National trade association for the U.S. solar and energy storage industry. Building a strong solar industry to power America.
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NEW: Solar & storage delivered *91%* of all new capacity added to the U.S. grid in Q1.
With over 6 million installations, solar and storage are central to meeting America's growing energy demand.
More from SEIA and @WoodMackenzie: seia.org/news/solar-and-stor…
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If we wrapped the entire planet in solar, we would produce more power in one HOUR than the world consumes in a YEAR.
It's not either/or... its both/and.
Even if you wrapped the entire planet in a solar panel, you would only be producing 20% of global energy.
One of the biggest mistakes politicians can make is equating the ELECTRICITY with ENERGY!
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Earth gets ~1.5M TWh/day of solar energy, which is 3,000× global energy use of ~165K TWh/year. Covering just 1% of land with panels could theoretically power the planet. Electricity *is* energy. Electrification replaces fossil fuel use in transport, heat, & industry.
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This is blatantly false. It's NONSENSE, not COMMON SENSE.
Solar and batteries are more affordable and reliable than any generation source. Plus, they deploy 4x faster than coal😉
Stop lying about AMERICAN SOLAR and let us help win the AI race.
Wind and solar require backup from peaker gas plants or batteries, which cost more than THREE TIMES as much as baseload power. Adding more variable resources to the grid can actually INCREASE price spikes and power shortages.
A COMMON SENSE approach to America’s energy sector is what will help secure our grid. 😉
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The statement is false: Wind and solar backups like batteries are increasingly cost-competitive (costs down 65% since 2010), not 3x baseload, and displace expensive peakers.
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Just a reminder that the #solar industry employs more Americans than coal, oil and gas energy generation combined. #SolarIsNow
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Oil and gas pipelines use 50x more land than solar.
Golf courses use almost 4x as much👀
Trump: We have more oil gas, and coal than any other country by far. For whatever reason, god was very good to us. We started to use wind. Wind doesn't work. We started to use solar panels that took over the land where the farmer said "What happened to my land?"
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The real scam is blaming solar for fossil fuel price spikes.
Farmers, families, and businesses choose solar to save money, preserve land, and escape high costs of the old, dirty fuels being forced on them by this administration.
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California is a national clean energy leader, but its #solar and wind development has recently stalled. The #CALeg must pass #AB893 to ensure near-term renewable procurement in the state! #ActOnClimate bit.ly/2wfnZBw
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Three years ago, Texans paid over $500 million when a heatwave spiked electricity prices.
This year, under almost the same conditions, they paid 1/10th the price... thanks to solar and storage.
Read more: dallasnews.com/opinion/comme…
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Support solar in New York. Tell lawmakers and Governor Cuomo you want at least 70 percent of your electricity to come from clean sources.
Time is running out for Albany to act.
#SolarStrongNY
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Today on #InternationalWomensDay, we're celebrating the 63,000+ women working in the #solar industry across the country! #SolarEmpowersWomen
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🚨BREAKING: The ENTIRE #solar supply chain has now been reshored☀️🦅
As of this week:
👷♂️U.S. can now produce every major component of a solar module
🏭65 new or expanded solar and storage facilities have come online in 2025
💰$4.5 billion in investment has flowed into American communities this year
Read more: seia.org/news/domestic-solar…
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President Biden's action today will directly protect American workers, businesses, and the climate, while positioning the U.S. to be a global leader in #solar manufacturing.
#SaveSolarJobs #StopSolarTariffs #SolarShutdown
Accelerating solar projects in the US today -- and accelerating the future development of the US solar panel industry.
finance.yahoo.com/news/biden…
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Proposed legislation to support long-term #solar growth in New York would create 11,000 jobs and invest $11 billion in the state economy.
Tell your elected officials: I want a Million Solar Strong New York!
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BREAKING: After a record Q3, U.S. solar manufacturing has reached a critical threshold.
At full capacity, American #solar module factories can now produce enough to meet nearly all demand for solar in the U.S.
Read SEIA's Solar Market Insight report: seia.org/news/us-solar-marke…
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They’re driving up your electricity prices and are desperate to find someone to blame.
Our message to the Trump Admin: talk all you want about clean energy... but solar & batteries will still be 80% of everything built over the next 5 years because customers demand it.
Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and the wind is not blowing. washingtonexaminer.com/polic…
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Solar and wind aren’t “worthless” when it’s dark or calm. Their output is variable but very predictable. Grid-connected renewables use storage, geographic diversity, and backups to stay reliable. All generation types face downtime for maintenance, fuel, & safety.
