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MIAMI, FLORIDA. Since assuming the presidency in January this year, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has taken initiatives that show his commitment to investing in a green economy with a focus on renewable energy and reducing the emission of polluting gases.
One of the Democratic president's first initiatives was to put the United States back into the Climate Agreement.
His predecessor, Donald Trump, had withdrawn the United States from the treaty signed by almost 200 countries to reduce carbon emissions.
Biden announced a goal of cutting gas emissions by 50% by 2030. To achieve the goal, he needs to invest in the development of renewable energy, such as solar energy, for example.
According to sector experts, for this goal to be achieved, it is necessary to quadruple the current number of workers in the solar energy industry, which currently stands at 250,000.
“We now have the opportunity to quadruple our workforce by diversifying and expanding solar energy to underserved communities. It is an important boost for companies in the sector to strengthen themselves”, says Abigail Hopper, CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Although the cost of installing a solar energy collection system has fallen in recent years in the United States, the investment is still very high.
“Costs have fallen drastically, but the barriers imposed by the market and the challenges of integrating the energy grid are still obstacles to the expansion of the sector in the United States”, informs the government.
In March of this year, the Biden administration set a goal of reducing the cost of installing solar energy by up to 60% by 2035.
To this end, the government will invest $128 million in technology to use photovoltaic solar cells based on perovskite, instead of silicon as is currently widely used in the American market.
Solar energy in the USA
According to the government's Department of Energy, between 2008 and 2021, the country increased solar energy generation by 97.2 GW, enough to power 18 million American homes.
Despite this progress, today only 3% of homes have solar energy. The government's expectation is that, by 2030, one in every seven houses will have panels for capturing solar energy on their roofs.
California is the state that uses this type of energy the most. In 2020, more than 22.7% of the energy generated in the American West Coast state came from solar energy.
