SunShot Featured in White House Solar Announcement; New Report Reveals Solar Potential on U.S. Schools

Upcoming Events Workshop: Solar Powering Your Community Oct. 1 | Dover, DE National and local solar experts present a half-day workshop providing guidance about how to create a local-level solar program. This event is hosted by the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility. Register. Everything about Solar: A Strategic Training Session for Local Governments Oct. 6 | Torrance, CA This free workshop hosted by the South Bay Cities Council of Governments will include an overview of the technology, benefits, and barriers to solar development, as well as best practices and innovative approaches in solar financing and procurement. Solar deployment consultations will be offered in the afternoon. Register. Solar Power International Oct. 20-23 | Las Vegas, NV Members of the SunShot Initiative team will be on hand at Solar Power International, the largest solar energy trade show in the United States. More.  SunShot in the News - USA Today: White House unveils new solar energy, energy efficiency steps - Associated Press: U.S. to train veterans to install solar panels - The Hill: Obama pushes energy efficiency, rural solar power - Solar Industry: White House issues executive actions on solar power - PV Solar Report: Solar on schools gets A+ - Clean Technica: Solar schools could produce a TON of electricity	Blog Post: SunShot Installs Solar on Local Habitat for Humanity Home Last Friday, the SunShot Initiative team enjoyed a day in the sun on a rooftop in Washington, D.C., where we volunteered to install a solar energy system on a Habitat for Humanity home. The install was organized by GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest solar non-profit organization, as part of a two-day event to bring solar power to underserved communities and to celebrate the launch of GRID’s new mid-Atlantic office. GRID has a decade-long track record of successful solar deployment in low-income communities in California, Colorado, New Jersey, and New York.  Now, it was time to make it to our nation’s capital. Read more. Volunteers from the SunShot Initiative installed a solar energy system on a Habitat for Humanity home in Washington, DC on Sept. 19.  Blog Post: Regional Test Centers Breaking Down Barriers to Solar Energy Deployment To address the need for test beds for large-scale solar energy systems, the Energy Department—in partnership with National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories—established five Regional Test Centers across the nation. The centers provide industry and other key stakeholders with the sites, grid integration capability, and large-scale testing and data monitoring needed to ensure the performance of solar energy systems across diverse environments. Learn more about SunShot’s Regional Test Centers. PV Module Reliability and Durability Request for Information Now Open In preparation for the creation of a new funding opportunity, SunShot seeks your feedback about issues surrounding PV module reliability and durability. PV modules are exposed to severe operating conditions involving temperature, thermal cycling, ultraviolent radiation, humidity, environmental weathering and soiling, electrical, and other stresses. To address this, SunShot has released a request for information soliciting input from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders to determine fruitful areas of research and development that could lead to improved PV module reliability and durability. Find the questions and submission instructions here. NREL’s Solar Technical Assistance Application Opens Oct. 1 Next Wednesday, Oct. 1, the application period opens to receive in-depth technical assistance from the SunShot-funded Solar Technical Assistance Team (STAT) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Visit the STAT website to find out what types of assistance are available, who is eligible for this free assistance, and to learn more about how to apply. White House Highlights New SunShot Measures to Advance Renewable Energy Deployment Building on the President’s Climate Action Plan and the Administration’s effort to diversify our energy portfolio and cut energy waste, last week the Energy Department announced a series of executive actions to expand the deployment of renewable energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Altogether, these measures will bring the U.S. closer to its clean energy future, while protecting the environment and helping Americans save money by saving energy. See the White House announcement and read below to learn more about the SunShot efforts highlighted in the White House fact sheet. Reports Reveal Falling Prices in Solar Solar energy deployment continues to grow at a rapid pace in the U.S. as costs continue to fall substantially. Three SunShot-funded studies conducted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory highlight the decline of solar energy costs across utility, residential and commercial scale systems. Additionally, the annual Tracking the Sun report study found that in 2013, the installed price of residential and commercial PV systems continued to decline rapidly, falling by 12% to 15% from the prior year depending on the size of the system. Read the press release and the new reports here. New Interagency Solar Website Now Live The SunShot Initiative launched a new website to help chip away at solar soft costs like interconnection, permitting, and financing. The new website, Solar Powering America, provides easy access to a variety of resources from agencies throughout the federal government to encourage solar deployment, including funding programs, best practices, and interactive tools and data sets. Visit Solar Powering America today. The Solar Foundation Highlights Solar Cost-Savings for U.S. Schools The Solar Foundation last week released a SunShot-funded report exploring how U.S. schools are choosing solar to lower their energy costs and lower their carbon footprint. The report found that thousands of schools already are cutting their energy bills by choosing solar – using savings to pay for teachers and textbooks – and estimates that more than 70,000 additional schools could do the same. Learn more. New Effort to Train Skilled Veterans, Drive Solar Deployment Record-breaking growth in the solar industry over the past few years is driving high demand for skilled solar workers. To connect skilled veterans to the clean energy industry, SunShot’s Solar Instructor Training Network (SITN) is launching a pilot job training program for veterans at up to three military bases this fall. The network aims to connect talented veterans with SITN’s extensive network of more than 400 community college-based solar training institutions. Learn more about SITN and stay tuned for updates about this pilot training program.
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