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Solar provided 17% of California's power generation last month, outpacing gas on a monthly basis for the first time ever! #SolarIsNow bit.ly/2Hi1Kyr
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Solar has grown seemingly exponentially in the past decade. Watch as major #solar projects (1 MW or above) pop up all over the country! #SolarIsNow
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The Ernst, Grassley, & Murkowski Amendment corrects several of the clean energy provisions that are most damaging to American workers, American businesses, and American energy leadership.
SEIA encourages all Senators to support this amendment and thanks @SenJoniErnst, @lisamurkowski, and @ChuckGrassley for their responsible leadership.
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Last year, the U.S. #solar industry...
☀️ Employed more than 242,000 Americans
☀️ Generated a $17 BILLION investment in the U.S. economy
☀️ Installed 10.6 GW of electric generating capacity to reach 64.2 GW total
☀️ Installed more than 314,600 new systems on American homes
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There are now 2 million #solar installations across all 50 states. Since 2010, these states have played a big part in getting us to #2MillionSolarStrong. Thank you for your leadership! seia.org/2million
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Gas turbines are backordered until 2032.
New nuclear takes >15 years to build.
Solar is fast, affordable, and available NOW.
underthreat.seia.org/threat/
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This number was around 5 million just two years ago. That's how fast the U.S. #solar industry is growing. #SolarIsNow
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California is close to making #solar standard on virtually every new home built in the state! #SolarIsNow seia.us/2wcNZAR
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⚡️+🔋 Solar and batteries deploy faster than any other source of power in America.
Gas and nuclear are simply too far off to meet to rising energy demand.
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88,000 U.S. solar jobs would be lost in nearly every state if Suniva's petition prevails. Join us to #SaveSolarJobs! seia.us/SASJtw
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Since this was posted, more solar energy has reached Earth than has been consumed in the history of civilization.
Why is this Administration hindering our planet’s most abundant energy source?
Even if you wrapped the entire planet in a solar panel, you would only be producing 20% of global energy.
One of the biggest mistakes politicians can make is equating the ELECTRICITY with ENERGY!
Community note
Earth gets ~1.5M TWh/day of solar energy, which is 3,000× global energy use of ~165K TWh/year. Covering just 1% of land with panels could theoretically power the planet. Electricity *is* energy. Electrification replaces fossil fuel use in transport, heat, & industry.
iea.org/reports/global…
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NEW: Final CHIPS Act rules from @USTreasury confirm that solar #ingot and #wafer production qualify for the Section 48D investment tax credit.
This is a major win for domestic manufacturing and helps fill a critical gap in the #solar supply chain.
More: seia.org/news/solar-ingot-an…
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Happy #ValentinesDay! Today at SEIA, we're celebrating our love for the cleanest, most abundant renewable energy source in the world: #Solar 💙
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.@Chamath is right. No energy technology gets you a return on your investment faster than solar.
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Just a sun sitting in front of the Senate, asking them to pass the #BuildBackBetter Act. ☀️
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Today’s decision by President Trump is disappointing and will cause immediate & severe job losses across the country. The solar industry is too strong not to emerge from this, but the near-term impacts are unfortunate and avoidable. #SaveSolarJobs
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Solar Energy: America's affordable, reliable, and fastest-growing energy source that's making waves in the North, the South, the East, and the West.
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We’re marching toward the White House to ask President @realDonaldTrump to #SaveSolarJobs! These are the workers whose livelihoods are at risk if we bailout foreign-owned Suniva & SolarWorld!
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Washington has no business telling farmers what to do with their land.
Solar offers farmers a choice of guaranteed income and a regenerative period for soils. This policy only drives up energy costs and makes life harder for rural communities.
🚨BIG NEWS for American Farmers!
I just announced in Lebanon, TN - effective immediately - American farmland will NO LONGER use taxpayer dollars to build solar farms.
Millions of acres of prime farmland is left unusable so Green New Deal subsidized solar panels can be built. This destruction of our farms and prime soil is taking away the futures of the next generation of farmers and the future of our country.
Starting today, @USDA will no longer deploy programs to fund solar or wind projects on productive farmland, ending massive taxpayer handouts. Also ENDING the use of panels made by foreign adversaries like China.
