Thursday, August 07, 2025

EPA cancels $7 billion grant program to boost solar energy

WASHINGTON (AP) " The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday terminated a $7 billion grant program intended to help pay for residential solar projects for more than 900,000 lower-income U.S. households, in the latest Trump administration move hindering the nation's shift to cleaner energy. The funding, part of the Biden-era's Solar for All program, was awarded to 60 recipients including states, tribes and regions for investments such as rooftop solar and community solar gardens. Solar, a renewable energy, is widely regarded as a way to introduce cleaner power onto the electrical grid and lower energy bills for American consumers.

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Tangentially related ...

This is an issue I have mentioned in the past regarding renewables ...

As China's renewable capacity soars, utilisation lags, data show
www.reuters.com

... China's renewable power potential in far-flung provinces is increasingly going unused, official statistics showed on Monday, as the country rushes to build more long-distance transmission and energy storage to bridge the gap.

The curtailment rate for solar power rose to 6.6% in the first half of 2025 from 3.9% in the same period a year earlier while the rate for wind rose to 5.7% from 3%, according to the National New Energy Consumption Monitoring and Early Warning Center.

Curtailment refers to how much grid managers have to limit the amount of power coming into the grid to maintain a balance with demand or due to grid infrastructure constraints. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-07 08:00 PM

@#1 ... due to grid infrastructure constraints ...

Yeah, here in the US, the problem is ...

The grid don't go to where renewable power is generated.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-07 08:01 PM

Yeah, here in the US, the problem is ...

The grid don't go to where renewable power is generated.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter

Sure - but it could.

$7 billion invested one way or another...it probably could.

Understand, I realize it's way way too late.

yay...

#3 | Posted by billy_boy at 2025-08-07 08:10 PM

@#3 ... Sure - but it could.

$7 billion invested one way or another...it probably could. ...

I agree.

But that would require the grid operators to spend money, when it would be less expensive for them to just keep contributing to climate change.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-07 08:35 PM

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