For decades, America has anticipated the transformational impact of clean energy technologies. As the federal government and industry made long-term investments to support those technologies, some critics became impatient, claiming a clean energy future would “always be five years away.” Today, the clean energy future has arrived.
- Download and read Revolution Now...The Future Arrives for Five Clean Energy Technologies 2016 Update
WIND ENERGY
- Wind Vision: A New Era for Wind Power in the United States
- 2015 Wind Technologies Market Report
- Energy Department Wind Program
- Quiz: Test Your Wind Energy IQ
UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR
- Collaboration Station: Utility and Solar Company Partnerships Further Solar’s Reach
- Energy Department SunShot Initiative
Solar PV: Distributed Generation
- Community and Shared Solar
- Rooftop Solar Challenge
- Solar Energy Resource Center
- Energy 101: Solar Photovoltaics
- Quiz: Test Your Solar IQ
LED LIGHTING
In one year, total installations of common home LED bulbs more than doubled from 77 million to 202 million—a particularly rapid growth considering there used to be fewer than 400,000 installations as recently as 2009.
- LED Basics
- Energy Department's Solid-State Lighting Program
- Energy Saver: LED Lighting
- Energy 101: Lumens
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Americans bought over 115,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in 2015, more than double the number purchased in 2012 despite sustained low gasoline prices. This brought the total number of EVs on the U.S. roads to over 400,000
by the end of 2015.
- EV Everywhere
- Workplace Charging Challenge
- Energy Department Vehicle Technologies Office
- eGallon: Compare the Costs of Driving With Electricity
- Energy 101: Electric Vehicles