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Manufacturing

April 9, 2025
Federal Solar and Storage Policies Align with an America-First Energy Agenda 

When President Trump first took office in 2017, the United States ranked 14th in the world for solar manufacturing. Today, we are the world’s third largest solar manufacturing economy, and Americ...

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March 26, 2025

SEIA Statement on President Trump Executive Order on Critical Minerals Production 

WASHINGTON D.C. — Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), on President Trump’s March 20 executive order to boost ...

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March 26, 2025

SEIA Adds Top Manufacturing, Project Development Firms to Board of Directors  

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today announced that it is adding Recurrent Energy and Unirac, Inc. to its board of directors, and adding Novasource Power Servic...

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March 11, 2025

REPORT: Solar Adds More New Capacity to the Grid in 2024 Than Any Energy Technology in the Past Two Decades

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  The United States installed a record-breaking 50 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2024, the largest single year of new capacity added to the grid by any energy technol...

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February 4, 2025

United States Surpasses 50 GW of Solar Module Manufacturing Capacity

WASHINGTON D.C. — The United States has reached a historic manufacturing milestone, surpassing 50 gigawatts (GW) of domestic solar module production capacity. At full capacity, these factories ca...

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December 19, 2024
24 for ’24: 24 Stories from a Momentous Year for Solar Manufacturing

We’re making solar in America again.  For too long, the United States has been over-reliant on foreign imports to build out clean energy capacity, but federal policies are fueling a surge in dom...

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December 12, 2024

Solar and Storage Industry Pushes Policy Agenda for Trump Administration, New Congress to Strengthen American Energy Leadership

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is unveiling a comprehensive policy agenda for President Trump and the 119th Congress to ensure the United States is the wo...

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December 4, 2024
REPORT: U.S. Solar Cell Production Resumes for First Time Since 2019, as Solar Module Manufacturing Sets Record in Q3

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States added a record-breaking 9.3 gigawatts (GW) of new solar module manufacturing capacity in Q3 2024. At full capacity, U.S. solar module factories can produce en...

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October 24, 2024
The 2024 Election Depends on These Solar-Heavy Swing States

The 2024 presidential election is going to be close.   Polls indicate a tightening race in the campaign’s final weeks, and the outcome may hinge on a few thousand votes across the swing sta...

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