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News Articles: Solar energy

Keith Plume of PayneCrest Electric Company checks that solar panels are lined up correctly at the Ameren O’Fallon Renewable Energy Center in O’Fallon, Missouri on Sept. 18, 2014. Georgia is among the nation’s leaders for solar manufacturing this year. Bill Greenblatt UPI

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‘Stepping up.’ Georgia ranks among the best in U.S. for building, installing solar panels

A report released last week ranks Georgia second among all states for most solar manufacturing, representing 21% of the U.S. market.

December 11, 2024
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  • Margaret Walker
 The Georgia Public Service Commission approved in 2024 an updated Georgia Power resource plan that includes building 1,000 megawatt solar facilities by 2027. File photo

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State House study panel hears renewed arguments between community solar advocates and Georgia Power

Georgia Power and solar industry representatives renewed their long-running debate before lawmakers Tuesday over whether setting up a new solar program would provide the same benefits to ratepayers as the existing renewable energy options.

November 21, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
The U.S. government's "Solar for All" program is giving $7 billion dollars for solar programs for low-income homes.

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Why the U.S. government is spending $7 billion on solar for low-income homes

Solar energy can reduce climate pollution and electric bills. The U.S. government will soon start giving out $7 billion in grants for solar programs for low-income homes, like this program with nonprofit GRID Alternatives.

August 01, 2024
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  • Julia Simon
Solar panels. (Pexels)

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Spread of solar farms in Georgia about to get legislative scrutiny

Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, with eight million acres of prime farmland. Yet, there’s so much concern over the spread of solar farms eating up huge portions of that acreage with vast fields of solar panels that the state Senate has formed a study committee to explore what can be done to save the most fertile land for farmers.

June 17, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
People in the streets of Rom in June 2022. Heat-related deaths in Europe have increased by about 30% in the last 20 years, according to a new report.

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Europe is warming up faster than any other continent, and the heat is deadly

The number of heat-related deaths in Europe increased 30% in the last 20 years. Climate change is to blame.

April 22, 2024
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Suniva is restarting a Gwinnett County plant. The first phase of the expansion will create up to 240 jobs and increase the plant’s manufacturing capacity to 1 gigawatt, enough to power 750,000 homes.

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Suniva to restart solar cell plant in Gwinnett County

A U.S. solar cell manufacturer that went bankrupt six years ago announced Wednesday it is restarting its manufacturing plant in Norcross.

October 11, 2023
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  • Dave Williams

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Why don’t Coastal Georgia warehouses have solar on their roofs?

Coastal Georgia boasts an abundance of sunshine and a rapidly growing abundance of warehouses. But rarely do these two combine to produce electricity from rooftop solar. 

September 18, 2023
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  • Mary Landers
Solar restrictions are gaining traction as the stakes for addressing climate change keep getting higher. Construction of more renewable energy is a key part of the country's plans to cut heat-trapping pollution and avoid the worst damage from extreme weather in the decades ahead.

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An activist group is spreading misinformation to stop solar projects in rural America

An NPR/Floodlight investigation found that a longtime Republican insider is stoking solar opposition by spreading bad information about health and environmental risks. Her influence is growing.

February 18, 2023
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  • Miranda Green and
  • Michael Copley
House with solar panels

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Georgia Power pushed to expand solar program as state regulators consider 12% rate hike request

Georgia Power is pushing for a 12% increase in electricity rates over the next three years, along with other requests over the next year that could saddle ratepayers reimbursing for higher fuel costs and the snakebitten nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle.

November 11, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
6-Acre Solar Farm Will Soon be Constructed in East Georgia

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Giant solar farms proving a mixed bag for rural Georgia

Runoff from a growing number of giant solar farms polluting rivers and streams in rural South Georgia is becoming a major concern, an official with the state Environmental Protection Division said Monday.

October 25, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
Solar farm

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South Georgia adds three new solar farms

A Georgia utility is working with one of the nation’s largest independent power producers to bring utility-scale solar energy projects to Georgia.

December 16, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Solar farm

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Solar developer breaks ground on Southwest Ga. solar farm

The project will be delivered in three phases over the next two to three years, with construction of the first phase due to start soon. Silicon Ranch plans to hire more than 400 craft workers to build the first phase over the next 12 months.

October 21, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
The Ray solar array in LaGrange

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Ossoff Unveils Plan To Install Clean-Energy Projects Along Interstate Highways

The Sustainable Highways Innovation Act is modeled after The Ray, an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 in LaGrange used to test clean energy technologies, Ossoff, D-Ga., said Wednesday during a news conference held beside a solar array at the site.

July 01, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Polk County will soon have a third solar farm in operation

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Report Finds 100% Renewable Energy Feasible In Georgia

The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy has mapped out ways for Georgia Power's parent company to switch to renewable energy by 2035.

June 17, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
A proposed new law would generate more solar power from Georgia rooftops

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  • Energy

'Solarize' Programs Aim To Make Solar More Affordable For Georgia Residents

By allowing individuals to buy solar equipment in bulk, programs in Atlanta and Savannah aim to help make renewable energy affordable.

June 09, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
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