A nationwide analysis by USA TODAY revealed a trend that threatens to derail U. clean energy goals: local governments are banning new utility-scale wind and solar power faster than they're building it. In areas where the wind blows faster and more consistently, turbines can. . As wind turbines get more efficient and solar panels more affordable, wind and solar plants have grown rapidly. Efforts to block them have grown rapidly, too, especially since 2021. Using the sun's raw energy, you power your home and sell electricity to utility companies. During this period, major developments have occurred in the solar PV industry and in related policy areas including (1) a. . Like wind power, photovoltaic (PV) solar power has also been impacted by an increasing number of state and local ordinances that restrict where solar power may be deployed. This analysis, similar to the prior one in the series on wind power, utilizes the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's. . As of 2021, 38 states, four territories, and Washington, DC had adopted renewable portfolio standards or voluntary renewable energy goals, directing states to generate a percentage of their electricity from renewable energy sources by a target year.
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