Solar@Work Newsletter Archives

Solar@Work is a biweekly newsletter aggregating news and happenings from the solar and renewable energy fields into one convenient place. From across the country and around the world, it’s your go-to source for the highlights, heroes and happenings that move us closer to the goal of 100% renewables. Subscribe today and enjoy past issues below.

 

2024

3/8/2024

Solar Hits a Renewable Energy Milestone Not Seen Since WWII

2/23/2024

Rooftop Solar Has Technical Potential To Meet 45% of U.S. Electricity Demand

2/9/2024

Why You Should Care About Energy Efficiency — Even After Going Solar

1/26/2024

AI in Solar Marketing: A Balance Between Tech and Touch

1/12/2024

Solar To Lead U.S. Electricity Generation Growth Through 2025

2023

12/29/2023

Solar Power Setting Records in 2023

12/15/2023

More Than 100 Countries at COP28 Call for Fossil Fuel Phaseout

12/1/2023

U.S. Solar Energy Capacity Could Soon Overtake Wind Power

11/17/2023

EIA Expects U.S. Annual Solar Electricity Generation To Surpass Hydropower in 2024

11/3/2023

Failing to Expand the Grid May Be Biggest Threat to U.S. Energy Transition

10/20/2023

Who Supports the Clean Energy Transition?

10/6/2023

The Biggest Piece of the Puzzle: Aluminum and the Energy Transition

9/22/2023

ASES 53rd Annual National Solar Conference Call for Participation Submission Form

9/8/2023

Mapping Clean Energy in the U.S. West

8/25/2023

86% of New U.S. Electric Utility Generation Capacity Coming from Non-Fossil Fuels in 2023

8/11/2023

The 52nd American Solar Energy Society Conference Comes to Boulder

7/28/2023

A Solar Solution to the West’s Changing Climate?

7/14/2023

4 Reasons to Go Solar This Summer

6/30/2023

Solar Power Proves Its Worth as Heat Wave Grips the State

6/16/2023

Scoring Justice in Clean Energy Standards

6/2/2023

Next Decade Decisive for Photovoltaic Growth on the Path to 2050

5/19/2023

Energy Justice Bridges Research, Policy and Social Movement

5/5/2023

U.S. Invests in Alternative Solar Tech, More Solar for Renters

4/21/2023

Weekend Read: ‘Solar Crime’ on the Rise

4/07/2023

Inflation Reduction Act Responds to Asia’s Solar Markets

3/24/2023

New Global Solar Capacity Additions Hit 191 GW in 2022

3/10/2023

More Than Half of New U.S. Electricity Generating Capacity in 2023 Will Be Solar

2/24/2023

Six Environmental Justice Policy Fights to Watch in 2023

2/10/2023

How Can the U.S. Eliminate Carbon Pollution From the Power Sector by 2035?

1/27/2023

Energy Transition in 2023: Into a New Era

1/13/2023

Fixing the U.S. Power Grid: A Challenge for 2023 and Beyond

2022

12/30/2022

Renewable Power’s Growth Is Being Accelerated as Countries Seek To Strengthen Energy Security

12/16/2022

IEA Report Finds Unprecedented Momentum in Renewable Energy Sector

12/2/2022

Leadership in an Age of Climate Change

11/18/2022

It’s Time to Combat Utility Opposition to Solar

11/4/2022

What is Needed for a Just Transition to Renewables

10/21/2022

Why Countries Run or Walk Toward a Fossil-free World

10/7/2022

What You Need to Know About the Energy Crisis

9/23/2022

What Is an “Energy Community”?

9/9/2022

Perovskite Solar Cell Achieves 24% Efficiency, Retains 87% of Output after 100 Days

8/26/2022

Americans Want Clean Energy Products Made in the U.S.A. That Goal Is Now Within Reach

8/12/2022

Show Off Your Solar & Sustainable Homes & Buildings

7/29/2022

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

7/15/2022

Solar Panels Power the James Webb Telescope

7/1/2022

Solar Power Plants Are More Missile Resistant

6/17/2022

SOLAR 2022: Energy Transition with Economic Justice

6/3/2022

NASA to Reexamine Space-Based Solar Power

5/20/2022

How the U.S. Can Speed Its Shift to Climate-Smart Infrastructure

5/6/2022

Energy Justice and the Energy Transition

4/22/2022

Solar Superstar Cities Set the Pace for Solar Development in the U.S.