This is AMERICA FIRST. 🇺🇸💪🚜#farmsecurityisnationalsecurity
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The U.S. #solar industry employs 260,000 Americans and has enough installed capacity to power more than 8.7 million households! #EnergyWeek
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It's more costly to build a new natural gas plant than any time in a decade... while solar remains the most affordable and quickest-to-deploy new generation.
Sunshine will always be free.
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Today is #InternationalWomensDay and we're celebrating the 67,000 (and growing) women working in #solar across the country! #SolarEmpowersWomen
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🚨 The reconciliation bill text released last night is a direct attack on American energy, workers & families.
Any Senator voting for it is voting for higher prices. And they’ll have to answer for it when families open their utility bills, when workers lose their jobs, and when voters head to the polls.
Full statement from @HopperAbby: seia.org/news/solar-and-stor…
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#DidYouKnow there is enough #solar energy installed in the U.S. to power 11 million homes? This number is going to double in the next 5 years! #SolarIsNow
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One year ago today, @POTUS initiated the #CleanPowerPlan, expanding #solar use to cut power sector carbon pollution!
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What is #solar power? (A booming American industry). SEIA was a clue on an episode of @Jeopardy this weekend! Check it out! #SolarIsNow
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Texas is America's energy powerhouse. Why?
Unprecedented energy addition... coming from fast, affordable, and reliable solar and storage 👇
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Now this is the type of headline we like waking up to on the Monday after #SPICon: Solar energy now mainstream power source! #SolarIsNow bit.ly/2RdcC6N
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Should we tell him? #SolarIsNow
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In just two years, solar companies have built or announced:
89 GW of module capacity
56 GW of solar cell production
24 GW of wafers
13 GW of ingots
80 GW of trackers
Now that's American energy dominance⚡
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American solar manufacturing is back 🇺🇸
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We must protect home solar🚨
@SenatorHick’s amendment on residential solar will help maintain local jobs, support consumer choice, and protect the energy independence of every American
SEIA urges Senators to vote for Amendment 2719
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"In the past two years, however, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world."
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.@HopperAbby: “If we achieve our 20% goal for #solar by 2030, our industry will add more than $345 billion into the U.S. economy over the next ten years... As a result, Americans will enjoy greater choice, lower cost energy bills and cleaner air.” #SolarDecade
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America’s total #solar capacity has officially surpassed 200 GW ☀️📈
...and is expected to double over the next five years, growing to 438 GW.
Learn more from @SEIA and @WoodMackenzie: bit.ly/4c7n0pb
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America can't wait that long to build out AI.
China will get too far ahead.
We need solar.
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HISTORIC MILESTONE! The U.S. has reached 2 MILLION total #solar installations across the country, just 3 years after reaching 1 million! #2MillionSolarStrong Release: bit.ly/2WydrJI
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The #solar industry approves this message☀️
And just like that... the new @lorde era has begun!!!
Basking in the good vibes of the #SolarPower music video until further notice.☀️💛✨
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The solar industry congratulates President-elect @JoeBiden on his election victory. We look forward to policy collaboration to create clean energy jobs and grow America’s economy. SEIA’s statement: bit.ly/2IfMBnu
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BREAKING: Congress has passed an end-of-year package that includes a two-year extension of the #solar Investment Tax Credit.
SEIA’s statement: bit.ly/3pqxdVF | #DefendTheITC #RebuildBetter
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"Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma have been among the leaders in adding solar and wind... At the same time, they have seen some of the smallest residential electricity price hikes."
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NEW REPORT: U.S. solar installations are expected to exceed 33 GW in 2023 — the most ever installed in a single year.
However, economic headwinds and interconnection bottlenecks are restricting more robust growth.
Read more: bit.ly/4a9Hn4Q
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#Solar continues to be one of the fastest-growing industries in America with thousands of well-paying jobs. We’re proud to lead America’s clean energy transformation and are ready to go to work for our economy. It’s not a matter of if, but when. #TheSolarDecade #Debates2020
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NEW: @POTUS just vetoed a bill that would have repealed the administration's 2-year pause on new #solar tariffs.
This action will preserve our nation’s clean energy progress and save at least 30,000 American jobs!
Full statement from @HopperAbby ⤵️ bit.ly/3pJsR1h
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#California became the first state ever to install more than 1 GW of utility-scale #solar in a single quarter! seia.org/smi
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A1: The #solar industry is adding jobs 17x faster than the rest of the economy. These are well-paying, highly desirable jobs. #SolarSept
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BREAKING: The U.S. has surpassed 50GW of solar module manufacturing capacity, reaching SEIA's 2030 goal five years early.
