Who’s Against Clean. That’s Tim Pawlenty’s opening message to the mainstream media as the new CEO of SEIA. A decade ago when Abby Hopper started at SEIA, SolarWakeup was one of the first interviews in what at the time was a rather divided solar industry. Today’s messaging is more mainstream and it’s a great result of the work that the industry has done over the last 10 years. We’re big, profitable, important and affordable. Are there divides amongst opinions inside the sector? Sure, but what got us here isn’t what is going to get us there. Who’s against solar? That’s our next decade to scale and execute on. 

• Semafor: Exclusive / New top US solar lobbyist sees a ‘golden age’ under Trump
• Bloomberg: Exelon Urges US States to Ease Rules on Utility-Owned Assets
• Canary Media: Virginia slaps data centers with big new tax — but no climate rules
• New York Times: An Influx of Climate Cash
• Solar Builder: U.S. installed 8.4 GWh of BESS in Q1, surpassing previous record by 54%
• Reuters: European battery storage growth seen accelerating by 2030
• PV-Magazine: Enphase brings GaN-powered IQ9N microinverter to U.S. residential solar market
• PV-tech: Nextpower expands in Europe with Zimmermann PV-Steel Group acquisition
• Solar Power World: US panel manufacturers petition for AD/CVD investigation on Korean solar imports

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• Energy Storage News: CATL claims purpose-built sodium-ion BESS can help solve ‘uncertainties’ facing industry

Best, Yann