Over eight gigawatts of new power generation capacity went online in the first quarter of 2024 and nearly all of it was renewable: 5.5 gigawatts...
This quarterly update (2024 Q1) shows the community solar capacity built in nine states, with a focus on competitive state markets and projects in investor-owned...
How much of the U.S. solar fleet is made up of smaller, distributed sources that help communities build local wealth? This 2023 update examines the...
4 gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the fourth quarter of 2023. Over eight gigawatts of this fourth quarter surge was large-scale...
Communities can do a lot to advance energy democracy, but some tools must be granted by state policy. This annual scorecard from ILSR’s Energy Democracy...
7.2 gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the third quarter of 2023. Half of that capacity (3.6 gigawatts) was large-scale solar alone,...
Nearly 11 gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the second quarter of 2023. Over half of that capacity was solar power (5.5...
Eight gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the first quarter of 2023. For the third quarter in a row, over half of...
20 states have policies allowing some form of community renewable energy. This quarterly update (2023 Q1) shows the capacity built in seven states: Colo., Ill.,...
10 years after Minnesota enabled community solar, a 2023 policy has expanded the program. It also introduced new rules and limitations. This post explains the...
How much of the U.S. solar fleet is made up of smaller, distributed sources that help communities build local wealth? This 2022 update examines the...
ILSR’s March 2023 report, A Growing Movement: 2022 Community Composter Census, is the first census of community composters to track the nature and growth of this sector,...
As dollar stores multiply rapidly across the U.S., cities are developing dollar store-specific policies to rein in their growth. Such policies include “dispersal restrictions” that...
8.4 gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the fourth quarter of 2022. 60 percent of that total, or nearly six gigawatts, was...
20 states have policies allowing some form of community renewable energy. This quarterly update (2022 Q4) shows the capacity built in seven states: Colo., Ill.,...