The Biden administration announced more than $80 million in funding Thursday in a push to produce more solar panels in the U.S., make solar energy available to more people, and pursue superior alternatives to the ubiquitous sparkly panels made with silicon.

By the end of 2022, the Solar Automated Permit Processing Plus (SolarAPP+) online permitting software had eliminated 134,000 days of delays for solar adopters, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) annual performance report.

A new bill making its way through the Pennsylvania legislature would create a solar energy grant program to fund projects like the solar array located next to a high school in Steelton-Highspire School District.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler, D-Philadelphia, (pictured speaking at Steelton-Highspire School District's field of solar panels on April 25 discussing her legislation), encourages state investment in hopes of qualifying for solar project funding through the federal Inflation Reduction Act. She said that federal money could provide as much as 30 percent to 50 percent of a project’s cost.

Pennsylvania Democrats want to establish a solar program for Pennsylvania schools, hoping to reduce energy costs for K-12 districts and colleges and make sustainable investments.

Nuveen Green Capital provided C-PACE financing for two new multifamily construction developments in February - one to Riverwards Group for $17.9MM and the other to Southern Land Company for $40MM.

Eighty-six percent of U.S. adults would “welcome” rooftop solar in their community, the Heatmap Climate Poll finds.

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that NJ will ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles in the state by 2035.

No solar panels? No problem. There are still several ways you can harness clean energy! These options — called community solar and community choice aggregation — are steadily growing in popularity.

Solar power is a promising avenue for clean energy. Unfortunately, until now, solar panels have not been capable of generating electricity in the dark. But scientists at Stanford University have developed at solar panel that works in the dark.

Renewable energy is poised to reach a milestone as a new government report projects that wind, solar and other renewable sources will exceed one-fourth of the country’s electricity generation for the first time, in 2024.

According to the International Energy Agency, an estimated $1.4 trillion poured into “clean energy” projects in 2022, a category that includes solar farms, batteries and electric vehicle charging stations. That’s more than ever before, and more than the money that poured into new oil and gas projects.

Through the newly enacted Inflation Reduction Act, which went into effect on January 1st, President Biden is delivering on his promise to lower the costs of clean energy.