US Solar Industry
112 events in this timeline
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This is the home page for the US Solar Industry investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.
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- 1816-09-27 September 27, 1816: Scottish Inventor Patents Solar ‘Heat Engine’
- 1964-08-28 August 28, 1964: Nimbus Satellites Use PV Array
- 1998-08-06 August 6, 1998: Solar-Powered Aircraft Sets Altitude Record
- 2000-03-23 March 23, 2000: Climate Change Expert Says Push for Renewable, Clean Energy Necessary to Alleviate Effects of Global Warming
- 2000-05-08 May 8, 2000: Expert Says US Government Could Stimulate Solar Cell Production, Price Drop by Investing in Cell Purchases
- 2009-04-30 April 30, 2009: Yale Opinion Column Calls for Series of Renewable Energy Research Institutes
- 2009-05-18 May 18, 2009: Australia Announces Intention to Invest Billions in Clean Energy, Carbon Reduction
- 2009-05-19 May 19, 2009: Government Sets Fuel Efficiency Standards for 2016
- 2009-06-18 June 18, 2009: Study Shows Transition to Clean Energy Economy Viable, Profitable
- 2009-09-01 September 1, 2009: Venture Capitalist to Invest $1 Billion in Clean Tech Startup
- 2009-10-12 October 12, 2009: Philanthropist Announces $1 Billion Investment in Clean Energy Technology
- 2010-06-16 June 16, 2010: Oregon Pilot Program Offers Solar Producers New Incentives for Solar Development
- 2011-01-11 January 11, 2011: China Leads in Renewable Energy Investment, Global Spending Rising
- 2011-03-16 March 16, 2011: Author: ‘Moore’s Law’ Illustrates Precipitous Drop in Cost of Solar Energy Generation
- 2011-03-29 March 29, 2011: US Outspent by China, Germany in Clean Energy Investment
- 2011-08-06 August 6, 2011: Conservative Author Claims Solar Power Plants Require Huge Tracts of Land to Produce Significant Amounts of Consumable Energy
- 2011-09-23 September 23, 2011: US Department of Defense Tripled Spending on Clean, Renewable Energy by 300 Percent between 2006 and 2009, Report Finds
- 2012-02-05 February 5, 2012: Media Analysis: Long-Term Environmental Impact of Solar Power Plants in Southwestern Deserts Impossible to Estimate
- 2012-04-13 April 13, 2012: Federal Green Jobs Program Slower to Produce Jobs than Anticipated
- 2012-04-18 April 18, 2012: Small New Jersey Utility Leads Nation in Providing Solar-Generated Electricity for Customers; Utility Once Ran One of Dirtiest Coal Plants in State
- 2012-08-01 August 1, 2012: Conservative Business Journal Claims Solar Energy Dirtier than Fossil Fuel-Derived Energy, Uses Huge Amounts of Land
- 2012-08-13 August 13, 2012: Wall Street Journal Claims Solar Energy Requires Huge Swaths of Land to Produce Sufficient Energy
- 2012-09-04 September 4, 2012: Wall Street Journal Makes Misleading Claim that Solar Energy Plant Construction Would Add to Carbon Emission Burden
- 2012-10-03 October 3-4, 2012: Fact Checkers Show Romney Misstated Crucial Data about Obama Administration’s Clean Energy Investments
- 2012-10-15 October 15, 2012: Columnist Derides Renewable Energy Industries, Says Liberals Using Them to Gain Government Handouts
- 2013-02-07 February 7, 2013: Fox News Expert Falsely Says Germany’s Solar Industry Outperforms US’s because Germany Gets More Sunlight than the US
- 2013-02-07 February 7, 2013: Expert: Difficult for Utility Companies to Modernize
- 2013-04-09 April 9-12, 2013: San Antonio Utility Plans to Slash Amount Paid Solar Energy Producers, Claims They are Costing Utility Revenue
- 2013-05-01 May 1, 2013: Kyocera Solar Opens Large Solar PV Facility in Southwest Arizona
- 2013-05-10 Shortly Before May 10, 2013: Solar Installers Form Lobbying Group to Challenge Utilities’ Efforts to Curb Solar Power Policies
- 2013-05-15 May 15-21, 2013: Solar Expert Explains Solar Industries’, Utilities’ Views of Handling Solar Generation by Consumers
- 2013-07-16 July 16, 2013: Arizona Public Utility Proposes Surcharge for Solar Rooftop Arrays; Solar Advocates Say Surcharge Would Decimate Industry, Cost Jobs
- 2013-07-31 July 31, 2013: Scientist Debunks ‘Myths’ Propagated by Enemies of Renewable Energy Industries
- 2013-08-13 August 13, 2013: Residents, Environmentalists Raise Concerns about Solar Power Plants in California Deserts
- 2013-08-14 August 14, 2013: Arizona Solar Advocates Push Back against Utility Proposal to Cut Subsidies, Raise Rates on Solar Consumers
- 2013-09-13 September 13, 2013: Columnist Explains Three Ways Americans Can Have Solar Power Generation without Buying Expensive Rooftop Arrays
- 2013-09-22 September 22, 2013: Solar Power Plant in Mojave Desert Comes Online; Predicted to Almost Double Amount of Commercial Solar Thermal Energy Generated in US
- 2013-09-23 September 23, 2013: Analysis: Utilities Losing Ground in Regulation Fight with Solar Energy Industry
- 2013-10-02 October 2-11, 2013: Rise in Fuel Efficiency, Drop in Usage Totaling Improvement in Carbon Emissions
- 2013-10-17 October 17, 2013: Arizona Public Utility Opens Solar Energy Storage Facility
- 2013-10-21 (October 21-25, 2013): Arizona Utility Admits to Paying Conservative Organization to Launch Ad Campaign Attacking Solar Industry
- January 2013: Utility Institute Report Projects Massive Loss of Revenues, Surge in Rates as Solar Energy Erodes Revenue Base
- Late January, 2003: North Carolina Allows Citizens to Buy Renewable Power
- February 2009: Federal Government Invests $90 Billion in Clean Energy Projects
- June 2009: Design Firm Submits Proposal for Solar-Powered Arcology in Dallas Inspired by Anasazi Dwellings
- July - September 2002: Upgraded Solar Aircraft Demonstrates Abilities in Telecommunications, Agriculture
- 0010 - 0500: Roman Bathhouses, Dwellings Use Sun to Warm Chambers; Law Recognizes ‘Sun Rights’
- 1200 and After: Native Americans Use Sunlight to Heat Homes
- 1767: First Solar Collector Built
- (1860 - 1880): Scientist Constructs First Solar-Powered Steam Engines