As Earth warms, California gets federal funding to train climate-ready workforce
California is selected to receive $60M in federal funding as part of a significant effort to build a nationwide climate-ready workforce.
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CAISO board approves ‘transformational’ grid interconnection reforms
CAISO board approved a proposal to revamp the grid operator’s interconnection process, aiming to clear out a massive queue.
The solar energy gloves finally come flying off
The US power landscape is about to be shaken up to the tune of 4.5GW worth of new solar energy generation & storage projects over the next 5yrs
Opinion: America finally has momentum in the push for cleaner energy. We must not go backwards.
America is now doing something to address climate change. It finally has the policies in place to both improve the environment and economy.
A Western US energy market would boost clean energy. Will it happen?
California plays an important role both as a buyer and a supplier of clean power. It has more solar power than any state besides Texas
Startup plans to build next-generation US solar factory in two years
Swift Solar is betting on cells that use perovskite, a material that can improve efficiency — but also has yet to be proven at scale.
USA solar panel manufacturing capacity soared 71% in Q1 2024
A record-setting 11GW of new solar module manufacturing capacity came online in the USduring Q1 2024, the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in American history.
Solar modules deployed in France in 1992 still provide 75.9% of original output power
New testing conducted at France’s oldest PV system have shown that its solar modules can still provide performance values in line with what the manufacturers promised.
IEA: Solar PV investment to surpass all technologies combined in 2024
Investment in solar PV is expected to surpass all other generation technologies combined with over US$500B, according to a report from IEA.
The US is putting enough solar to power 70,000 homes on old nuclear weapons sites
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is going to repurpose sites previously used in the nuclear weapons program into solar farms.