SaysWho? Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Biden announces new executive actions to spur domestic solar, clean energy development WWW.CNN.COM President Joe Biden to authorized the Defense Production Act to spur US manufacturing of several forms of clean energy, the White House announced Monday. Quote The official said Biden's executive orders would reference climate change as a rationale to take executive action, as well as the Western megadrought drying up water for hydroelectric power in states including California. "What we're seeing is a confluence of the impacts of climate change -- the droughts out West, for example, reducing the output of our hydropower resources," the official said, adding it is crucial to deploy more clean energy like solar to make up for that lost electricity generation. Quote Biden authorized the Energy Department to use the DPA to speed up domestic manufacturing of solar panel components, energy-efficient heat pumps, building insulation, electric transformers needed for the power grid and equipment like electrolyzers and fuel cells. The White House also announced it will leverage the power of the federal government's purse for clean energy, using federal procurement to increase US solar manufacturing. The White House also announced a two-year suspension of anti-circumvention tariffs on solar panels that have effectively ground much of the US solar industry to a halt, after intense lobbying from much of the US solar industry. US solar installers and trade associations said the threat of these tariffs had a chilling impact on the industry, after the Commerce Department launched a tariff probe in March. Because of the steep, retroactive tariffs that could result from the probe, hundreds of utility-scale solar projects in the US have been delayed or canceled, and solar industry workers laid off as a result. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPCyric Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 This is good! Nice to see some positive news for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 I would like cheaper solar panels, please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 I looked into GAF’s solar roof. Shit is expensive. I hope prices come down when I need a new roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Industrial solar is the way not rooftop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Industrial solar is the way not rooftop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 38 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I hate to be one of those nerds but it’s cheaper and better for managing the grid to let the power company run them. E.g. you can manage the capacitors needed for the conversion of dc to ac power for industrial scale solar for energy storage at no additional hardware cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 10 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I hate to be one of those nerds but it’s cheaper and better for managing the grid to let the power company run them. E.g. you can manage the capacitors needed for the conversion of dc to ac power for industrial scale solar for energy storage at no additional hardware cost. I don’t want to be on the grid though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 1 hour ago, sblfilms said: I don’t want to be on the grid though Your wish has been granted. The grid is never on in Texas. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 2 hours ago, sblfilms said: I don’t want to be on the grid though we live in a society Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: we live in a society I am increasingly unsure I want to live in this society Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 So is that multi-acre housing complex you're talking about actually plans for a doomsday survivalist compound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 1 hour ago, sblfilms said: I am increasingly unsure I want to live in this society Have I got terrible news for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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