Concerns about energy reliability and extreme weather in states like Texas have boosted interest in solar panels, batteries and insulation.

There’s a financial incentive from the Inflation Reduction Act, an environmental incentive, and a moral incentive, too.

And the price of the metal is only likely to increase.

The funds will help 900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households benefit from solar energy, including by cutting their electric bills.

A Georgia program is seeking to alleviate the financial burden of solar installation to promote green energy.

For the early adopters of rooftop solar panels, maintaining and repairing faulty panels is a costly challenge of its own.

Shipments of solar panels reached a record high last year, though most were imported. They’re also getting cheaper.

The Inflation Reduction Act adds new tax credits for home energy efficient tech.

The federal Energy Information Administration predicts that more than half of the new capacity added to the electric grid this year will be solar.

(They’ll have to be made here in America.)