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By Andrea Luecke, Executive Director, The Solar Foundation

February 3, 2012 

By Andrea Luecke, Executive Director, The Solar Foundation

January 23, 2012 - Reposted from National Journal

By Andrea Luecke, Executive Director, The Solar Foundation

December 5, 2011 - Reposted from National Journal

By Andrea Luecke - November 2, 2011

Americans love a good challenge. Our ability to rise to and surmount challenges of a profound and global scale has been demonstrated time and again over the last one hundred years. From the World Wars of the early 20th century to the Space Race, Americans have shown we have what it takes to tackle the great problems of our time.

By Andrea Luecke, Executive Director, The Solar Foundation

October 25, 2011, Reposted from National Journal

There are a number of ways to look at evaluating America’s success in solar versus that of other countries. One key indicator is job growth. American solar companies continue to add jobs. How do we know? We asked them.

By Andrea Luecke, Executive Director, The Solar Foundation

October 1, 2011, Reposted from National Journal

Solar energy is a smart investment. It is clean, reliable energy that creates jobs. It is creating jobs at an impressive clip, according to The Solar Foundation’s National Jobs Census 2011.

by Brian Keane, reposted from Huffington Post

September 20, 2011

Let's face it: Solyndra wasn't a winner. But it was the company's inability to keep up with rapidly declining solar panel costs -- not its focus on clean energy technology -- that led to its demise.

By Andrea Luecke, The Solar Foundation's Executive Director

By Andrea Luecke - May 25, 2011

The haunting images coming out of Joplin, Missouri that show trees stripped of their leaves, houses obliterated, hospitals eviscerated, and people mourning the loss of lives and livelihoods are tragic. How Joplin, a town of only 50,000, will rebuild is beyond me.

As I reflect on the loss this small community has experienced and consider that there are 20,000 homes and businesses without power, I wonder how solar energy will help them rebuild and if it will become a technology adopted into the hearts and minds of the residents.