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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...
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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...

How To Build a Better Grid That Can Reach Our Clean Energy Goals

While the United States races to switch to clean, reliable solar and storage, all of this work could come to a screeching halt if we don’t address the elephant in the room: our electric grid is too small. Over the next 15 years, the electric grid needs to double...

Meet The Fellows: SI2 Expands Again

Meet The Fellows: SI2 Expands Again

This month, we announced the hiring of two new team members, Tiana Elame and Marilla Smith, to be SI2’s first Fellows. Tiana and Marilla will work closely with Executive Director David Gahl and Assistant Director of Development Sarah Conley-Ballew to conduct clean...

The Rise of SI2

The Rise of SI2

And just like that… The Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) celebrated its first anniversary this week. As the Executive Director, I thought I’d share a few highlights from our first full year of operation. Growing Our Team. In January...