4/8/2022

The History of Energy Transitions

3/25/2022

ASES Statement on Ukraine War

3/11/2022

Joint European Action for More Affordable, Secure and Sustainable Energy

2/25/2022

Made in the Shade: The Promise of Farming with Solar Panels

2/11/2022

Solar Panels Help to Reduce Historic Buildings’ Emissions and Energy Bills

1/28/2022

What Is the Cost of Errors in Solar Power Forecasts

1/14/2022

Solar Power Will Account for Nearly Half of New U.S. Electric Generating Capacity in 2022

2021

12/31/2021

Doing the Right Thing for Wind and Solar Power

12/17/2021

World’s Biggest Solar-charged Battery Storage System Unveiled in Florida

12/3/2021

IEA Says Renewable Power Installations Are Set for a Record Year

11/19/2021

An Evolving Dictionary for an Evolving Grid: Defining Long-Duration Energy Storage

11/5/2021

Energy Efficiency Instead of Long-term Storage

10/22/2021

Renewable Energy Dominated New U.S. Generating Capacity

10/8/2021

Creating a Domestic U.S. Supply Chain for Clean Energy Technology

9/24/2021

Recycling Solar Panels: Making the Numbers Work

9/10/2021

The Role of Solar in Cleaning up the U.S. Electricity Grid

8/27/2021

Monocrystalline vs. Polycrystalline Solar Panels: What’s Best?

8/13/2021

Common Solar Energy Myths that Could be Costing You

7/30/2021

Big Solar: Where Do Large Solar Plants Pay Off?

7/16/2021

More Power Lines or Rooftop Solar Panels: The Fight over Energy’s Future

7/02/2021

The Race to Build Solar Power in the Desert – and Protect Rare Plants and Animals

6/18/2021

How the Recycling Industry Is Preparing to Tackle Solar Panels

6/04/2021

Where Wind and Solar Power Will Need to Grow for America to Meet Its Emissions Goals

5/21/2021

Nations Must Drop Fossil Fuels, Fast, World Energy Body Warns

5/07/2021

To Meet Biden’s Clean Energy Target, Solar Jobs Must Grow Fourfold

4/23/2021

What Countries Pledged on Climate Change at Biden’s Global Summit

4/09/2021

DOE to Cut Cost of Solar Energy 60% Within 10 Years

3/26/2021

How Much Solar PV Is Needed for Net Zero Target?

3/12/2021

Rooftop Solar Would Boost Electrical Systems’ Resilience

2/26/2021

How Texas Solar Helped Meet Winter Storm Challenges, and Could Go Even Further

2/12/2021

ASES SOLAR 2021: Empowering a Sustainable Future DEADLINE EXTENSION: February 15, 2021

1/15/2021

Last Day to Submit to the Call for Participation

1/1/2021

The Highs and Lows for Solar in 2020

2020

12/18/2020

Global Carbon Emissions Down by Record 7% in 2020

10/9/2020

Untapped Potential Exists for Blending Hydropower, Floating PV

9/25/2020

Can Solar Power Save Rural America? – Farm and Dairy

9/11/2020

Reaching Climate Goals Requires a Drastic Increase in Clean Energy Tech

8/28/2020

Renewable Energy Remains One of America’s Most Attractive Investment Options

8/14/2020

Solar Just Hit a New Record in 2020 as Coal Declines

7/31/2020

Will Solar Be the Most Dominant Form of Renewable Energy by 2023?

7/17/2020

NREL Research Points to Strategies for Recycling of Solar Panels

7/03/2020

US Solar Plants Now Expected to Run for More Than 30 Years

6/19/2020

Despite Pandemic, New U.S. Solar Capacity Will Grow 33% in 2020

6/05/2020

‘We Too Must Improve’: Clean Energy Industry Looks into Mirror on Racial Inequity

5/22/2020

U.S. Overtakes China as Most Attractive Country for Renewables Investment Research

5/08/2020

The Next Perovskite Solar Breakthrough Could Give Us Endless Energy by 2025

4/24/2020

While We Have Been in Lockdown, Solar Cell Energy Has Smashed Three Big Records

4/10/2020

The Solar ‘Duck Curve’ Might Look Different under Coronavirus

3/27/2020

Can Rooftop Solar Thrive in an Economic Downturn?

