NPR: Biden allows solar panel imports while also moving to boost domestic production
Farmland is seen with solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md. Julio Cortez/AP The Biden administration is ending its hands-off approach to a Commerce Department tariff investigation that has effectively frozen the solar power industry in the United States. A probe into whether Chinese solar manufacturers had been improperly funneling […]
CNBC: Treasury Secretary Yellen: The U.S. should have moved faster toward renewable energy
“I don’t think that ESG movement and the emphasis on climate change is creating the problems we have. If anything the problem is that we haven’t moved as rapidly as we should have,” Janet Yellen told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin. Yellen said the United States and Europe would have been less exposed to energy prices […]
NEWS: Homegrown solar technology sprouts up in Kelowna
KELOWNA 10 Published 2021-11-05 by Glenn Hicks Locally founded company behind space-age tower in Rutland Click to Watch Video Solar generation that goes upward not outward Land is not taken up with ground-mounted solar panels Company says reflective light can also be harnessed from snowpack or lakes Something sprouted up recently in the agricultural area near the top […]
CBC: Cheaper panels, interest in going green spurs boom in rooftop solar
Falling prices for panels and environmental concerns convince some to find potential in their rooftops. Curt Petrovich · CBC News · Posted: Sep 15, 2021 1:00 AM PT | Last Updated: September 15 Three years ago, Earle Ten Have threw the switch on an array of 39 solar panels on his barn roof in Nanaimo, B.C. — and he’s never […]
WASHINGTON POST: Biden officials trumpet how solar can provide nearly half of the nation’s electricity by 2050
New Energy Department study reflects the president’s vision to reshape the U.S. energy infrastructure and cut greenhouse gases. By Darryl Fears September 8, 2021 at 4:17 p.m. EDT The Biden administration announced a blueprint Wednesday outlining how solar energy could produce nearly half of the nation’s electricity by mid-century, part of its ambitious bid to […]
STANFORD DAILY: Commitment to sustainability: The road to 100% solar
By Jessica Park on August 18, 2021 Stanford will be powered entirely by solar energy by next summer, making it one of the most energy-efficient research universities in the world. Stanford Energy System Innovations (SESI) has been working on Stanford’s transition to renewable energy for the past decade. Its original goal of going 100% solar by late 2021 was […]
INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY: Shoals IPO Raises $1.9 Billion In Hot Solar Energy Market, Stock Jumps
BRIAN DEAGON, 04:11 PM ET 01/27/2021 Solar equipment supplier Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS) has raised $1.9 billion with an initial public offering that drew heightened attention in a hot market. The Shoals IPO jumped by double digits as trading began Wednesday afternoon. The company offered 77 million shares, 7 million more than expected, at $25 each, which also […]