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SEIA produces a variety of research and other supporting resources for the solar industry, ranging from full reports to short factsheets. Below is a list of our reports, organized by date. For a full library of research and resources, click here

Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012

Assessment of Incentives and Employment Impacts of Solar Industry Deployment

An independent research report by the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, found that solar energy is following the same path to commercialization as other traditional energy sources spurred by federal incentives. The study, titled "Assessment of Incentives and Employment Impacts of Solar Industry Deployment," also estimates that the U.S. solar industry could employ hundreds of thousands of Americans by the end of the decade.

Wednesday, Dec 05, 2012

Solar Market Insight Report 2012 Q3

U.S. Solar Market Insight™ is a collaboration between the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) and GTM Research that brings high-quality, solar-specific analysis and forecasts to industry professionals in the form of quarterly and annual reports. Released December 11, 2012.

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012

Proposed SHC Changes to the International Residential Code by the ICC

Proposed SHC Changes to the International Residential Code by the ICC

Thursday, Sep 27, 2012

America Votes Solar - National Solar Survey 2012

An In-depth analysis of the 2012 solar survey, including graphs and percentages that pertain to questions asked in the survey.

Friday, Sep 07, 2012

Solar Market Insight Report 2012 Q2

U.S. Solar Market Insight™ is a collaboration between the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) and GTM Research that brings high-quality, solar-specific analysis and forecasts to industry professionals in the form of quarterly and annual reports. Released September, 2012.

Friday, Sep 07, 2012

Solar Means Business: Top Commercial Solar Customers in the U.S.

Solar energy is being deployed on a massive scale by the most iconic brands and best-managed companies in the U.S. in order to help lower operating costs and increase profits. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Vote Solar Initiative (Vote Solar) have unveiled a report naming the companies using solar on their facilities in the U.S., ranked by cumulative solar energy capacity.

Friday, Aug 10, 2012

2011 SHC SMI Report

Final Version of the 2011 US Solar Market Insight SHC Report

Monday, Jul 30, 2012

NREL Study on U.S. Renewable Energy Technical Potentials: A GIS-Based Analysis

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that solar has the greatest technical potential capacity of all renewables included in it's recent study.

Thursday, Jul 05, 2012

2012 California Solar Initiative Annual Program Assessment

On July 2, 2012, the Calfornia Public Utilities Commission issued its 2012 California Solar Initiative Annual Program Assessment to the Legislature, showing that in 2011 California reached a major milestone by becoming the first state in the nation to install more than 1 gigawatt (1,000 megawatts) of customer-generated solar energy; a record 311 megawatts (MW) were installed in the investor-owned utility territories in 2011 alone.

Monday, Jul 02, 2012

Potential Impact of Solar PV on Electricity Markets in Texas

This report prepared by the Brattle Group and sponsored by SEIA demonstrates that adding solar PV could have significantly reduced energy prices for electric customers in Texas during the summer of 2011.

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