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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 8d

Energy storage strengthens the reach and reliability of clean, affordable power... and #REplus25 showed just how quickly battery technology is progressing.

WATCH 👇

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 11d

SEIA's new, premier Sustainability Conference is happening NEXT WEEK.

Secure your place now ⬇️
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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 11d

Last week, SEIA celebrated New York City climate week with We Don't Have Time and champions Bill Nye, Adam Met, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

We don't need to wait for new climate miracles. Solar & storage are already here and delivering clean, affordable, and reliable energy.

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 14d

Solar and storage have made up 82% of new energy capacity so far this year.

Without it, America will lose the AI race.

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 15d

No matter the policy landscape, solar is and will continue to be a leader in America's 21st-century energy addition.

Get the facts: seia.org/research-res...

Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 15d

America's solar and storage industry is bullish.

WATCH the dispatches from #REplus25, America's largest energy trade show⤵️

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 16d

Team SEIA had a busy week at #RePlus25 👇

What was your favorite moment?

Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 16d

Join SEIA next month in Savannah, GA to chart the path forward for a fully sustainable solar and storage industry.

Register now: events.seia.org/sustainabili...

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 17d

What brings Americans together? Cost savings.

These clean energy skeptics were turned to believers after saving nearly $6,000. More: www.startribune.com/these-rural-...

These rural Minnesota towns were clean energy skeptics. Now they’re installing solar.

They’re taking advantage of federal tax credits before programs phase out and expect to save thousands of dollars in annual energy bills.

www.startribune.com

Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 17d

This year, Arizona has approved projects that will bring the state massive energy additions... almost entirely using solar and storage ☀️🔋

www.kvoa.com/news/arizona...

Arizona adds nearly 5,000 megawatts to grid

PHOENIX (KVOA) - In a move to meet Arizona's growing energy demands, the Arizona Corporation Commission has approved the addition of nearly 5,000 megawatts to the state's electricity grid since

www.kvoa.com

Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 17d

"You cannot ignore the energy in this building... and in the building next door and the building next door."

Watch SEIA's Good Energy podcast break down the highlights from RE+, North America's largest energy trade show: seia.org/research-res...

Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 17d

Solar is fast-to-deploy, cost-effective energy... no matter the state.

Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 18d

✅ $2.5 million in savings over the next 30 years.

Another win for America's solar schools

www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/09/penn...

Pennsylvania school district offsets all energy costs with solar

A 1.3-MW solar system built atop the Cornell School District in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, will offset 100% of its annual energy usage. “I’d like to

www.solarpowerworldonline.com

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 18d

"We are the fastest to market and we are the cheapest, and so policy aside, the market will continue to work."

SEIA CEO Abby Hopper joined @politico.com's Kelsey Tamborrino on the POLITICO Energy Podcast at #REplus25. Listen 👇
megaphone.link/POLL1671403876

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 18d

"There’s broad public support for growing the grid and allowing more electricity, including cheap, clean energy, to come online."

New polling from the Conservative Energy Network:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra...

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 18d

Batteries are quickly become the backbone of America's energy grid.

Learn more about the game changing tech coming out of #REplus25⤵️

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 21d

Americans are paying $34.8 BILLION every year in fossil fuel subsidies.

A level playing field is needed for an affordable, reliable, and secure energy mix.
www.wired.com/story/us-tax...

US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill

A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.

www.wired.com

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 21d

THIS SUNDAY: Join your community for Sun Day @sundayofaction.bsky.social and celebrate the power of clean energy. Learn more 👇 www.sunday.earth

Sun Day

Together, we will change the future of climate change. Join the largest movement for climate action.

www.sunday.earth

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 21d

"It's not going to slow down."

At #REplus25 last week, solar and storage professionals shared why they're optimistic for what's ahead.

Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 23d

Assembly Bill 825 and Senate Bill 302 will help accelerate solar deployment and lower energy costs in California.

SEIA applauds their passage and urges @governor.ca.gov to sign them into law.

seia.org/news/solar-i...

Solar Industry Applauds Passage of California Legislation Addressing Energy Affordability, Promoting Clean Energy Development – SEIA

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is leading the transformation to a clean energy economy. Learn more at seia.org

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 23d

Solar and storage are leading the charge on American energy addition ☀️🔋

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 24d

Robert Redford's words in 1978 couldn't be more relevant today: "If we are in an energy crisis, if we believe the rhetoric coming out of Washington, why aren't we developing solar faster?"
www.nytimes.com/1978/05/11/a...

For Redford, the Real Star Is the Sun, With Energy for All (Published 1978)

www.nytimes.com

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 24d

$342 MILLION in lifetime energy savings.

That's the potential of rooftop solar on Pennsylvania's schools. More from PennEnvironment ⬇️
environmentamerica.org/pennsylvania...

Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 24d

This #NCEW25, America's solar and storage industry is fully national... in red and blue states alike👇

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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 24d

Happy National Clean Energy Week ☀️🔋⚡

SEIA is celebrating the solar & storage businesses supplying clean, affordable, and reliable power to American communities #NCEW25

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