Almost two years ago, Dan Reicher of the Woods Institute For The Environment at Stanford University had an idea. He noticed that opposition to solar installations was increasing and resulting in lots of angry public meetings and lawsuits. The upshot was that new solar projects were being delayed or cancelled altogether. Reicher came up with an idea for a Solar Uncommon Dialogue and shared it with the Nature Conservancy and the Solar Energy Industries Association. SEIA is the largest solar industry trade group in America.
Together, they opened discussions with several groups and associations to see if there might be a way to cool some of the passions of those opposed to solar development so those projects could move forward. On October 12, 2023, the SEIA announced an historic agreement had…
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