Tag: solar energy in United States
Trump Era: $30MM in New U.S. Solar-Grid Integration Funding Comes Amidst Heightened Energy Policy Uncertainty
The U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) on Jan. 31 announced it would invest as much as $30 million to fund...
How Can Solar Power Transform America’s Lower Income Neighborhoods?
Solar power panels may have higher upfront cost than some traditional sources of power and energy but the long-term cost benefits are unimaginable. The...
Solar Power: What Next for America?
Before U.S. President Barack Obama took charge in 2009, solar power generation was dismal. The country’s output was just 22 MW, and it was...
How the Loan Guarantee Program Kickstarted Solar Power Plants in the U.S.
When Barack H. Obama took charge as President in 2009, there were no utility-scale solar power plants in the country. In 2008, the installed...
The World’s Largest Solar Farm Will Use Solar-Thermal Technology
SolarReserve has finalized plans for a massive, 2-gigawatt solar power plant in Nevada, hoping to sell its power to California, which is scheduled to...
Solar Power Creating New Possibilities Around the World
A few years ago, when the cost of solar panels was rather high, the perception of solar being only for rich folk was created....
“Automotive City” Detroit is Building a Megawatt-Class Photovoltaic Power Plant
DTE Energy, a large energy company in Michigan, announced on September 16 that it had already started the construction of the largest megawatt-class photovoltaic...
