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DOE Names Recipients of the American-Made Solar Prize
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the winners of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 3 and the 20 semifinalist teams selected to...
Bipartisan Majorities Support Tax Incentives to Reduce Fossil Fuel Use
Bipartisan majorities support a number of tax incentives that seek to reduce the use of fossil fuels, according to a new in-depth survey conducted...
SEIA Outlines Policy Agenda for New Administration
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a suite of policies and executive actions that it is asking president-elect Joe Biden and the...
House Passes the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, which includes legislation Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif., introduced to promote...
SEIA Files Petition for Review of FERC Order
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has filed a petition for review with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of FERC Order No. 872,...
FERC Approves Rule Enabling Wholesale Competition for DER Aggregators
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a final rule, Order 2222, enabling distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators to compete in all regional...
Mayors’ Letter to Congress Urges Tax Credit Extensions
A bipartisan coalition of 64 mayors, representing cities in 25 states across the country, have joined with Environment America to call on Congress to...
Durbin Introduces America’s Clean Future Fund Act
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has introduced America’s Clean Future Fund Act, a bill aimed at spurring job creation by investing in a clean...
Biden Unveils Plan to Combat Climate Change
In a recent speech, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden unveiled his plans to steer the U.S. toward a carbon-free future.
In order to curb climate...
Solar Companies Call on Congress to Pass Clean Energy Legislation
Nearly 650 solar companies have sent a letter to Congress galvanizing support for legislation that deploys clean energy to help rebuild the U.S. economy.
The...
Clean Energy’s Policy Response to COVID-19 is Paramount
While the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced air pollution in the U.S., the longer-term impact on the environment is unclear. In a recent study, MIT...
The Moving Forward Act Moves Forward to the Senate
The House of Representatives has passed the H.R.2, the Moving Forward Act, a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that is aimed at improving the country’s...
Green Tax Package to be Considered in the House
House Democrats have revealed a green tax package that offers tax incentives to the renewable energy industry, for electric vehicles (EVs) and for other...
Landmark Legislation Aims to Stimulate U.S. Solar Industry
What began as a bill aimed at boosting the U.S. transportation and infrastructure sectors has morphed into a $1.5 trillion federal stimulus package that...
IEEFA: Federal Lands Woefully Underutilized for Utility-Scale Solar
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has acreage set aside for utility-scale solar development on only 0.03% of the roughly 100 million acres it...
COVID-19 Continues to Devastate Clean Energy Jobs
More than 620,000 U.S. clean clean energy workers have lost their jobs since March, after 27,000 new workers filed unemployment claims in May, according...
ITC Safe-Harbor Rules Get an Extension
The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2020-41, which confirms that safe-harbor provisions for the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) will be extended until...
COVID-19 Stunts Solar Job Growth
The U.S. solar industry will employ 114,000 fewer workers by June, compared to previous forecasts that projected the industry would employ 302,000 Americans over...
COVID-19 Continues to Wreak Havoc on Clean Energy Jobs
Nearly 600,000 U.S. clean energy workers have lost their jobs since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic after 447,208 new workers filed unemployment claims...
Solar ITC Safe Harbor To Be Extended
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is poised to adjust the current safe-harbor guidelines for both the production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax...