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.

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 Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released a report earlier today on solar market behavior in 2009. “US Solar Industry: Year in Review 2009″ (PDF) reveals some sobering truths about the effect the recession had on the growth of solar energy in the United States–but also showed that the residential solar sector doubled in size.
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Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) President & CEO Rhone Resch make a strong show of support for the Arizona solar industry in an op-ed for the Arizona Daily Star, co-written with Bret Fanshaw, an associate with advocacy group Environment Arizona.

Imagine a program that would effectively cut the cost of home solar energy systems in half, nationwide. That’s just what the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is advocating. Following on the heels of the Department of Labor’s announcement last week of $100 million in grants for green-jobs training programs, and President Obama’s announced $2.4 billion [...]

At the climate talks in Copenhagen, the American solar industry stepped into center ring with SEIA’s report on the effects faster deployment of solar energy could have on climate change. Seizing the Solar Solution: Combating Climate Change through Accelerated Deployment (PDF) makes the case for obtaining 15 percent of our total energy needs from solar by [...]

Despite reports from the National Bureau of Economic Research that the U.S. has officially been in recession all year, the solar industry seems poised to soldier on. The evidence? The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) just announced plans to relocate the Solar Expo 2009 from San Jose to Anaheim. The facility in San Jose, apparently, [...]