What’s Fueling the U.S. Solar Boom? A few key
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Posted On: 03/07/2025 8:02:46 AM
What’s Fueling the U.S. Solar Boom?
A few key drivers are behind this solar surge:
*Cost Drop: Solar panel prices have plummeted—down over 50% in the last decade—making projects cheaper than ever. A watt of solar now costs under $1 to install in many cases.
*Policy Push: The Inflation Reduction Act (2022) supercharged things with tax credits—30% for solar projects through 2032—plus incentives for domestic manufacturing. States like California and Texas are also setting aggressive renewable targets.
*Tech Gains: Efficiency’s up—modern panels convert over 20% of sunlight to electricity, compared to 15% a decade ago. Plus, battery storage is solving the “sun’s not shining” problem, with deployments doubling year-over-year.
*Corporate Demand: Big players like Amazon and Google are buying solar at record levels to hit net-zero goals. In 2024 alone, corporate deals accounted for over 20 GW of new capacity.
*Jobs & Economy: Solar’s now a jobs machine—over 300,000 workers in the U.S.—and that’s winning bipartisan support, even in red states like Texas, which leads with 25 GW installed.
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A few key drivers are behind this solar surge:
*Cost Drop: Solar panel prices have plummeted—down over 50% in the last decade—making projects cheaper than ever. A watt of solar now costs under $1 to install in many cases.
*Policy Push: The Inflation Reduction Act (2022) supercharged things with tax credits—30% for solar projects through 2032—plus incentives for domestic manufacturing. States like California and Texas are also setting aggressive renewable targets.
*Tech Gains: Efficiency’s up—modern panels convert over 20% of sunlight to electricity, compared to 15% a decade ago. Plus, battery storage is solving the “sun’s not shining” problem, with deployments doubling year-over-year.
*Corporate Demand: Big players like Amazon and Google are buying solar at record levels to hit net-zero goals. In 2024 alone, corporate deals accounted for over 20 GW of new capacity.
*Jobs & Economy: Solar’s now a jobs machine—over 300,000 workers in the U.S.—and that’s winning bipartisan support, even in red states like Texas, which leads with 25 GW installed.
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