Tennessee Joins List Of Solar Also-Rans Turning U.S. Market On Its Head

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Tennessee joins a growing list of states with long-term renewable power plans as solar heads for scale in parts of the U.S. way beyond its roots.

Share to twitterThe U.S. solar market has previously been dominated by California. It has always been the big beast, by any metric. Now, as federal support for the industry slackens off, a number of states, utilities and regulators are pressing on regardless.

As the economics of the technology has improved, many utility commissions have accepted that solar and solar-plus-storage are cheaper options than coal and in some use cases,In 2018, both Florida and Texas made significant gains but in the past few months the list of states where preparations for longer-term commitments to solar is growing.

Not that long ago, only coal and gas would have featured in a conversation about how to achieve that. An additional driver for the solar market to look forward to is the growing number of states either establishing or exploring a move to 100% renewable energy.

 

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Such a boring post idk what to say

Weak headline

It's the future folks. The economics check out.

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