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Solar panel

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May 27, 2024

In the Race for Clean Energy, the United States is Both a Leader and a Laggard—Here’s How

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

large-scale solar array

Werner Slocum/NREL

October 16, 2023

We Need Large-Scale Solar. A New Agreement Points the Way Forward

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

solar panels atop a school in San Franciso,, California

Matt Montagne/Flickr

April 27, 2023

Where is California Going to Site Its New Solar Power?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Credit: J. Rogers/UCS

April 24, 2023

Renewables Have Pulled Ahead of Coal. What’s Next?

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Wind turbine with farm

Ruth Baranowski/NREL

February 22, 2023

How Much Land Would it Require to Get Most of Our Electricity from Wind and Solar?

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

Solar installers from Baker Electric place solar panels on the roof of a residential home in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S.

Mike Blake/REUTERS

June 7, 2022

Biden Administration Moves to Unblock Solar Power

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

November 16, 2021

Lower-Income Households Shouldn’t Pay More for Solar. Congress Can Fix It.

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Windtech/Wikimedia

May 26, 2020

Renewables Have Beaten Coal 100 Days Already This Year. What You Need to Know.

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

The United States Capitol Building at sunset

Eric E Johnson/Creative Commons (Flickr)

October 3, 2019

Clean Energy Tax Policy is Congress’s Last Chance to do Anything Meaningful on Climate This Year

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

Photo by Zbynek Burival on Unsplash

May 20, 2019

Xcel Energy’s Plan to Eliminate Coal and Boost Solar in Minnesota

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

April 17, 2019

Clean Energy’s Progress, in One Simple, Uplifting Graphic

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Richmond Builds

February 27, 2019

6 Clean Energy Milestones to Watch For

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Source: The Solar Foundation

February 12, 2019

Trump’s Tariffs May Have Cost the Solar Industry Thousands of Jobs Last Year

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

September 18, 2018

Mass. Gas Explosions: What Can We Do About Home Fossil Fuels?

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

September 13, 2018

The Price of Large-Scale Solar Keeps Dropping

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Photo: PublicSource

March 29, 2018

Where Are the Solar Jobs? New Resource Can Tell You

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

January 9, 2018

Clean Energy in 2018: Here’s What to Expect

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

December 13, 2017

Major Job Losses in Renewable Energy if Current Tax Plan Passes

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

Installing solar panels in PA

Publicsource.org

December 8, 2017

The Future of Solar is in the President’s Hands. It Should Be an Easy Call

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Credit: J. Rogers

July 6, 2017

Minnesota’s Solar Boom and… Bob Dylan?

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

Wind blowing in Plains states, pre-dawn April. Courtesy: hint.fm/wind

January 17, 2017

Rick Perry and the “Texas Approach” to Renewable Energy and Infrastructure

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

December 20, 2016

Michigan Finally Moves Forward on Clean Energy, As the Final Bell Tolls on 2016 Session

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

ReVision Energy

December 14, 2016

A Powerful Investment: Clean Energy Financing in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

December 6, 2016

Eyes on the Solar Photovoltaic Revolution: 35 Years in a Front-Row Seat

UCS Science Network