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☀️ Carl Siegrist

@carlsiegrist.bsky.social
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Retired renewable energy strategist. Solar power and climate action advocate. Interested in the 3 E's and how they come together: Economy, Energy, Environment. Finding delight in the Salish Sea region.

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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Our job is to hold this administration accountable and not let it get in the way of our climate action progress by breaking the law."
canarymedia.com
New York, California ramp up fight against Trump’s offshore wind deals
The coastal states announced new legal challenges against the Trump administration’s controversial lease cancellations during Climate Week NYC.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Big step beyond carbon neutrality. Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045.
theguardian.com
Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As a whole, U.S. utilities are clinging to coal, planning more gas generation, and pulling back on clean energy plans.
canarymedia.com
US utilities get failing grade on clean energy transition
Too many utilities are keeping coal plants open, planning new gas plants, and building less renewable energy, the Sierra Club’s latest "Dirty Truth…
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hawaiʻi should stay the course to 100% clean energy and not import fossil gas.
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 07/07/2026
We're excited to announce that Tim Pawlenty, incoming president & CEO of Solar and Storage Industry will join us as the keynote speaker at Rural America & The Clean Energy Transition during Climate Week NYC. Check out all the main stage speakers here: ruralamericaclimateweek.eventbrite.…
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Policy matters! The clean energy projects thwarted by Ohio lawmakers could have gone a long way toward meeting spiking energy demand, lowering bills, and eliminating pollution. Via @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
Ohio has blocked a lot of wind and solar. Its residents pay the price.
The clean energy projects thwarted by state lawmakers could have gone a long way toward meeting spiking energy demand, lowering bills, and eliminating…
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
April 2026: Remember the date for the energy-transition history books. It’s the first month when wind and solar power combined to produce more electricity than fossil gas did. Via @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
Another first for renewables: Wind and solar outgenerate gas in April
It’s a milestone moment that shows just how much clean energy has matured in a short amount of time — and a lot more growth is on the way.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Microsoft is considering delaying or abandoning its 2030 goal of matching its entire hourly electricity ​use with renewable energy purchases since the expensive and energy-intensive push for data centers is reshaping the feasibility of its climate commitments. ☹️
reuters.com
Microsoft may shelve 2030 clean energy target as AI lifts power use, Bloomberg News reports
Microsoft is considering delaying or abandoning its 2030 goal of matching its entire hourly electricity ​use with renewable energy purchases, Bloomberg News reported on ‌Wednesday, citing people famil...
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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Communities are pushing back on data centers—and they’re right. Utilities raised capital budgets 40% for AI capacity we can’t find chips for. We could cut bills 10% with smarter grids, batteries, and flexible data centers. Tech exists. Governors have to push folks to use it. Political Will.
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The Data Center Reckoning: Why Communities Are Saying No — And What Has to Change | Jigar Shah | 16 comments
Communities are revolting against data centers. $156 billion in projects blocked or delayed in 2025 alone. And they're right to. Utilities just upped their capital budgets 40% for AI data centers th...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/04/2026
Today on Volts: I talk with my old friend @jigarshahdc.bsky.social about the headlong rush to build data centers, the lunacy of building a bunch of behind-the-meter gas-fired power plants to run them, the benefits of distributed capacity & greater grid utilization, & the need for utility innovation.
volts.wtf
Doing data centers the not-dumb way
Jigar Shah joins me to break down why powering new data centers with behind-the-meter natural gas plants is an engineering and economic disaster.
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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Want durable climate coalitions? Go where people feel it: affordability. Housing + transportation are the biggest monthly bills. Policies that let more people live near jobs/services/transit cut costs *and* emissions. Volts featuring @spears.bsky.social www.volts.wtf/p/why-climat...
volts.wtf
Why climate funders don't fund housing policy, and why they oughtta
On the philanthropic obsession with electric vehicles and why Ben Holland and Caroline Spears think state-level housing policy is our next great climate opportunity.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The Interior Department’s offshore wind-killing deal with TotalEnergies has raised a lot of questions. Can the Trump administration do that? Via @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
Trump’s $1B offshore wind payout to TotalEnergies sparks legal…
Offshore wind and legal experts question whether Interior has the authority to reimburse the oil giant for canceled leases, especially if it taps taxpayer…
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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Absolutely insane to block the cheapest, cleanest, and quickest form of power as electricity demand soars. Trump policies are hurting consumers, companies, & communities
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Fossil gas, not solar panels and wind turbines, is the primary driver behind soaring power prices in Maine. Via @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
What’s driving up Maine’s energy bills? Natural gas.
