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American Clean Power Association Supports SEIA Solar Supply Chain Traceability Protocol
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) today issued the following statement in support of the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) Solar Supply Chain Traceability Protocol. “The American Clean Power Association and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) stand shoulder to shoulder united in our commitment to the Solar Supply Chain Traceability Protocol. This ...
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SolarReviews Joins Industry Leaders in Growing California’s Solar Industry
SACRAMENTO, CA, LAKEWOOD, CO - SolarReviews has become the newest member of the nation’s largest state solar power trade association, the California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA). “We are proud to have SolarReviews join CALSEIA to support its mission of expanding the use of clean, solar technologies throughout the state. CALSEIA members are recognized as being true ...
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NorCal Solar to Host Party to Launch 9th Edition of Solar Energy Resource Guide
The Northern California Solar Energy Association (NorCal Solar) will be launching its latest Solar Energy Resource Guide (SERG) on the eve of the 2012 Intersolar North American conference in San Francisco next month. The SERG serves as a requisite tool for northern Californians interested in utilizing solar energy at home and in their businesses. The 9th edition SERG features articles covering ...
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President Bill Clinton to Deliver Keynote Address at Solar Power International 2012
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) today announced that President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at Solar Power International (SPI) 2012 on September 12 in Orlando, Fla. SPI is the premier global solar energy conference and expo, designed to serve and advance the solar power industry. Taking place September 10 - 13 at the ...
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Bipartisan Group of 69 Lawmakers Urge Feds To Oppose Punitive Tariffs That Would Gut U.S. Solar Industry
Recently (8/11), a bipartisan group of 16 senators and 53 members of the House of Representatives sent open letters to U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Chairman Rhonda Schmidtlein urging the ITC to reject a petition that would slap tariffs on imported solar panels and cells. "Solar companies in our states believe the requested trade protection would double the price of solar panels," ...
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Changes Made to Solar Rebate Program
A separate budget has been established solely for the solar pool heating system sub-program. Thirty percent of the thermal sub-program’s remaining funds will be dedicated to pool systems, totaling $50,078,180, according to the California Public Utilities Commission. The program now also caps cash-back at 50 percent of the total system cost. This change, which went into effect Jan. 30, will ...
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US Solar tariffs: what past experience tells us about the impact
On January 22, Presiden: Donald Trump imposed tariffs on solar panels in what he called an effort to "create jobs in America for Americans." The move prompted widespread criticism from both solar and free trade advocates. While the president: argued that solar companies would *com[e] back strong" with the addition of *a lot of jobs,' the Solar Energy Industry Association, which represents the ...
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Greentech Media Publishes New Website on U.S. Solar Market: www.SolarMarketInsight.com
Greentech Media, the energy industry’s leading source for news and analysis on green technology markets, announces it new website, www.SolarMarketInsight.com, devoted exclusively to the business of solar energy in the U.S. The site will feature the latest news, data, analysis and information from GTM Research’s team of experts and the Solar Energy ...
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CPV industry strategy up for discussion in October
Mastering reliability and qualifying new opportunities identified as key themes as the public gets first details of PV Insider’s CPV USA 2012 Summit, announced for 15-16 October in San Jose, California. These topics reflect current industry trends, as a number of concentrated photovoltaic companies have recently announced plans to expand into new markets. SolFocus and Arima have made ...
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New Greentech Media Conference to Explore the Strategies of U.S. Solar Market
The U.S. solar market has seen unprecedented development over the past year, becoming one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy in 2010 and into 2011. The most definitive data documenting the market’s evolution has come from a partnership between the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) and GTM Research, the research arm of ...
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What Are Schools Doing to Go Green?
In many ways, schools are a natural fit for solar power They tend to require electricity only during the day, when the sun is shining, and they often have ample space on their roofs and grounds for solar panels. More than 5,500 schools across the country have installed solar power arrays to help power their buildings, the Solar Energy Industries Association said in a report last year. That' s ...
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President Biden Launches USTDA's Global Partnership for Climate-Smart Infrastructure
In conjunction with the Leaders Summit on Climate, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. launched the U.S. Trade and Development Agency's Global Partnership for Climate-Smart Infrastructure - an initiative with U.S. industry and government partners that will deliver clean energy and transportation solutions to emerging markets around the world. President Biden announced the partnership during a keynote ...
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Clean Energy Sector Disappointed in FERC`s MOPR Decision
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently (4/16) largely rejected the clean energy sector's Request for Rehearing on its order to impose a Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) in the PJM capacity market. While clarifying that voluntary RECs are not considered by the Commission to be a state subsidy, FERC otherwise affirmed its December 2019 decision. In their January joint Request for ...
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Diverse Coalition Signs Statement of Principles on Modernizing the Electric Transmission Grid
WIRES, the international trade association that promotes investment in the high voltage grid, and several other organizations in the electric power space announced this week a Statement of Principles for advancing development of a modern electric transmission grid. The Statement was agreed to by a diverse coalition of 10 U.S. and Canadian organizations following the International Summit on the ...
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SEIA Gives Pres. Trump Plan to Make America First in Manufacturing, National Security and Solar Job Growth
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released a blueprint to put America First on economic growth, jobs, manufacturing and national security. SEIA's America First Plan for Solar Energy recommends six steps President Trump can take to maintain the solar industry's booming growth. The plan starts with the president's rejection of tariffs, which would increase the cost of solar, sacrifice ...
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Solar Power 2006 Set to Showcase California Clean Tech Open Entrepreneurs Finalists
(SAN JOSE, CA) - Finalists for the California Clean Tech Open’s Renewable Energy Prize will present their innovations at Solar Power 2006, the largest business-to-business solar conference and expo in the United States. The California Clean Tech Open finalists were selected by an elite panel of Silicon Valley venture capitalists, clean tech executives, and domain experts, and will compete for ...
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SunPower Solar Discovery Game Promotes Energy Awareness and Education via Social Media
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) today launched the Solar Discovery Game, an online contest and sweepstakes that promotes solar energy education and awareness in the U.S. The grand prize, which will be announced on September 16, 2011, is a high-efficiency SunPower solar power system, valued at up to $25,000. To play, participants can access the Solar Discovery Game through SunPower's ...
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America`s Clean Energy Leaders Urge President Biden to Repeal Trump Solar Tariff Proclamation
Seventeen leading renewable energy CEOs are calling on President Biden to rescind the Trump Administration's October 2020 solar proclamation, which improperly increased tariffs on solar panels and rescinds the exclusion for bifacial solar panels. Led by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and supported by the American Clean Power Association, the letter calls attention to the ...
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Clean Footprint Sets Appointments with Solar Developers for Solar Power International 2013
Representatives from Clean Footprint, Central Florida’s leading solar finance and development company, are attending Solar Power International 2013 (SPI) in Chicago, Illinois on October 21st through the 24th. Currently, the company is setting appointments with solar developers interested in Clean Footprints turn-key solar solutions, including solar financing, EPC, O&M and their ...
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New Solar Permit Software to Reduce Costs and Expand Residential Markets
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and The Solar Foundation are joining the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), several national residential solar companies, and other nonprofit organizations to develop new automated permit software for distributed solar and storage, reducing the cost of solar installations and saving resources for local governments and taxpayers.NREL was ...
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