SOLAR DECLARATION
A Million Solar Strong and Counting The adoption of solar energy in America has reached a new height of 1 million installations nationwide. This milestone is the product of American innovation and ingenuity. It is the result of consumers, policy leaders, advocates and an industry of over 200,000 workers who have all helped make the nation’s clean energy revolution a reality.
We hereby declare that solar is part of the mainstream energy discussion in this country, and we support a strong role for clean and affordable solar energy as a part of America’s energy portfolio.
Solar is being deployed today across all 50 states. Sunshine is powering our working families, our schools and churches, our small businesses and corporate leaders, and rural and urban communities alike. It has taken four decades to reach today’s million solar milestone. And at the rate solar is growing, it will only take two more years to reach 2 million installations. By 2020, solar will nearly quadruple in size to 100 gigawatts (GW) of total capacity from just over 27 GW today.
By signing this declaration, we are joining the #millionsolarstrong, and counting, who support the local jobs, economic activity, and stronger, healthier communities that solar energy is generating for all Americans.
SIGNED:
A Renewable America American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) AllEarth Renewables Alive Today Enterprises, LLC Alternate Energy Company American Solar Direct Bella Energy Bison Roofing & Solar Borrego Solar Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) California Solar Energy Industries Association (CalSEIA) Clean Energy Action Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA) Christian Coalition of America Choose Energy Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA) Community Office for Resource Efficiency Earthjustice EarthKind Energy Energy Action Coalition EnterSolar Environment America Environment California Research & Policy Center Environmental Entrepeneurs (E2) EQ Research Estriatus Solar, PC Fresh Energy Garden Solar LLC Great Brook Solar GRID Alternatives Impress Labs Inovateus Solar Inspiration of Sedona Institute for Local Self-Reliance Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) Keyes, Fox & Wiedman LLP League of Conservation Voters Microgrid Energy, LLC Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (MnSEIA) Mitsubishi Electric MyDomino National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) Nexamp Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA) North Carolina Council of Churches North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light Northeast Clean Energy Council North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) OM Construction Organizing for Action Renewable Energy Long Island Renewable Energy Transition Initiative Renewables 100 Policy Institute RER Energy Group Run On Sun Sierra Club Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) SmartOne, Inc. Solar Alliance Solar By Harrimans Solar CNXN Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Solar Smart Living SolarCity Solartronics sonnenUSA Spruce Finance SUNation Solar Systems Sundance Power Systems, Inc. Sungevity Sunlink Corporation SunPower Sunvestment Energy Group Superior Solar Swinerton Renewable Energy The Climate Reality Project The Solar Foundation Trinity Solar Union of Concerned Scientists U.S. Climate Plan Viessman Manufacturing Vista Solar Vivint Solar Vote Solar Young Conservatives for Energy Reform (YC4ER)