The sun provides abundant, clean energy.
Solar energy is the cleanest source of energy available in the U.S. right now, and our current solar capacity can power the equivalent of 12.3 million average American homes. Solar generation offsets more than 73 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions from more than two million solar installations in the U.S.
Utilities that build solar facilities generally build large fields of photovoltaic cells that are designed to convert sunlight to electricity. They may also use lenses or mirrors to concentrate the sun’s rays into a narrow beam that heats a fluid, producing steam that turns a turbine.
By 2024, the U.S. solar market is expected to double. This clean energy source is providing an economic boost across the country, with solar jobs increasing in 29 states in 2018. There are more than 240,000 solar workers at more than 10,000 companies across the United States, and the solar industry generated $17 billion for the economy in 2018.