Companies have also announced plans for:
56 GW of solar cell production,
24 GW of wafers,
13 GW of ingots, and
80 GW of trackers.
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. #solar industry added a record-shattering 32.4 GW of new capacity in 2023 — a 37% increase over the previous best year on record.
Dive into the new report from SEIA and @WoodMackenzie on solar's biggest year yet: seia.org/news/solar-installa…
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NEW: As state impacts from the #SolarShutdown worsen, a bipartisan group of 19 governors sent a letter urging @POTUS and @CommerceGov to protect American workers and quickly end the case.
LETTER: bit.ly/3LlK9X4
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Now that Twitter has expanded the character limit to 280, there is plenty of space for us to tell you that the U.S. #solar industry employs 260,000 Americans, including 38,000 in manufacturing jobs. #SaveSolarJobs
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The growth of #solar is an American success story. #TheSolarDecade
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Last year, a new solar project was installed every 44 seconds ⏱️
Check out the latest data from SEIA on the historic growth of solar ⤵️
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There are now 5,489 K-12 schools in the United States that use #solar energy! Learn more: seia.us/2BkPSZC #SolarSchools
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That sound you hear is the sigh of relief from thousands of American #solar workers and businesses...
Statement from @HopperAbby on @POTUS' action to unfreeze the solar supply chain, keep clean energy projects moving, and support domestic manufacturing: bit.ly/3mkLbZo
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After a record-breaking 2024, America's solar fleet can now power over 40 million homes.
🔗: seia.org/news/report-solar-a…
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Reaching 20% #solar by 2030 will drive $345 billion of new private investment into the U.S. economy. #TheSolarDecade
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay and thank you to the more than 70,000 women working in the #solar industry! #WeAreSolar
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Solar and storage were 84% of new electricity added to the grid last year and 75% of new projects under development.
@elonmusk is correct: the reconciliation bill's upending of American energy and new taxes on solar are "utterly insane."
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We ask President @realDonaldTrump to protect American solar manufacturing jobs by rejecting foreign-owned Suniva & SolarWorld's bailout. #SaveSolarJobs
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On this Labor Day, we thank our 260,000 solar workers nationwide! They are what drives us to fight the ongoing trade case and #SaveSolarJobs
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BREAKING: The New Jersey Legislature passes SB 2276, raising its solar energy goal and incentivizing significant job growth in the state! SEIA's statement: seia.us/2qLThjJ
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The tariff imposed on solar by President @realDonaldTrump is the wrong approach to growing manufacturing jobs. #SaveSolarJobs (via @nytimes) seia.us/2E2MJAl
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Solar energy is not "alternative energy." Solar is mainstream and now powering 10% of electricity demand in California, Nevada and Hawaii! #SolarIsNow seia.us/2Bbp8hF
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BREAKING: The IRS releases new 'commence construction' guidance, providing certainty to #solar project financiers and helping projects takeoff across the US!
Release: bit.ly/2twvliq
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There is no simple answer for the #TexasPowerOutages, and there's no single energy source to blame. But it's clear that #solar + #storage can help us overcome this crisis and prevent it from happening again.
Read more from @SG_SEIA: seia.org/blog/texaspowercris…
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It's #SolarAppreciationDay, but this isn't a day for us. It's for the 10,000 businesses and 231,000 workers that make this economic powerhouse run.
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DID YOU KNOW: There is enough #solar power installed in the U.S. to charge every smartphone in the world for 10 years! #SolarIsNow #TheSolarDecade
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In the #solar industry, our single most important resource (besides the sun) is our workers. Here is a special #LaborDay message from SEIA to our 250,000 solar workers nationwide: bit.ly/2N5vHsv #WeAreSolar
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ICYMI: There is nothing "alternative" about #solar energy anymore! #SolarIsNow pv-magazine-usa.com/2018/08/…
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In 2010, there was only one state (California) with at least 500 MW of #solar installed. Fast forward to today, and there are 17! Watch as these state markets pop up and fuel the U.S. solar revolution. And head over to seia.org/smi for more sweet solar data #SolarIsNow
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There are now 25 American cities committed to 100% renewables! (via @EcoWatch) seia.us/2o8TO9m
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According to a new report from @Lazard, it is now cheaper in many parts of the U.S. to build new #solar generation than continue running existing fossil plants! #SolarIsNow SEIA Blog: bit.ly/2RQ9UDS
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