SEIA staff summarizes industry and association news, assembles multimedia content and sponsors research about solar energy and issues that affect policy. See links below for more details.
Featured Press Release
Featured Solar in the News
EU Leaders Target 20% 2020 Renewable Energy Target - Energy Business Daily
Solar in the News - December 17, 2008
Featured Research
History of Solar Investment
December 12, 2008
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has published "A Historical Analysis of Investment in Solar Energy Technologies (2000-2007)." This paper explores the private and public investment in solar energy and how it has fueled industry growth. It shows that investment in solar technologies increased at an annual rate of 145% from 2004 to 2007. At the same time, government support as a share of total investment dropped from 50% to 4% of the total.
Featured Multimedia
Power Failure (Political Cartoon on Solar ITC)
Politico, opinion, Apr. 16 (Wuerker, select 4/16 in archive)
Sometimes a picture is worth a 1,000 megawatts!
