First U.S. solar plant expansion tied to climate law comes online
An expanded solar panel factory is up and running in northwestern Georgia, a major clean energy investment the plant’s South Korean owners credit in part to the Inflation Reduction Act. Qcells said the solar facility expansion in Dalton, Ga., is the first of its kind completed in the United States since President Joe Biden signed the climate law last August. Justin Lee, the company’s CEO, cited the Inflation Reduction Act and Georgia’s collaboration for helping to make the investment happen.
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Declining costs and government encouragement have resulted in a rapid increase in solar energy production in the United States over the past 10 years, although solar’s share remains small: 1.6 percent of all electricity generation in 2018. That rapid growth is projected to continue.