Solar power benefits the environment. Adopting renewable energy helps to improve air and water quality and helps the country reduce greenhouse gas emissions that exacerbate climate change. DOE partners with national labs to develop innovations that lower the costs of solar energy.
Solar energy is the fastest growing and most affordable source of new electricity in America. As the cost of solar energy systems dropped significantly, more Americans and businesses are taking advantage of clean energy.
Other state reforms have been more limited. For example, in 2022, Illinois enacted legislation that limits the ability of local entities such as cities to restrict certain renewable energy projects like wind and establishes minimum setback requirements and height and sound limitations.
Solar deployment generates economic opportunities. The solar industry—from manufacturing to installation and maintenance—can get more people into careers in clean energy, launch small businesses, and contribute to growing local economies.
The U.S. solar industry saw a range of notable policy developments in December as lawmakers, regulators, and industry groups advanced efforts to expand community energy, improve solar
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Vote Solar''s Sachu Constantine discusses the role of state and local governments in driving forward clean energy policy in the United States.
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Building renewable energy and transmission projects in the U.S. at the speed and scale the climate crisis requires will require reforms to the way they''re sited and permitted — at the federal,
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Solar panels and wind turbines decorate the Colorado desert at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the
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A letter signed by 143 prominent solar companies in the United States has been sent to the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, urging congressional leaders to make reforms to
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The extra layer of scrutiny for wind and solar contrasts with actions by the Trump administration to make it easier and cheaper for companies to produce oil, coal, gas and nuclear power.
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In April, more than 200 solar and storage companies called for comprehensive permitting reforms that open federal lands to clean energy, modernize the grid, and build out transmission
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Vote Solar''s Sachu Constantine discusses the role of state and local governments in driving forward clean energy policy in the United States.
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Solar energy is the fastest growing and most affordable source of new electricity in America. As the cost of solar energy systems dropped significantly, more Americans and businesses
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Permitting and transmission for utility solar projects has been a challenge for the industry that has only intensified as installations get larger in size. But a new bipartisan bill in its early stages
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A new white paper makes the case that with just a handful of state-level reforms, plug-in solar could reach 60 million Americans by 2035 and slash household electricity costs -- without a
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