Printable solar technology heralds electronic communications as "technological obsolescence," while a number of innovative systems, including the Google solar power-emitting panels, are heralded as "wonderful and very disruptive."
That trend will likely accelerate next year, when Congress approves a $1 trillion stimulus bill that also funds federal procurement for the solar industry. The bill includes a $6.6 billion investment in solar technology over five years. If it's approved, the U.S. solar industry could expand by nearly 400MW, or about 7 percent, during the 10-year period, according to a report from industry group Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
So-called solar incentives are a key part of that larger plan. The law, known as the Jobs and Growth Act, requires the federal government to "incentivize" the commercialization of new solar technologies and is the largest solar technology stimulus package in U.S. history.
Solar companies said the stimulus will create 10,000 jobs, and industry groups warned that existing tax breaks under the law would be eliminated.
"That does sound negative, but if you don't incentivize, you don't encourage," said Stephen Leung, a professor at the University of Washington's Solar Institute. "The tax benefits from solar won't be there next year."
The bill also funds a variety of other programs, including federal environmental protection, the Energy Independence and Security Act and the renewable energy production tax credit. All of the bill's $7 billion in discretionary spending — which is earmarked for tax cuts, infrastructure investment and energy research and development — goes toward solar technology and renewable energy production tax credits, LEIA says.
The bill was passed by the U.S. House and Senate this week. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill by early December and President Barack Obama can sign it into law.
The economic benefits of solar could be even bigger, according to Suntech. Solar is set to generate $5 billion annually for the U.S., with solar-panel production making up one-fifth of the power generated in the country, the company's chief market strategist, Steve Jager, said in an interview this week.
The company says its own sales of solar equipment are set to grow 45 percent this year through 2016 after peaking at more than 1,500,000 units sold in 2014.
"It's very early to talk about solar having more business than coal and oil and gas," Jager said. "That's certainly not going to happen."
Skeptics questioned the economics of solar after the solar industry was rocked by a big-scale solar farm failure in June 2014.
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Crean has no intention of quitting politics altogether, and is confident the campaign will be worth their while. "The thing I learned from the campaign is that we have to think about all aspects of this campaign, not just the campaign itself," he said. He predicted Trump could bounce back after the convention as he has since launching the "Make America Great Again" hats and shirts. "The last thing he needs right now is another poll that has him a hundred points behind," he said.
But if the campaign fails, it's not because voters lost trust. Rather, it is because the Trump team has failed to do the kind of good work that could overcome the deep division within the Republican Party that helped propel his campaign in the first place. As Bannon's comments show, "unpredictability" in politics cannot be easily banished to the margins.
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That trend will likely accelerate next year, when Congress approves a $1 trillion stimulus bill that also funds federal procurement for the solar industry. The bill includes a $6.6 billion investment in solar technology over five years. If it's approved, the U.S. solar industry could expand by nearly 400MW, or about 7 percent, during the 10-year period, according to a report from industry group Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
So-called solar incentives are a key part of that larger plan. The law, known as the Jobs and Growth Act, requires the federal government to "incentivize" the commercialization of new solar technologies and is the largest solar technology stimulus package in U.S. history.
Solar companies said the stimulus will create 10,000 jobs, and industry groups warned that existing tax breaks under the law would be eliminated.
"That does sound negative, but if you don't incentivize, you don't encourage," said Stephen Leung, a professor at the University of Washington's Solar Institute. "The tax benefits from solar won't be there next year."
The bill also funds a variety of other programs, including federal environmental protection, the Energy Independence and Security Act and the renewable energy production tax credit. All of the bill's $7 billion in discretionary spending — which is earmarked for tax cuts, infrastructure investment and energy research and development — goes toward solar technology and renewable energy production tax credits, LEIA says.
The bill was passed by the U.S. House and Senate this week. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill by early December and President Barack Obama can sign it into law.
The economic benefits of solar could be even bigger, according to Suntech. Solar is set to generate $5 billion annually for the U.S., with solar-panel production making up one-fifth of the power generated in the country, the company's chief market strategist, Steve Jager, said in an interview this week.
The company says its own sales of solar equipment are set to grow 45 percent this year through 2016 after peaking at more than 1,500,000 units sold in 2014.
"It's very early to talk about solar having more business than coal and oil and gas," Jager said. "That's certainly not going to happen."
Skeptics questioned the economics of solar after the solar industry was rocked by a big-scale solar farm failure in June 2014.
"So solar is the fastest growing sector of the
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Crean has no intention of quitting politics altogether, and is confident the campaign will be worth their while. "The thing I learned from the campaign is that we have to think about all aspects of this campaign, not just the campaign itself," he said. He predicted Trump could bounce back after the convention as he has since launching the "Make America Great Again" hats and shirts. "The last thing he needs right now is another poll that has him a hundred points behind," he said.
But if the campaign fails, it's not because voters lost trust. Rather, it is because the Trump team has failed to do the kind of good work that could overcome the deep division within the Republican Party that helped propel his campaign in the first place. As Bannon's comments show, "unpredictability" in politics cannot be easily banished to the margins.
Read more from Michael Gerson's archive, follow him on Twitter or subscribe to his updates on Facebook.