A new report finds more renewable energy could help make electricity more affordable, despite efforts to scapegoat clean power for rising costs.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Federal judge struck down Interior Department’s order to halt work on multibillion-dollar wind farm off coast of NY State, fifth time courts have ruled against Trump’s efforts to throttle offshore wind industry. Trump is now 0-5 in his effort to stop wind farms under construction along East Coast.
nytimes.com
Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The 800-MW Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts can resume construction, a federal judge ruled, in another setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to halt offshore wind development with a Dec. 22 stop work order.
utilitydive.com
With Vineyard Wind ruling, 4 of 5 offshore wind projects win relief from Trump freeze
Project developers said despite their outreach, the government “refused to discuss the supposedly new information about national security impacts” cited as the reason for halting construction, or what...
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
On a typical winter day, the Arctic air that has gripped much of the U.S. this week should be a few thousand miles to the north, sitting atop the North Pole. But human-made climate change continues to disrupt global weather patterns.
nytimes.com
Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The federal attack on clean energy isn’t derailing solar’s surge in Illinois. With more solar comes more jobs. Via @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
Illinois’ booming solar sector entices young job seekers
Thanks to strong state policy, Illinois is a leader on solar installations. That’s creating a lot of job opportunities — and young people are taking…
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Whether this collapse in climate-change ambition proves permanent or temporary will shape the planet — which is still warming in unprecedented ways — and trillions of dollars in global energy investment. Via @amyaharder.bsky.social @axios.com
axios.com
What to know about the world's great climate collapse
"We've gone from over-indexing it to zero-indexing it," S&P Global's Dan Yergin says.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Sticking to three key climate promises – on renewables, energy efficiency and methane – would avoid nearly 1C of global heating and give the world hope of avoiding climate breakdown, analysis published at the Cop30 climate summit suggests.
theguardian.com
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Trump administration has declared it will claw back billions of dollars in federal funding that utilities and other recipients are using to strengthen power grids and reduce electricity prices. Via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social @canarymedia.com #energysky
canarymedia.com
Trump admin targets blue-state grants meant to ease US electricity…
But red states will also suffer from the rollback of billions in funding to help bring cheaper, more reliable power to regions across the country.
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
EIA: Distributed solar is the fastest-growing power source in Brazil: "Distributed solar generation capacity grew from less than 1 gigawatt (GW) in 2018 to 40 GW in 2025 through June, accounting for 43% of all electricity capacity additions over that period." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
Electricity generating capacity in Brazil (Jan 1, 2012-June 30, 2025). Source: EIA.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
The utility-scale energy storage sector added 4.9 GW in Q2 while residential storage increased by 608 MW. #EnergySky
pv-magazine-usa.com
U.S. grid-scale storage leaps 63%, residential storage 132%
The utility-scale energy storage sector added 4.9 GW in Q2, representing 63% year-on-year growth, while residential storage increased by 608 MW, said a report from American Clean Power Association and...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2025
On Monday, I'm talking with Redwood Materials (the battery recycling company) about their new second-life battery program. They're collecting batteries &, before recycling them, placing them in grid-storage applications that can use their remaining energy. Got any questions?
energy-storage.news
Recycler Redwood builds 63MWh second-life EV battery microgrid for AI data centre
Battery recycling and materials company Redwood Materials has launched business unit to repurpose second-life EV batteries for energy storage.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A federal court has lifted Trump's order to halt construction on the Revolution Wind farm off the coast of New England. The decision marks the renewables industry's first major legal victory against Trump's war on offshore wind.
