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30% by 2030: A New Target for the Solar+ Decade

To reach 30% of all electricity generation, the solar and storage industries would need to hire 800,000 new workers to reach a total workforce of more than 1 million Americans.

2024 Sep 10

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Solar-Plus-Storage: Fastest, Cheapest Way To Meet Surging Power

By 2035, solar costs could fall nearly 10% and battery storage costs could fall nearly 50%. "New solar plants, even without subsidies, are within touching distance of new

2025 Apr 29

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Optimal storage for solar energy self-sufficiency

We determine the energy storage needed to achieve self sufficiency to a given reliability as a function of excess capacity in a combined solar-energy generation and storage

2025 Apr 26

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Achieving the Promise of Low-Cost Long Duration Energy Storage

This report demonstrates what we can do with our industry partners to advance innovative long duration energy storage technologies that will shape our future—from batteries to hydrogen,

2025 May 07

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US Energy Storage Monitor

The US Energy Storage Monitor is a quarterly publication of Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the American Clean Power Association (ACP). Each quarter, new industry

2026 Jan 27

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We Need Solar & Storage to Address the Energy Emergency

Solar and storage will be necessary to build a reliable, affordable energy infrastructure during President Trump''s second term. Otherwise, we will fall far short of our

2025 Apr 13

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Solar and battery storage to make up 81% of new U.S. electric

With the rise of solar and wind capacity in the United States, the demand for battery storage continues to increase. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has also accelerated

2025 Jan 15

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Solar-Plus-Storage: Fastest, Cheapest Way To

By 2035, solar costs could fall nearly 10% and battery storage costs could fall nearly 50%. "New solar plants, even without subsidies, are

2024 Dec 02

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America''s Electricity Generation Capacity, 2025 Update

Energy storage is included in this report due to its increasing deployment and role in integrating renewable energy resources on the grid. While energy storage is not a generating capacity

2024 Nov 02

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How engineers are working to solve the renewable energy

When the sun doesn''t shine and the wind doesn''t blow, humanity still needs power. Researchers are designing new technologies, from reinvented batteries to compressed air and

2024 Nov 07

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US zero-carbon future would require 6TWh of energy storage

US researchers suggest that by 2050, when 94% of electricity comes from renewable sources, approximately 930GW of energy storage power and six and a half hours of

2025 Mar 21

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How engineers are working to solve the renewable energy storage

When the sun doesn''t shine and the wind doesn''t blow, humanity still needs power. Researchers are designing new technologies, from reinvented batteries to compressed air and

2025 Apr 18

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