{"id":26,"date":"2023-06-06T15:40:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T15:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-05-03T15:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T15:50:56","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26\" class=\"elementor elementor-26\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75361e51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75361e51\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-104129.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-288\" alt=\"A bar graph showing the number of people in the organization mix by annual energy outlook 2 0 2 3.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-104129.png 926w, https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-104129-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-104129-768x386.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f25e4e2\" data-id=\"f25e4e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-178b46e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"178b46e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54e5b63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54e5b63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The future of energy in the United States and globally is about efficiency and next-generation technology. The U.S. Energy Information Association (EIA), in its 2023 Energy Outlook, reports that overall energy demand in the U.S. will continue to grow over the next few decades, with residential and commercial consumption staying relatively flat while industrial and transportation sectors grow in usage.\u00a0 Renewable energy, as shown below, will increasingly compose a larger percentage of the U.S. energy capacity across all sectors, with solar and wind accounting for a combined 40% by 2050 in the EIA reference case.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6567ae7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6567ae7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d0fc2a\" data-id=\"6d0fc2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c9a9a4 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c9a9a4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-41521ec\" data-id=\"41521ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef85b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ef85b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u00a0<\/span><b>Reference case<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> serves as a baseline, or benchmark, case. It reflects laws and regulations adopted through mid-November 2022, including the IRA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The need for clean, renewable energy is vital for the environment as well as self-sufficiency.\u00a0 Solar and renewable energy helps both residential and commercial buildings generate their own electricity and heat their own hot water, among other attributes, thereby reducing their energy consumption footprint and reducing greenhouse gas emissions while decreasing reliance on often-unreliable public utility grids. This is particularly important for areas that suffer from natural disasters and have natural boundaries to increased energy production.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7867b07\" data-id=\"7867b07\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a6b5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"17a6b5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a3c2df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a3c2df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-45c0462\" data-id=\"45c0462\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7479c01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7479c01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/alternative-21581_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-480\" alt=\"A close up of some solar panels on the ground\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/alternative-21581_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/alternative-21581_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/alternative-21581_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/alternative-21581_1280-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3047b2e\" data-id=\"3047b2e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b67fe7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b67fe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSolar PV and other renewables sources represent the most effective and ready solution for addressing growing energy demand and limiting carbon emission at the same time,\u201d according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). \u201cRenewables are practical, affordable and climate-safe. They are key to sustainable development, enabling energy access, spurring economic growth, creating employment and improving health. Particularly solar energy is set to become one of the most prominent power sources in 2050.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56a1081 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56a1081\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1862720\" data-id=\"1862720\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-586c2a2 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"586c2a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b61247e\" data-id=\"b61247e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2f3ee5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2f3ee5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A report from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that \u201csolar could account for as much as 40% of the nation\u2019s electricity supply by 2035 and 45% by 2050.\u201d The Solar Energy Industry Association has a goal of reaching 50 GW of solar production capacity by 2030.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the move to renewable energy has huge challenges ahead.\u00a0 Production capacity in the U.S. lags far behind levels needed to meet consumer demand as well as benchmarks set by the government and policies such as the Bipartisan Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and other legislation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dfc983\" data-id=\"6dfc983\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88c3f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88c3f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/photovoltaic-system-2742302_1280-1024x656.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-481\" alt=\"A field with many solar panels on it\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/photovoltaic-system-2742302_1280-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/photovoltaic-system-2742302_1280-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/photovoltaic-system-2742302_1280-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/photovoltaic-system-2742302_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff303d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff303d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7a60dc\" data-id=\"a7a60dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-964d579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"964d579\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-113500.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-298\" alt=\"A graph showing cumulative u. S. Solar installations\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-113500.png 763w, https:\/\/ohiosunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-113500-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5df8da\" data-id=\"e5df8da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dccca75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dccca75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solar accounted for 50% of all new electricity-generating capacity in the U.S. in 2022, when 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV capacity was installed. According to the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA), this was \u201cthe largest annual share in the industry\u2019s history and the fourth consecutive year that solar was the top technology with new electric capacity installations.\u201d The U.S. now has a cumulative total of 142.5 GW of installed capacity, which is enough to power 25 million homes.\u00a0 In the past decade, solar capacity has grown at an average annual rate of 33%. As shown below, residential solar is the second-largest category behind utility. Residential grew 40% in 2022, with 5.9 GW, or around 30%, of new capacity installed.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3943059 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3943059\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-750475f\" data-id=\"750475f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b55b3bf elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b55b3bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-68537f5\" data-id=\"68537f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00b5eaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00b5eaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By 2027, as shown below, SEIA projects that new solar installation capacity will 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