Reposted from the website of the Solar Energy Industries Association: [Yesterday] the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) launched the U.S. Solar Heating and Cooling Alliance (SHC Alliance). The Alliance will focus on growing the solar heating and cooling market through reducing barriers and advocating for policies on the federal, state … [continued]
The State of the Union (SOTU) address is obviously a pretty big deal. Tina wrote up a great piece for CleanTechnica on this year’s speech, but other cleantech and environmental thought leaders also made some noteworthy comments this week that I wanted to share with all of you. Before the … [continued]
I love rankings as much as the next guy, and as a cleantech fanatic, I especially love the rankings of states, countries, companies, etc. that show who’s leading in solar power or wind power installations. However, what are often more important than absolute figures are relative figures. By looking at … [continued]
California Governor Jerry Brown, in his State of the State, showed some strong support for solar power and an ambitious Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). Naturally, this earned the praise of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today. Meanwhile, however, solar-blessed Arizona took a big step backwards when it comes to solar … [continued]
Obama has decided, for one reason or another, that it’s time to finally get serious about the biggest challenge facing humanity today (and probably in all of history) — global warming. He also focused on the key point that the countries that lead the clean energy transition will lead the … [continued]
Connecting distributed generation solar projects to the electrical grid may have just gotten much faster and cheaper, potentially boosting both the US solar industry and overall grid reliability…
The New York solar industry has a lot to be happy about after Governor Cuomo’s NY-Sun Initiative announcement (among others) yesterday. The announcement even got the attention of the national Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA), which issued this news release regarding the matter: WASHINGTON, DC– In his State of the State … [continued]
I just gave a presentation today to a class of renewable energy graduate students which mentioned solar PV’s tremendous growth over the past several years and its projected growth in the coming years. As the U.S. Solar Market Insight: Third Quarter 2012 report released today shows, the US Solar industry is indeed still … [continued]
The following is the Solar Energy Industries Association’s statement on Georgia Power Company’s new solar roadmap: WASHINGTON, DC – The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved a roadmap put forth by the Georgia Power Company for how the company intends to create one of the nation’s largest voluntarily-developed … [continued]
Via the Solar Energy Industries Association (via email): WASHINGTON, DC — The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today released the following statement from president and CEO Rhone Resch in reaction to President Barack Obama’s re-election for a second term: “SEIA congratulates President Barack Obama on his re-election. President Obama … [continued]
