Inequitable energy access has long been a challenge faced by Native American communities. About 10% of the Navajo Nation reservation lacks access to electricity, while 40% doesn’t have access to running water, according to a...
Large solar installations supplying energy to the grid are on a tear, according to the 2021 Utility-Scale Solar report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Utility-scale projects—ground-mounted projects that are...
Imagine this: you have solar panels on your house that generate more energy than you need, so you decide to sell your excess energy. You go to an online marketplace, where you have the ability to sell the energy to your local...
It’s not a secret that local electrical distribution systems must evolve quickly, and utilities are thinking about residential customers in new ways. For example, while homeowners were once simply electricity buyers, now they...
Montgomery County, Md., built its first community solar project that will serve low- and moderate-income (LMI) households, according to a press release from Groundswell, which developed the project. The 273-kilowatt (kW)...
In recent years there has been an increased emphasis on green energy and environmentally friendly technology development. As a result, the solar power industry has grown exponentially, and workers must be aware that hazards...
Renewables are leading the way in new electric-generating capacity because of growing interest in environmental issues and the cost of renewables is decreasing at a faster rate than other forms of electric-generating capacity...
According to a recent report from an industry advocacy group, solar energy technology has eclipsed another milestone, this time in total installed capacity. The Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C., in...
As the largest utility in California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), San Francisco, along with its 16 million customers, has been heavily impacted by the state’s growing number and intensity of wildfires. Last week...
According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to achieve the President Joe Biden’s goal of 100% clean energy by 2035, hundreds of gigawatts of solar energy will need to be installed, and as much as five times faster than...
As the energy industry changes, employment opportunities grow. California has announced a series of grants to help build a workforce for carbon-neutral energy technology. The program offers funding for job training in a...
The Energy Act of 2020 included provisions that could impact the bottom lines of electric utilities and energy developers for several years. Among the most important terms are extensions of solar and wind tax incentives that...
Oregon State University’s Nexus of Energy Water and Agriculture Laboratory (NEWAg), Corvallis, Ore., is partnering with the Oregon Clean Power Cooperative to build an agrivoltaics research farm that will co-develop land for...
Earlier this year, the American wind, solar, hydropower and energy storage industries united around a collective idea to generate over half of the country’s electricity within 10 years, according to a report from Wood...
Solar energy has expanded nearly 46-fold in the United States since 2008, according to Pew Research Center. Today, solar energy produces an estimated 62.5 gigawatts—enough to power 12 million American homes—according to the U...
For Maryland to reach its Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) by 2030—which requires 50% of electricity sold by utilities to come from renewable sources, with 14.5% from solar in particular—the state will need to...
According to a report by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA), consumption of renewable energy in the United States grew for the fourth year in a row, reaching a record 11.5 quadrillion...
Powerhome Solar, which provides solar energy services for residential customers and business owners in nine states, is working to bring up to 100 jobs to Knoxville, Tenn. The solar energy and efficiency service company...
A grayish-brown haze stretches from one horizon to the other, turning the sun into a bright orange ball, like a sunset at ten in the morning. White flakes of ash drift down from the sky. A lingering smell of smoke gets in our...
According to a recent report by the Department of Energy’s U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “U.S. Shipments of Solar Photovoltaic Modules Increase as Prices Continue to Fall,” sales of solar panels continue to...
