On Tuesday, Gov. Quinn signed two bills into law that could infuse Illinois’ solar energy industry.

President Obama made a trip today to ZBB Energy, a manufacturer of advanced batteries for energy storage. Such batteries promise to play a key role in the clean energy economy, enabling intermittent renewable energy sources like solar and wind to provide more consistent sources of power. At ZBB’s Wisconsin factory, the President described the company’s achievements [...]

Solar Industry professionals are becoming increasingly worried that Florida, nicknamed the “Sunshine State” for its abundance of warm weather, is missing out on all the fun in the sun.

Construction of the site is set to begin in 2011 and bring thousands of long and short term jobs to the state with the highest rate of unemployment – 14 percent according toCSMonitor.com – and home foreclosures – one in every 79 homes according to fox5vegas.

On June 10, the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sent a letter addressed to “All Field Officials” concerning the Solar Energy Interim Rental Policy.

The bill, officially titled HB6202, would set annual targets meant to encourage companies to meet of six percent of the state’s renewable energy coming via solar power by 2015. That target is state law.

The TGP allows cash grants to be used instead of tax credits for renewable energy projects. The MITC frees up tax credits to be used for renewable energy manufacturing investments.

The financial investment is an effort by the DOE to generate more clean energy off of the nation’s grid. Recent estimates have revealed that roughly half of the nation’s grid energy is coal-fired.

SEIA is the loudest advocacy voice for the solar industry. The bill of rights was written in attempt to expand solar markets by removing barriers – from 2002-08, fossil fuels received $72 billion in federal subsidies while the solar industry received $2 billion – and strengthen the industry by educating the public on the benefits of solar.

The 130-turbine wind farm will cost an estimated $2 million and, by 2012, is expected to generate enough energy to meet 75 percent of energy needs in Cape Cod.