Top US States for Percentage of Electricity from Solar
This report ranks US states according to the percentage of their electricity that comes from solar.
Alabama
Top Solar States Per Capita 2012 vs. 2020 — CleanTechnica Report
After digging into an old spreadsheet to create a new report on top solar power states per capita, it crossed my mind to compare the results from the first half of 2020 with the results from 2012, which is the last time I had published such a report before today.
Top Solar Power States Per Capita — CleanTechnica Report
If you’ve been reading CleanTechnica long enough, you know that 8 to 10 years ago, I used to publish reports on solar power capacity per capita — for both US states and countries around the world. I’m returning to these, starting with this one on the top solar states.
Alabama Power’s Discriminatory Solar Charge Moves Forward, Gets Increased
On Sept 1, 2020, the Alabama Public Service Commission dismissed a challenge against Alabama Power’s discriminatory solar charge, which, since 2013, has limited the rights of Alabama homeowners and businesses to create solar power on their own properties and reduce their electric bills.
Florida Leading Large Solar Power Growth In US Southeast
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) has been promoting and tracking clean energy in the US Southeast for many years. It now puts out an annual Solar in the Southeast report. Along with state comparisons on megawatts of solar installed, policy, and other matters, SACE actually calculates and shares installed solar capacity per customer for states and utilities.
Coronavirus & Flooding Set to Collide in USA — New Union of Concerned Scientists Analysis
Last month, when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its seasonal forecast for the spring flooding season, I was jolted into a reality that some people in the US are already experiencing: extreme weather stops for no virus. Just days after NOAA’s forecast came out, the flooding arrived: floodwaters from heavy rains in central and southern Ohio required the evacuation of dozens of people, leading one local sheriff to state, “God knows how we will figure it out with COVID-19.”
Utilities That Have & Have Not Suspended Disconnects Amid COVID-19
The Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) is tracking which utilities are suspending disconnections during the coronavirus outbreak, as well as regulators that are mandating suspensions.
Wind Energy Is The Secret Superpower Behind US Steel Industry Survival
US President* Donald Trump rolled into office hating on wind energy and cheering on the steel industry, and you’ll never guess what happened next.
Fees Dampen Demand For Rooftop Solar In Alabama
Alabama Power, which serves two-thirds of electricity customers in the state, assesses people who have rooftop solar systems a fee of $5.00 a month for each kilowatt their systems generate. Some residential customers are challenging those fees.
There Were 137 Oil Spills In The U.S. In 2018 — See Where They Happened
Oil spills don’t make the news very often unless they are big, like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, which killed 11 people and spewed an estimated 205 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. But spills happen frequently. According to data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there were 137 oil spills in 2018, about 11 per month.
