A three-sentence letter issued by the Treasury Department on Thursday suggests relief may be on the way for a nervous renewables market. A concise three-sentence letter sent by the U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday suggests relief is on the way for a renewables industry concerned about meeting quickly approaching tax credit deadlines. The letter came […]
US Lawmakers Stiff Solar, Wind Gets Modest Victory in Tax Deal
Despite months of intense lobbying, the solar industry comes up empty-handed in end-of-year spending legislation. After months of lobbying, the clean energy industry secured minimal tax credit extensions in the $1.37 trillion end-of-year deal U.S. lawmakers eked out this week to fund the government in 2020. Of the possible extensions that may have been stuffed […]
Court Temporarily Halts Trump Administration’s U-Turn on Bifacial Solar Modules
The bifacial solar module exemption lives to fight another day in a provisional win for developers like Invenergy. A bid from renewables developer Invenergy to temporarily pause the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to reimpose tariffs on bifacial solar panels has been granted. The Trump administration granted bifacial panels an exemption from the broader U.S. solar […]
SEIA Commends New York State for Signing Historic Renewable Energy Mandate into Law
Washington, D.C.: Today, Governor Cuomo signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law, one of the most aggressive renewable energy mandates in the United States. The historic law will require the state to procure 6 gigawatts of distributed solar by 2025 and for the state’s utilities to get 70% of its electricity from […]
Wood Mackenzie Boosts US Solar Market Forecast as Florida Blossoms
Recent announcements in Florida and Texas have brightened the outlook for the U.S. solar market over the next five years. Unexpectedly rapid growth in solar markets like Florida and Texas is driving up expectations for U.S. solar installations, with Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables now forecasting more than 13 gigawatts of capacity additions in 2019. […]
US Adds 10.6 Gigawatts Of Solar In 2018
The United States added 10.6 gigawatts of new solar photovoltaic capacity in 2018, down slightly on that installed in 2017 but with an expectation that the market will rebound in the years ahead. These are the high-level findings from the US Solar Market Insight 2018 Year-in-Review Report from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the […]
SEIA, HBCU Coalition Join in National Effort to Increase Diversity of Solar Industry’s Workforce
WASHINGTON: With a goal of making the solar workforce and solar communities more diverse, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Community Development Action Coalition (HBCU-CDAC) have begun a new effort to increase recruitment of African-American students into the industry. SEIA and the HBCU-CDAC have signed a Memorandum of […]
US Residential and Utility-Scale Solar Markets See Installations Fall for the First Time
While community solar had a strong year in 2017, rooftop and utility-scale solar took a big hit, according to the latest report from GTM Research and SEIA. The problem with experiencing a year of explosive market growth is that it can make subsequent years look soft — which is part of what happened to the […]