U.S. DOE Awards Grants for PV Manufacturing and Installation Innovation
$71 million awarded to 18 projects in 10 US States to address gaps in the domestic solar manufacturing open new markets for solar technologies such as dual-use photovoltaic (PV) applications, including building-integrated PV and agrivoltaics
$125.5 Million Solar Technologies R&D Funding Opportunity Announced by US-DOE
DOE describes the categories of Photovoltaic (PV) and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) research & development proposals which will qualify for grant funds. Linecurrents reviews two CSP generating stations which were US Department of Energy loan guarantee recipients in the last decade.
First Time: U.S. Renewable Electricity Exceeded Coal-Fired Generation in April 2019
Predicted to be a short-lived trend, as windpower declines and consumer electricity demand increases in Summer.
Colorado Electric Generating Capacity 2017
Windpower annual power output grew more than 10X from 2006 to 2017.