40M

Homes can be powered with U.S. solar

280K

Americans currently work in the U.S. solar industry

$70B

Value of the U.S. solar energy market in 2024

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Solar and storage are an American success story, supporting thousands of good jobs, millions in energy savings, and a surging manufacturing sector. However, Congress is considering cutting policies that support solar, threatening billions invested in our communities. Tell your representative to protect American solar and storage and take action now!

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Secure American Energy Independence 

Join us in urging Congress to adopt a broad strategy for energy independence and security that includes strengthening the American solar and battery storage industries. To meet the country’s growing energy needs, the solar industry proposes 10 top priorities focused on creating jobs, increasing American manufacturing, and keeping taxes low. 

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Why America’s AI Leaders are Pumping Billions into Solar + Storage

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable tool in our global economic system. From transportation and cybersecurity to healthcare and finance, America’s economic and technological competitiveness now depends on how efficiently companies can build AI capacity through data centers. Technology companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others are racing to build the computing power for American AI dominance.

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Federal Solar and Storage Policies Align with an America-First Energy Agenda 

When President Trump first took office in 2017, the United States ranked 14th in the world for solar manufacturing. Today, we are the world’s third largest solar manufacturing economy, and American manufacturers can now produce enough to meet all U.S. demand for solar modules.

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Repealing Federal Energy Tax Credits Will Directly Harm American Households. Here’s How. 

In communities across America, there is no question that families are struggling to make ends meet as the cost-of-living skyrockets. Rising prices confront families everywhere they turn — at the grocery store, at the gas pump, and on the housing market.

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We Need Solar and Storage to Address the Energy Emergency

Solar and energy storage can be built twice as fast as other technologies. Not only are they much simpler to engineer, their supply chains are more robust.

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American Solar Manufacturing Is Back, and It's Big

The only solar manufacturing ecosystem outside of China is quickly becoming reality. At full capacity, American solar module factories can now produce enough to meet nearly all demand for solar in the U.S.

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24 for ’24: 24 Stories from a Momentous Year for Solar Manufacturing

Check out 24 stories from around the country illustrating how momentous a year 2024 has been for U.S. solar manufacturing.

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Solar Stories: Why Americans Are Choosing Solar

From cost-savings to resiliency to energy independence, find out why America's solar customers are making the switch.

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Solar Stories: Solar Strengthens America's Farms

Solar is transforming the economics of family farming. Watch how three Indiana farmers are using #solar to save money and boost production.

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The solar surge in your community

Maintaining America's federal clean energy policies is critical to ensuring that American workers lead the global clean energy economy.

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