Joe Biden’s Solar Plan and the Prescience of Jimmy Carter
The best time to plant a solar panel was forty years ago—but Biden is trying hard to make up for lost time.
From 4% to 45%: Biden Sets an Ambitious Plan for Solar Energy
The Biden administration on Wednesday released a plan to produce almost half of the nation’s electricity from the sun by 2050 as part of its...
U.S. solar photovoltaic module shipments up 33% in 2020
Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, U.S shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules (also referred to as solar panels) reached a record high of 21.8 million...
Extreme weather events are pushing consumers to solar and residential storage
Extreme weather events across the U.S. — from wildfires and drought in the West, to deep freezes and floods in the South and Southeast —...
Solar could provide 40 percent of US power generation by 2035, Biden administration says
The Department of Energy is projecting that solar power could comprise up to 40 percent of U.S. power generation nationwide by 2035, an increase of more...
What Are Bifacial Solar Panels? Overview, How They Work, and Outlook
Like their name suggests, bifacial solar panels face both directions—toward the sun and away from it. That might not make sense at first, until you...
California Panel Backs Solar Mandate for New Buildings
California regulators voted Wednesday to require builders to include solar power and battery storage in many new commercial structures as well as high-rise residential projects....
Why rooftop solar leader Sunrun chose a utility executive as its next CEO
Rooftop solar company Sunrun grew to a $10 billion market cap by promising to disrupt the century-old electric utility paradigm. Now it will be run...