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General and Behind the Meter Solar Resources
Government Resources
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans & Grants (open for fiscal year 2023)
- Rural Energy Pilot Program
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
- Solar Energy Resources for Consumers
- Solar Energy Resources for Professionals
- Solar Energy Resources for Government Officials
- Solar Workforce Development
- Solar Futures Study (Sep. 2021) (downloaded document)
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- Residents and Homeowners Resources
- Business Resources
- Landowner Resources for Grid-Scale Solar
- Local Government Resources
- Finding Pennsylvania’s Solar Future
- Pennsylvania’s Solar Future Plan (Nov. 2018)
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC)
Academic Resources
Peggy Kirk Hall, et al., The National Agricultural Law Center, Land Use Conflicts Between Wind and Solar Renewable Energy and Agricultural Uses
Travis Grout, et al., Cornell University Atkinson Center, Approaches to Balancing Solar Expansion and Farmland Preservation: A Comparison across Selected States (May 2018)
Jack Fuller & Yang Guo, The Present Status of Solar Power Generation in the United States, 42 J. Energy and Dev. 1 (2016)
Greg A. Barron-Gafford, et al., The Photovoltaic Heat Island Effect: Larger solar power plants increase local temperatures, Scientific Reports (2016)
Trade Groups Resources
Solar Energy Industries Associations (SEIA) provides extensive resources on the topic of solar, including the following reports:
- Solar Energy Industries Association, U.S. Solar Market Insight, Executive Summary Q3 2022
- Solar Energy Industries Association, Catalyzing American Solar Manufacturing, A roadmap to achieving 50 GW of domestic solar manufacturing capacity by 2030 (2022)
American Council on Renewable Energy – features valuable resources on renewable energy, including solar.
Solar Energy International provides a wide range of training and certification service in the field of solar.
International Solar Energy Society (ISES) publishes monthly newsletters and offers online webinars on the topic of solar.
Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) provides insights on a wide variety of solar-related topics.
Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) offers support services to electric utility companies.
American Solar Energy Society (ASES) provides research support in the field of solar energy.
Global Solar Council provides support and educational resources to national, regional and international associations as well as solar sector corporations.
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organization providing support to countries transitioning towards sustainable renewable energy, including solar energy.
- IRENA, Grid Codes for Renewable Powered Systems (Mar. 2022)
- IRENA, Trading into a Bright Energy Future: The Case for Open, High-Quality Solar Photovoltaic Markets (Jul. 2021)
Other Resources
Peter Lorenz, et al., McKinsey & Company, The economics of solar power, The McKinsey Quarterly (Jun. 2008)
