Author Archives: Solar wakeup

This is your SolarWakeup for April 24th 2025

• Bloomberg: Puerto Rico Blackout Renews Pressure to Cancel Grid Contract
• Canary Media: Rising utility bills have Americans worried
• PV-Magazine: Enphase falls short on Q1 revenue, trims margin expectations due to tariffs
• Los Angeles Times: Fight intensifies over bill by former Edison executive to gut rooftop solar credits
• Axios: EPA fires or reassigns hundreds of staffers
• Reuters: German regulator plans to cut 1.5 billion euros of power grid fee costs
• PV-Tech: Germany awards 2.6GW capacity in oversubscribed ground-mount PV auction
• Energy Storage News: Bulgaria finalises €600 million funding for nearly 10GWh of energy storage

Opinion

• Vox: Let’s not panic about AI’s energy use just yet

Best, Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for April 23rd 2025

• CNBC: Bessent says he expects ‘de-escalation’ in U.S.-China tariff fight in the ‘very near future’
• PV-Tech: US DOC issues steep AD/CVD tariffs on Southeast Asian solar cells
• Politico: White House asked FERC’s Phillips to step down
• PV-Magazine: Solar industry launches platform for grassroots advocacy
• Utility Dive: Climate advocates brace for Trump executive order targeting nonprofits’ tax exempt status
• Bloomberg: India Solar Makers See Opportunities, Risks in Trade Turmoil
• Axios: Pope Francis’ legacy includes call for climate action
• Reuters: US restarts solar, storage permitting but agency gaps hit projects
• Canary Media: Solar recycling startup looks to build $90M facility in Florida

Opinion

• New York Times: Blackouts and the Collapse of Puerto Rico’s Colonial Bargain

Best, Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for April 22th 2025

• Associated Press: China dominates solar. Trump tariffs target China. For US solar industry, that means higher costs
• Axios: The Midwest’s data center boom is heating up
• Utility Dive: Trump administration ordered to resume IRA funding
• New York Times: Here’s What to Know About Rare Earth Minerals and Renewable Energy
• Reuters: Rio Tinto partners with Indian firm to explore low-carbon aluminium project
• PV-Tech: Catalyze secures US$85 million in financing for 75MW of distributed solar capacity
• Energy Storage News: American Clean Power report recommends energy storage-friendly market reforms to US grid operators
• Canary Media: Ohio grid disparities leave some areas with older, outage-prone equipment

Opinion

• PV-Magazine: How robotics is reshaping solar module installation

Best, Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for April 16th 2025

• Axios: China trade war risks stifling America’s electric car movement
• Reuters: UK’s energy regulator to confirm electricity grid reforms
• Canary Media: In California, solar generation could finally surpass gas this year
• LAist: California bill to cut solar incentives prompts fierce debate
• PV-Magazine: Familiar factions clash in final trade hearing
• PV-Tech: Australia’s federal election: a defining moment in the energy transition
• UTility Dive: Why microgrids are the key to grid resilience

Opinion

• Wall Street Journal: The White House Targets State Climate Laws

Best, Yann