Pennsylvania’s solar industry will feel the effects of the Trump administration’s move to place a tariff on foreign-built solar panels, but will it stop solar installations in the state?
Is putting a big solar array on the former coke plant site just a pipe dream? Maybe not. The utility that owns it actually has a robust recent history of investing in renewables.
Natural gas will be a chief energy export in Pennsylvania for years to come. But the state's vast and largely untapped wind resources could also add to the state's reputation as a major energy player.
While solar energy installations result in long-term savings for those who can afford them, upfront costs and state restrictions can make solar inaccessible for many low-income families.
Solar and wind power are generally only useful when the sun is shinning or the wind is blowing. But new battery technologies could help renewables become a full-time power source.
Fights over whether homeowners can sell excess solar power back to utilities are raging across the country. But Pennsylvania's recent decision on net metering could be a model compromise.
Democratic lawmakers have negotiated a five-year extension of federal wind and solar incentives designed to encourage more renewable energy production in the U.S.
