Energy Companies & Investors Mobilize Lobbying Blitz on Clean Energy Tax Credits

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:50:04 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A broad coalition of energy groups and their member companies are joining forces to hold over 100 meetings with members of Congress and staff from both parties about the critical role of clean energy tax credits for supporting a robust American energy and manufacturing economy. Participating groups … [continued]

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We Need Solar & Storage to Address the Energy Emergency

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:41:15 +0000

Solar and Energy Storage Can Be Built Twice as Fast as Other Technologies President Trump recently declared an energy emergency. In his Executive Order, he states “We need a reliable, diversified, and affordable supply of energy to drive our Nation’s manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, and defense industries, and to sustain the … [continued]

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USA Surpasses 50 Gigawatts of Solar Module Manufacturing Capacity

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:31:58 +0000

Historic milestone marks progress towards SEIA’s goal to achieve 50 GW of domestic manufacturing across the solar supply chain by 2030 WASHINGTON D.C. — The United States has reached a historic manufacturing milestone, surpassing 50 gigawatts (GW) of domestic solar module production capacity. At full capacity, these factories can produce … [continued]

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Solar Trade Group’s Plan: 700 GWh of Energy Storage by 2030

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:49:42 +0000

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) published a white paper outlining the industry group’s vision for U.S. energy storage, setting a target to install 10 million distributed energy storage sites […]

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Solar, Wind, & Batteries Providing Texas with Tens of Billions of Dollars in Tax Revenue

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:58:36 +0000

There’s a growing war on renewable energy, particularly in “red” districts and states in the USA. One of the things that is often bewilderingly forgotten by those attacking renewable energy is the enormous tax revenue (and overall economic benefits) solar, wind, and battery storage projects provide. A new report focused … [continued]

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SEIA Bolsters its Board of Directors Ahead of Major Advocacy Push in 2025

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 04:58:03 +0000

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today announced that it is adding PV Hardware USA, GoodLeap, Rosendin, and Siemens to its board of directors. These leading energy and technology companies represent a diverse spectrum of the solar and storage value chain, from manufacturers and developers to financial service providers and … [continued]

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Solar and Storage Industry Statement on Final Rules for Technology-Neutral Energy Tax Credits

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 04:44:46 +0000

Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury released final rules for the Section 48E technology-neutral energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC). Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA): “The United States must adopt an all-of-the-above energy strategy to meet surging demand … [continued]

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Regulatory Chaos Could Disrupt US Solar Manufacturing And Implementation

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:10:20 +0000

Solar manufacturing credits and the Solar For All program are all on the chopping block in the next administration.

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US Solar Manufacturing Is Soaring — New Facts

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 04:57:41 +0000

I wrote about it a handful of times last year — US solar manufacturing got a big boost from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (aka IRA) and has provided a lot more blue collar (or “green collar”) jobs in the country again. Overall, the IRA has been the biggest … [continued]

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USA Adds Record Amount of Solar Manufacturing in 4th Quarter — Thanks, IRA

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:59:52 +0000

Last week, I wrote about the enormous growth in US manufacturing construction investment that has come from Joe Biden’s strong reshoring and new manufacturing policies (see graph above). Solar technology manufacturing is a part of that and the US Solar Market Insight Q4 2024 report released today by the US … [continued]

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