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Shining Cities 2022

Solar power continues to expand rapidly. The United States now has 121.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity, producing enough solar energy to power more than 23 million homes. Millions of Americans have invested in solar energy and millions more are ready to join them. America’s major cities have played a key role in the clean energy revolution and stand to reap tremendous benefits from solar energy. Our eighth survey of solar energy in America’s biggest cities finds that the amount of solar power installed in just nine U.S. cities exceeds the amount installed in the entire United States 10 years ago.

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Electric School Buses and the Grid

Environment America Research & Policy Center, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group are releasing a new report examining how the transition to electric school buses, in addition to keeping diesel exhaust out of developing lungs, could help speed up the expansion of clean energy by providing a critical source of reliable battery storage. 

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DEERE IN THE HEADLIGHTS II

When it comes to fixing farm equipment, farmers have to turn to the dealership for many repairs because dealership technicians can access software tools that farmers can’t. That can lead to high costs and long repair delays that can put farmers’ crops and livelihoods at risk. Dealership consolidation — particularly by John Deere — magnifies these problems by further eroding repair choices for farmers. We researched just how big the consolidation problem is and how Right to Repair could immediately and dramatically expand repair choices for farmers.

Report | Environment America Research & Policy Center, Environment Texas Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group

Rooftop solar and the 2021 Texas power crisis:

In February 2021, an Arctic cold front brought extreme temperatures, snow, sleet, and freezing rain to large parts of Texas and the southern U.S. The deep freeze led to widespread power outages, and more than 4.5 million Texans ultimately lost power for up to four days. One potential solution worth exploring is increasing the capacity of distributed energy resources such as rooftop solar and storage. This paper explores how maximizing rooftop solar potential could help relieve strain on the power grid during times of stress, using the 2021 Texas power crisis as a case study. 

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Solar on Superstores

Solar energy is the fastest-growing form of electricity generation in the United States. America has 40 times as much solar electricity generation capacity as in 2010. That’s because the U.S. has a huge solar resource, solar power is cheap and getting cheaper quickly, and good public policies make solar power attractive for individuals and businesses.

But America has only just begun to tap its immense solar resource.

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