This week Nebraska was awarded a $62 million federal grant in order to expand their statewide solar power use. The goal of the grant is to essentially subsidize the cost of the solar power panels in order to make them more affordable and accessible in order to get more residents to switch to solar power. They want to get more residents to switch to solar power so that the state’s environmental impact is reduced. The grant, which has been given the name of “Solar for All,” should be able to bring solar power to over 9,000 homes. On average, these homeowners will then have about a 20% reduction in their utilities cost.
Ideally, with the growing production of solar power, more jobs will come as well for construction.
Nothing but good will ultimately come from the additional solar power in Nebraska. With Nebraska’s electricity largely becoming more natural, the entire state will benefit. As approximately 9,000 homes get their solar panels built and installed, more jobs will be generated. Across the state, the pollution will be largely reduced. Projections show that in the next five years, the state’s solar energy use will increase overall by about 60% thanks to the Solar for All grant. These numbers are fantastic to see and ideally suggest a positive movement for these vehicles in the future.
This grant came at a perfect time as it was presented on Earth Day.
This grant was a part of a larger scale group of grants that were given to the states on Earth Day. The Biden Administration gave approximately $7 billion in Solar for All grants to 60 different groups in order to benefit the states and the country as a whole. They primarily targeted areas with historically disadvantaged populations who would otherwise have little to no access to solar power.
The Biden Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, both knew that the grants would ensure benefits to everyone nationwide, even those who will not personally see a solar panel courtesy of the grant. Ideally, solar power will become more accessible as a whole thanks to the grant and we are able to see quick changes in the course of climate change due to the power switch.
