Go Solar. Everyone's Doing it.

Opportunities to Make a Difference

Investigate costs, incentives, and potential installers in your area. For folks in the U.S., check out the Energy Sage website.

Or check-out this helpful article in PV magazine.

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Send a message to your U.S. Senator telling them to pass climate provisions of the Build Back Better act.

There is talk among Democrats of focusing on just passing the climate provisions, but they need to feel pressure from us!

Potential talking points

It's critical we pass the climate provisions in the Build Back Better Bill
This is our chance to avoid a climate tipping point and the damage it will cause to both our economy and the environment
I encourage you to not only support the bill, but do all you can to ensure its passage

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Dutch nonprofit working to hold companies accountable for emissions

Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth won landmark case against Shell in 2021

Requires Shell to reduce their carbon emissions 45% in next 10 years

Now they’re going after 30 multinational companies with a legal footprint in the Netherlands

Sent letter calling on companies to deliver a plan by Mid-April that cut their emissions 45% by 2030

Companies receiving a letter include KLM, Dutch bank ABN, Exxon, British Petroleum, Dow Chemical

Sources

U.S. market overview

Capacity

Costs - rooftop versus utility and commercial installations

Residential ($135 - $203 / MWh) ~ 5.4 times the cost of utility scale
Commercial / Industrial ($62 - $166 / MWh) – 2.7 times the cost of utility solar
Utility scale solar - $23 - $34 / MWh

Average payback period - 7.5 years

If passed, Build Back Better Act is forecast to result in 31% additional growth (compared to base case) over next four years

Sources

Solar Market Insight Report 2021 Q4 | SEIA