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Posted On: 03/01/2025 8:27:46 AM
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The US Solar Power Industry Is Trying to Rebrand as MAGA-Friendly
As Donald Trump rages against renewable energy, solar power is being reimagined as a symbol of American “energy dominance.”
Solar provided almost 6 percent of total US electricity generation last year, but it’s been growing fast and is expected to supply “almost all growth” in electricity generation this year, according to the pre-Trump Energy Information Administration. Many are hoping that the technology—which is broadly popular among Americans, with 78 percent supporting developing more solar farms—can manage to stay out of Trump’s culture wars over climate change. More so than wind power with its towering turbines, solar energy has an ability to bridge ideological divides, appealing to environmentalists and “don’t-tread-on-me” libertarians alike.
“President Trump has specifically said that he loves solar—and as energy demand soars, we know that solar is the most efficient and affordable way to add a lot of energy to the grid, fast,” said Abigail Ross Hopper, the Solar Energy Industries Association’s president and CEO, in a statement to Grist.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-solar-powe...-friendly/
As Donald Trump rages against renewable energy, solar power is being reimagined as a symbol of American “energy dominance.”
Solar provided almost 6 percent of total US electricity generation last year, but it’s been growing fast and is expected to supply “almost all growth” in electricity generation this year, according to the pre-Trump Energy Information Administration. Many are hoping that the technology—which is broadly popular among Americans, with 78 percent supporting developing more solar farms—can manage to stay out of Trump’s culture wars over climate change. More so than wind power with its towering turbines, solar energy has an ability to bridge ideological divides, appealing to environmentalists and “don’t-tread-on-me” libertarians alike.
“President Trump has specifically said that he loves solar—and as energy demand soars, we know that solar is the most efficient and affordable way to add a lot of energy to the grid, fast,” said Abigail Ross Hopper, the Solar Energy Industries Association’s president and CEO, in a statement to Grist.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-solar-powe...-friendly/
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