U.S. shipments of solar photovoltaic modules -- including imports, exports, and modules produced domestically -- reached a record 21.8 million peak kilowatts in 2020, a record high, despite global pressures of the coronavirus pandemic.
If Duke Energy avoids natural gas capacity additions and adds renewable energy and energy storage under a proposed North Carolina law, the utility could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 74% over the next decade, according to a study.
Fears that the COVID-19 pandemic would substantially slow the development of utility-scale solar generation appear unfounded, at least for seven of the country’s biggest projects.