Global Warming

Carbon legislation is a key strategic opportunity to enhance solar outcomes and market viability. SEIA is working to optimize any carbon constraint to maximize solar deployment and market expansion. It is our position that in a new, no-carbon, low-carbon energy paradigm, any carbon legislation must provide solar with parity of treatment to fossil generation.

How to Build a Solar Wedge:

Solar energy has the potential to fill a clean-energy wedge in meeting growing energy needs. This includes all forms of solar energy: photovoltaic (PV), utility-scale concentrating solar power (CSP), and solar heating and cooling. What is needed:

  • Carbon Constraint Optimized for Solar Deployment
  • RES with Solar-Carve-Out or Set-Aside
  • Solar Roofs Program
  • Guaranteed Low-Interest Loans for Solar Property
  • Zero-Carbon Energy Generation Access to Federal Lands
  • Renewable Energy Transmission Corridors
  • Increased Solar Research & Development
  • Solar Access Rights (e.g. national net metering)

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