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Ten high school students have begun apprenticeships as solar installers through a program to establish a home-grown solar power industry in the coalfield region of southwest Virginia. The apprentices completed a course of classroom training and have now moved on to installing rooftop solar on their public schools in Lee and Wise counties. At the …
Secure Futures’ apprenticeship program is creating solar jobs in Virginia coal country Read More »
Concurrent with the two-year halt of solar tariffs on major Southeast Asian panels suppliers, the Biden Administration invoked the Defense Production Act and is using the full power of federal procurement capabilities to boost US-made solar. June 6, 2022 The dominant story in solar for 2022 has been the Department of Commerce’s investigation into alleged …
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EDF Renewables maintains a 23.4 MW agrivoltaic facility that supports local wildlife and agriculture. Since it was installed in 2009, the project pioneered efforts in supporting bees, butterflies, and sheep grazing. June 6, 2022 There are many ways to build out the energy transition to renewables, and some are more sensitive to nature than others. …
Butterflies, bees, sheep, and solar energy production can coexist Read More »
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden authorized use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) on Monday to speed up the domestic production of key clean energy technologies for use in buildings. He also committed to leverage the federal government’s purchasing power to expand solar manufacturing capacity, and scale up supply chains to ensure America has the …
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Canadian Solar panels using shingled technology will not be sold in the U.S. market for seven years, after an agreement was reached between the company and Solaria. Solaria has agreed to terminate its patent infringement litigation against Canadian Solar in exchange for Canadian Solar ceasing distribution of its shingled solar modules in the United States. …
The decision has been nearly universally lauded across the solar industry, and thought leaders in policy, advocacy, and project development have chimed in with their perspective on the decision and its ramifications. June 6, 2022 President Biden’s announcement of a 24-month tariff exemption on solar modules manufactured in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, alongside his …
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The Institute for Local Self Reliance ranks states according to distributed energy resources per capita. June 6, 2022 In the recently released report “States of Distributed Solar,” Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) researcher Maria McCoy looks at which states have the most small-scale solar. States with the greatest capacity have more than 300 watts …
Missouri advocates are urging the governor to sign a bill that would allow more HOA residents to go solar. Hundreds of environmental groups request investigation of electric utility industryWashington, D.C. More than 230 consumer, environmental and public interest groups filed a petition with the Federal Trade Commission asking the group to investigate the electric utility …
Reuters first reported that President Joe Biden will postpone for two years any potential tariffs from the Dept. of Commerce investigation on imported solar panels from Southeast Asia. Many in the solar industry, and many federal and state officials, have been pleading to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to quickly resolve the investigation into whether Chinese solar …
UPDATE: Biden to pause DOC tariffs for two years while investigation continues Read More »
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