heatmap.news
Trump Just Suffered His First Loss on Offshore Wind
A judge has lifted the administration’s stop-work order against Revolution Wind.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Major U.S. utilities earn an “F” on a new report card because they’re planning to build far too little clean energy and far too many fossil gas-fired power plants. Via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
Utilities are doing even worse on climate than they were five years…
Major U.S. utilities earn an "F" on a new report card because they're planning to build far too little clean energy and far too many gas-fired power…
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Mars, the confectionery company, is teaming up with Enel North America on a trio of renewable energy purchase agreements estimated to annually generate 1.8 TWh from three Texas solar projects. #Energysky
utilitydive.com
Mars signs solar PPAs with Enel to speed energy transition across supply chain
The confectionery company is teaming up with Enel North America on a trio of renewable purchase agreements estimated to annually generate 1.8 TWh from three Texas solar projects.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
With the right policies in place, #CleanEnergy, #EnergyEfficiency, and related strategies can meet the moment without building more #FossilGas plants in #NC Via @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
As data centers go up, North Carolina weighs how to handle energy…
Duke wants to build gas plants, but clean energy advocates argue that solar, battery storage, and demand response could help alleviate growing strain on…
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Germany battery storage grid-connection requests exceed 500 GW #energysky -- via pv magazine global:
pv-magazine.com
Germany battery storage grid-connection requests exceed 500 GW
Germany’s grid connection requests for battery storage exceed 500 GW, a figure driven by a “first come, first served” approval system rather than viable projects, according to Regelleistung-Online.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
A federal court has allowed Trump to roll back federal green bank funding, slashing billions of dollars that were supposed to go toward emissions-reducing projects in disadvantaged communities. Climate groups say they’ll appeal, though.
apnews.com
Appeals court backs EPA action terminating billions in 'green bank' grants
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration's effort to freeze billions in funds for nonprofits running a "green bank" for climate-friendly projects.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
“We know gigantic data centers are going up all over the place, mostly on prime farmland. We’ve got suburban and urban sprawl, housing developments, commercial developments — what’s the USDA doing about that? Suddenly their passion for farmland disappears when it’s anything but solar.”
canarymedia.com
Trump admin blocks funds for farmers who want solar
For two decades, thousands of farmers have installed money-saving solar panels with help from the federal REAP program. Trump’s USDA is choking off that…
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Trump has extended order to keep Michigan coal-fired power plant running. It’s the latest move to force dirty, expensive power plants to keep operating, which could saddle Americans with billions of dollars of unnecessary electricity costs. Via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
Trump admin orders dirty, expensive coal plant to stay open even…
Keeping J.H. Campbell open past its slated close is costing Midwest households big. Advocates fear that more such orders are on the way.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Chart highlights which states have the most to lose under Trump’s anti-wind energy policies. Via @danmccarthy.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
Chart: Trump’s war on wind energy will hit these states hardest
Wind developers are grappling with a barrage of hostile policies from the Trump administration that have put up to $317 billion of planned investment at…
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
As the Trump administration aims to bolster fossil fuels at the expense of clean energy expansion, new research shows the oil and gas sector has so far failed to become a major jobs creator for heavily fracked areas of northern Appalachia. Via @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
In Appalachia, fracking is not the job creator the industry claims
Oil and gas production isn’t translating to more jobs for residents of heavily fracked communities, new research shows.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
“The reality is, we need this administration to follow the law and make good on commitments that have been made so that there is predictability in the market. We also need every cheap electron we can get right now.” Via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
DOE is raising power bills by thwarting transmission line, Heinrich…
New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich demands answers from the Trump admin on its "illegal" move to claw back $4.9 billion for the Grain Belt Express…
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
“Forty years from now, we're going to run the whole world on sun and wind ... But if it takes us anything like 40 years to get there, forget it. The world that we run on sun and wind is going to be broken.” — @billmckibben.bsky.social heated.world/p/stop-sayin... via @emorwee.bsky.social
heated.world
Stop saying "the clean energy revolution is inevitable"
A little rant on a pet peeve.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Solar policy matters! #EnergySky
solarpowerworldonline.com
The Solar Policy Scoop: August 2025
Commerce reveals prelim antidumping tariffs on Chinese battery anode material Washington, D.C. The Dept. of Commerce revealed its preliminary antidumping
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RMI - Rocky Mountain Institute @rockymtninst.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Cleantech is an economic opportunity. Following recent US federal policy shifts, states can still develop and deploy cleantech to save money, improve health, and position their businesses and residents to thrive. RMI shares six recommendations for states: bit.ly/4oijwXM
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
solarpowerworldonline.com
Democratic lawmakers ask government accountability office to review DOE's actions against solar and wind
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Policy matters! New York state finalized rules ensuring most new edifices will install electric heat pumps and stoves instead of gas appliances, lowering costs and improving air quality. Via @alisontakemura.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
canarymedia.com
New York becomes first state to commit to all-electric new buildings
The state finalized rules ensuring most new edifices will install electric heat pumps and stoves instead of gas appliances, lowering costs and improving…
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
New tallies of Trump's sweeping tax breaks and other incentives add up to tens of billions of dollars of benefits to the fossil fuel industry.
