solar panels

Rooftop solar industry fears demand will collapse as GOP rolls back tax credits

By Geoff Bennett, Doug Adams

U.S. President Biden visits Vernon Electric Cooperative, in Westby

A look at the economic impact and progress of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act so far

In 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest investment in projects to combat climate change in American history. To date, more than 100,000 new jobs have been created in clean energy manufacturing. But such a mammoth…

By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Gerard Edic

Solar developers look to post-industrial sites for industry's dramatic growth

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act aimed to boost renewable energy. Subsidies could help one company reap billions

First Solar, the largest domestic maker of solar panels, became perhaps the biggest beneficiary from $1 trillion in environmental spending enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden signed into law in 2022.

By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: Aerial view of the Pentagon is seen in Washington

The Pentagon will install rooftop solar panels as Biden pushes clean energy in federal buildings

The Interior Department is updating and expanding an Obama-era plan to promote solar power on public lands in the West.

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Dr Stanford Chidziva, acting director of Green Hydrogen, looks at the solar panels at the site where Keren Energy constructed the first proof of concept of green hydrogen production facility in Africa at Namaqua Engineering in Vredendal, in collaboration with The Green Hydrogen Institute for Advanced Materials Chemistry (SAIAMC) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, November 15, 2022. Photo by Esa Alexander/REUTERS

India-led alliance set to fund solar projects in Africa in a boost to the renewable energy transition

An alliance of nations that push for more solar power worldwide are set to announce nearly $35 million for projects such as mini grids and rooftop installations, mainly in Africa, according to the group's director general.

By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press

Solar panels built over water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread?

By Brittany Peterson, Sibi Arasu, Associated Press

In arid locations, besides the clean electricity, there is the added benefit of reducing evaporation. But the technology has been slow to take off.

Long popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in the U.S.

By Isabella O'Malley, Associated Press

Floating solar is already going strong in Asia, from India to China. Now developers are taking inspiration from that and the technology is starting to spread more quickly in the United States.

House votes to reinstate solar panel tariffs paused by Biden

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The House voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries. President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar panel installations in the U.S., a key part of his climate agenda.

Many in U.S. doubt their individual impact on fighting climate change

By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press

Roughly two-thirds of Americans say the U.S. federal government, developed countries abroad and corporations and industries have a large responsibility to address climate change.

Biden pauses solar panel tariffs to jumpstart installations, U.S. companies weigh challenge

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

U.S. solar manufacturers are considering legal challenges after President Joe Biden declared a two-year pause on tariffs for solar imports from Southeast Asia.