currently, and predicts the renewable
energy industry could generate business opportunities worth $ 160 billion in the next five years.
The German government wants to slash its support to the
solar energy industry to prevent the market
from overheating, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party said Tuesday.
Solar job estimates fail to account for jobs lost as a result of «the crowding out of cheaper forms of conventional
energy generation,» «indirect impacts on upstream
industries,» and
from «the drain on economic activity precipitated by higher electricity prices.»
VA - REA members include companies
from the
solar, wind, and other renewable
energy industries in Virginia, as well as utilities, some environmental groups, and other advocates.
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Six New Transactions Advance the State's
Solar Industry and Support New York State's Nation - Leading Clean
Energy Standard of Half of Electricity to Come
from Renewable Sources by 2030
This is particularly noteworthy given that Moomba can provide geosequestration, with needed infrastructure bundled with that of an emerging nuclear
industry and development of
solar and geothermal
from Australia's
energy - rich Outback.
«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable
Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage
from Iceland National
Energy Authority and Ministries of
Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption
from European Wind
Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European
Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's
solar water heaters calculated
from Renewable
Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and
from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines
from Geothermal
Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).
APS appears to be part of a larger national campaign
from EEI being implemented, in part, through ALEC's new net metering model language bill that favors the utility
industry over distributed
solar energy.
DOE (9/12/12) reports: «The amount of electricity the United States generates
from solar power has started to grow rapidly and is projected to reach 18,000 megawatt hours per day in 2013... A growing
solar industry presents a tremendous economic opportunity for the United States, and that is why the
Energy Department's SunShot Initiative supports America's best solar energy entrepreneurs and innovators.&
Energy Department's SunShot Initiative supports America's best
solar energy entrepreneurs and innovators.&
energy entrepreneurs and innovators.»
«Ken Lay, the head of Enron, a large Texas - based national gas supplier with annual sales of $ 20 billion that is fast becoming a worldwide
energy firm, sees his company, and more broadly the natural gas
industry, playing a central role in the conversion
from a fossil - fuel - based
energy economy to a
solar / hydrogen
energy economy.»
Here is a look at what greentech folks want
from the new administration:
Solar: The
Solar Energy Industries Association, along with its brethrens in the wind, geothermal and hydropower industries, want cash instead of ta
Industries Association, along with its brethrens in the wind, geothermal and hydropower
industries, want cash instead of ta
industries, want cash instead of tax credits.
He added: «This is an
industry first that will produce and feed clean renewable
energy into the grid with much greater consistency and reliability
from a combination of
solar, wind and battery storage.
It's something clean tech observers and many in the utility
industry have long expected, articulated in the form of a report
from researchers at engineering and consulting company Black & Vetch: California utilities won't be able to meet their 2010 renewable
energy standard (RPS), which decrees that they must obtain 20 percent of their electricity
from renewable
energy sources like
solar, wind or geothermal.
More than 500
solar industry leaders
from hundreds of businesses issued a letter to the White House today, endorsing limits on carbon pollution
from power plants and advocating that
solar energy become a focal point of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Clean Power Plan.