nytimes.com
Candidate Trump Promised Oil Executives a Windfall. Now, They’re Getting It.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
#EnergySky via @billmckibben.bsky.social
nytimes.com
Opinion | Why Trump’s War on Solar Power Will Fail
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Sunrun, a publicly traded #solar and #energystorage installer, announced it closed a $431 million securitization of leases and power purchase agreements.
pv-magazine-usa.com
Sunrun to close $431 million securitization
The company priced an oversubscribed securitization for a portfolio of over 63,318 solar and energy storage systems across 12 states and Washington D.C.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 21/07/2025
TOMORROW: Don't miss our virtual briefing featuring Heatmap's @kbrigham.bsky.social, @latimes.com's @sammyroth.bsky.social, @bloomberg.com's @michellema.bsky.social, and Eric Fischgrund of FischTank PR on the challenges of climate reporting in a rapidly changing political and economic landscape.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
For the first time, in June, the European Union — one of the world’s largest economies — produced more electricity from solar power than from any other source.
wapo.st
Opinion | Dire predictions about renewable energy were all wrong
Europe, China and the U.S. are making great strides on carbon emissions. But we need more innovation.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world. Against all the big bad things happening on the planet (and despite all the best efforts of the Republican-led Congress in recent weeks), this is a very big and hopeful thing.
newyorker.com
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
#Solar policy matters! #Energysky
solarpowerworldonline.com
The Solar Policy Scoop: July 2025
Michigan conservatives introduce MAGA Solar bill Lansing, Michigan A new Republican-backed bill in Michigan would establish a community solar program in
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The developer behind the largest solar project ever approved in Wisconsin has agreed to a legal settlement with a state conservation group aimed at protecting habitat of the Greater Prairie Chicken. When completed the 1,300 MW plant could power the equivalent of about 230,000 homes in the state.
wpr.org
Developer behind Wisconsin's largest solar project comes to agreement to protect prairie chickens
The developer behind the largest solar project ever approved in Wisconsin has agreed to a settlement with a state conservation group aimed at protecting the Greater Prairie Chicken.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/06/2025
Torres: "In 2024, 90% of new electricity generation in the US was clean energy. 60% of it is solar. And Republicans are proposing to defund solar and battery storage and wind, which are the leading sources of new electricity generations in the US. It is an act of strategic self-sabotage."
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The $25 billion annual cost of #solar tax credits is far outweighed by the $51 billion in lower electricity bills, $12 billion in federal tax revenue, and $3.7 billion in state and local taxes, found analysis by the Solar Energy Industries Association, Brattle Group, and University of Louisiana.
pv-magazine-usa.com
Solar tax credits cost $25 billion, but lower bills by $51 billion annually, said SEIA
The $25 billion annual cost of tax credits is far outweighed by the $51 billion in lower electricity bills, $12 billion in federal tax revenue, and $3.7 billion in state and local taxes, found analysi...
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