3/13/2020

Solar Power Breakthroughs Are Coming So Fast

2/28/2020

Big News for U.S. Solar as Job Growth Returns

2/14/2020

Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Are Just Around the Corner

1/31/2020

Renewable Energy Prices Hit Record Lows: How Can Utilities Benefit?

1/17/2020

The Future of Energy Is Solar + Storage 2020 Trends in Solar

1/03/2020

Trump Administration Says It Will Approve Largest U.S

2019

12/20/2019

US Research Lab Rewires Solar Cell Efficiency To 27.3%

12/06/2019

How to Get a Solar Tax Credit in 2020

11/22/2019

Why Smaller Might Be Better for Concentrated Solar Power

11/08/2019

These Maps Show the Cities with the Most Solar in the U.S.

10/25/2019

Research Group Advances Perovskite Solar Technology

10/11/2019

From the Rooftops, Big Box Stores Are Embracing Solar

9/20/2019

Climate Strike Global Protest Kicks off in Australia

8/30/2019

8/08/2019

How New York City Is Turning Its Thousands of Rooftops into Solar Power Providers

7/12/2019

Solar Power System That Works at Night. A Renewable Energy Game Changer

6/28/2019

New Solar Power Records Broken, Floating Solar Panel Islands, and Solar Powered Cars!

6/14/2019

California Has Too Much Solar Power. That Might be Good for Ratepayers

5/16/2019

Solar Installations in US Now Exceed 2 Million and Could Double by 2023

5/03/2019

Renewables Generated More Electricity Than Coal for the First Time in US History

4/19/2019

100% Renewable Energy Across All Sectors Possible by 2050 with Solar Leading the Way

4/05/2019

New Wind and Solar Power Costs Less than Keeping Old Coal Running

3/22/2019

Can 100 Percent Renewable Energy Cope with a Polar Vortex?

3/08/2019

Six Renewable Energy Trends to Watch in 2019

2/22/2019

Solar PV to ‘Overtake Wind by 2030’

2/08/2019

Is It Possible For Solar Energy to Compete with Coal-Fired Electricity in China?

1/25/2019

To Stay Below 1.5ºC, We Must Massively Scale Solar, Wind and Batteries (and Hydrogen?)

1/03/2019

Nine Renewable Energy Highlights of 2018

2018

12/14/2018

Fighting Smog Helps Support Solar Power 

11/29/2018

Change the Rules, Add Power Lines to Let Renewables plus Storage Aim for 90% of the Grid

11/16/2018

Four Members of Congress Back Movement Calling for 100% Renewables by 2030, Green New Deal

10/26/2018

Renewable Energy Offers Common Ground for Democrats, Republicans 

10/16/2018

U.S. Solar Production Increases 25.4% in First Half of 2018  Over Last Year

9/25/2018

Xcel to Replace 2 Colorado Coal Units with Renewables and Storage

8/27/2018

US Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement Hits Record High

8/04/2018

Denver Pledges 100% Renewable Electricity by 2030

7/17/2018

LG to Build New 500MW Solar Module Manufacturing Plant in Alabama

6/27/2018

Blockchain Helps Us Take Green Power into Our Own Hands

6/07/2018

This Renewable Energy Company Could Increase Solar Capacity 50%

5/18/2018

How to Assess New Solar Technologies

4/25/2018

Solar Cells That Work in Low Light Could Charge Devices Indoors

3/19/2018

France’s Macron Pledges €700m to Solar Energy Push

3/2/2018

Tesla Uses Power Walls and Solar Panels to Bring AC to Hawaii Schools

1/10/2018

Renewable Energy on the Rise in U.S. Electricity Generation

2017

12/19/2017

Tax Bill Boosts Oil, Gas Drilling and Renewable Energy

11/28/17

Exxon Quietly Researching Hundreds of Green Projects

2016

12/2/2016
World’s Largest Solar Power Plant Unveiled in India

11/17/2016
COP22 Host Morocco Launches Action Plan to Fight Climate Change

11/2/2016
Tesla Unveils Its New Line of Camouflaged Solar Panels

9/29/2016
A New Kind of Solar Panel

9/12/2016
Hybrid Solar-Energy Harvester Aims for 50% Efficiency

8/31/2016
Senators Introduce Storage ITC Bill

8/12/2016
Apple Starts Selling Solar Energy

7/22/2016
America Leading the Way

 

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