For grid planners and operators working in today’s digital age, there are few words more frightening than cyberattack. In the energy sector, breaches by bad actors can cause infrastructure to shut down and quickly disrupt daily life, which occurred during the infamous cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline in May 2021 that cut off half of […]
Three Reasons to Invest in Solar at a Time of Record Inflation: SEIA (Solar Energy Industries Association) – EQ Mag Pro
Last month, Americans faced the highest rate of inflation in 40 years. The impact of rising prices is the most obvious in the energy sector, where supply chain constraints and the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine could result in households spending about 23% more on energy and transportation this year than in 2020. […]
SEIA Warns That Proposed 50-250% Duties on Module Imports from Southeast Asia Will Reduce PV Installations in the US by 18GW
The PV industry in the US is embroiled in a serious infighting over imports of PV products from China and Southeast Asia. With the enforcement of the Section 201 tariffs set to end in February 2022, a group of anonymous American solar enterprises are now lobbying the US Commerce Department to impose even higher tariffs […]
Tariffs, seizures expose U.S. solar industry’s vulnerability to imports – EQ Mag Pro
Tighter availability of foreign panels could hurt the booming industry and set back President Joe Biden’s effort to decarbonize the nation’s power sector. Cheap imports have fueled the U.S. solar industry’s dramatic growth for years. Now, mounting trade and transport issues is exposing that dependence as a vulnerability, slowing shipments and putting big projects at […]
Solar companies say new tariff proposal would devastate the industry – EQ Mag Pro
The Solar Energy Industries Association is urging the Department of Commerce not to implement tariffs on solar imports from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. The U.S. imports 80% of its panels from the three countries, according to SEIA. The industry trade association said new tariffs would cost the industry 18 gigawatts of new solar installations by […]
Navisun Becomes a Sponsor of SEIA & SEPA Solar and Energy Storage Northeast Conference
Navisun is a Kilowatt Sponsor of the Solar and Energy Storage Northeast Conference being held in Boston, June 9-10th. Hingham, MA : Navisun LLC, a solar independent power producer that co-develops, acquires, owns, and operates distributed and small utility-scale solar projects, announced that it is a sponsor of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and […]
China Helped Make Solar Power Cheap Through Subsidies, Coal And Allegedly, Forced Labor
In recent years Chinese manufacturers have come to dominate world output in solar panels and components. The conventional wisdom within the renewable energy sector, until recently, was that China had taken over the market because its companies were more efficient, with better automation and more reliable supply chains. But events over the last few months […]
U.S. solar industry predicts installations will quadruple by 2030
The 324 GW of solar energy would produce enough electricity to power about 60 million homes, or around 40% of homes in the country today. Solar installations in the United States are expected to quadruple by 2030 thanks to the extension of a key industry subsidy late last year and booming demand for carbon-free power, […]
Nationwide average levelized PPA prices fell to $24/MWh in 2019
Utility-Scale Solar Interactive data visualizations based on the 2020 Utility-Scale Solar Data Update are available on the tab below. Berkeley Lab’s 2020 update of utility-scale solar data and trends provides an overview of key trends in the U.S. market, with a focus on 2019. You can find a comprehensive data file and a briefing deck summarizing select insights on […]
AWEA Introduces New Trade Group, the American Clean Power Association
SEIA, the national solar trade group, will remain distinct, though it will work with the new organization on some issues. The largest wind trade group in the U.S. announced Friday it will officially broaden its mission beyond wind as part of a newly-formed industry group. The American Wind Energy Association, which advocated for that industry […]