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Charging Ahead: How SI2 Is Accelerating Solar and Storage Progress
Three years ago, the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) was founded to accelerate solar and storage technologies. Now, as we celebrate our third anniversary, SI2 has helped shape national and industry conversations on solar permitting, agrivoltaics, and...
Agrivoltaics: A Promising Option for Farmers and Farmland
By: Charlotte Hay and Shawn Rumery Farmers are Under Pressure American farmers are the backbone of rural economies, and a critical source of food for all American households. With all their value, it is alarming that farmers today are faced with serious...
Flexible Interconnection: A New Solution for Meeting U.S. Energy Demand
For the first time in more than two decades, utilities and regulators across the country are facing a new dilemma: how to meet soaring electricity demand driven by the growing digital economy and increased consumption. Until recently, electricity growth and demand has...
New Report Shows Flexible Interconnection Can Boost Revenue by 176% for Community Solar Projects
First-of-its-kind report in the United States shows that flexible interconnection has tremendous potential to play a vital role in scaling community solar projects A new report released today by the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2), shows that...
New Analysis Shows Many Utilities Are Not Fully Accounting for Expected Growth in Electricity: How Distributed Resources Can Fill the Gap
After two decades of stagnant growth in electricity demand, the landscape is changing. According to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), aggregate electricity load growth is expected to double from 0.6% per year as projected in recent years to...
Report: 70% of America’s Farmers Open to Solar Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC — Over 70% of farmers are open to large-scale solar projects on their properties if system designs allow for continued agricultural production, according to a report released today by the Solar and Storage Industries...
How to Efficiently Connect New Generation to the Grid
Amid growing demand for electricity, a report released today by The Brattle Group and Grid Strategies LLC proposes reforms to generator interconnection, the process by which new, large-scale energy resources are connected to transmission grids. The report...
SI2 Heads to the White House
It was an honor to attend a White House convening on “Accelerating Clean Energy Through Meaningful Community Engagement” last Friday in Washington D.C. The White House brought together an impressive group of state officials, researchers, advocates, and industry...
SI2 Receives DOE Award to Study Large-Scale Solar Land Use Challenges
WASHINGTON, DC —Yesterday, the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) received a $2.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to test and evaluate innovative community engagement practices used in large-scale solar project siting and...