Solar and storage accounted for 84% of new US power added in 2024

Solar and energy storage accounted for 84% of new electricity generation capacity added to the U.S. power grid last year, but the industry faces a challenging future with the new U.S....

More than 20 states sue EPA over canceled solar power grants

More than 20 states sued the EPA on Thursday, challenging its cancelation of a $7 billion program that aimed to make solar power accessible to low-income households.

ILAB Solar Storyboard | U.S. Department of Labor

The U.S. Government, companies, consumers, and civil society organizations are working to prevent solar panels and other solar materials tainted with forced labor from Xinjiang from making their way

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to

American manufacturing is powering a boom in solar deployment, which has doubled since President Biden took office and reached record highs last year, with 32.4 gigawatts of solar

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World''s

China is using the high-altitude expanse for immense solar panel farms and wind turbines and has begun work on the world''s largest hydroelectric dams.

Renewable Energy Program

As we increase renewable energy resources to meet local and state goals, we are also expanding our distributed energy resource (DER) portfolio, which includes small-scale energy generation, such as

The promise and challenge of solar on government-owned property

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is supporting a floating solar array on a 10-acre reservoir in New York that will power municipal buildings in a town largely populated by

Solar Energy

There are two main types of solar energy technologies—photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP). On this page you''ll find resources to learn what solar

Solar and wind to lead growth of U.S. power generation for the next

As a result of new solar projects coming on line this year, we forecast that U.S. solar power generation will grow 75% from 163 billion kilowatthours (kWh) in 2023 to 286 billion kWh in 2025.

Renewable Energy Program

As we increase renewable energy resources to meet local and state goals, we

Solar Energy

Projects focused on discoveries in thin film photovoltaics, thermal storage for concentrating solar power, and grid integration are ongoing as PNNL researchers look for more efficient technologies and