Why Has Solar Become Partisan? In the past 6 months, solar has become partisan, but really only in DC, and I am not sure why. For years there was an argument about subsidies and whether government should be picking winners and losers. Of course all energy sources are heavily subsidized and even operates under a different, regulated, economic system. But not approving solar projects so they don’t get built, in a time when solar is needed, cheap and fast generation, becomes a level of partisan that I can’t understand the rationale for. Plenty of SolarWakeup readers live on both sides of the political aisle, so this isn’t about a belief system, it seems to be about pure politics with a goal in mind, a goal that leaves an industry confused. So what do you think the goal of the attacks is?
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1 Bloomberg:
The Fix for Solar Power Blackouts Is Already Here
2 CNBC:
Solar executives warn that Trump attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices
3 Wall Street Journal:
Why Solar and Wind Power Can Thrive Without Subsidies
4 Axios:
Trump administration halts work on New England offshore wind project
5 Energy Storage News:
North America energy storage acquisitions
6 Reuters:
US opens national security probe into imported wind turbines, components
7 Solar Builder:
California’s distributed storage program can save ratepayers $206M by 2028
8 PV-Tech:
Tariffs and AD/CVD ‘not welcome news’ say experts, as India treads the murky US markets
9 Solar Power World:
New Jersey kicks off program to deploy 2 GW of energy storage by 2030
10 Canary Media:
Why power bills are rising — and why that’s not changing soon
Opinions:
11 PV-Magazine:
Sunniest state in U.S. turns its back on the sun
Have a great day!
Yann
Lean, A Process For Products. How a product is installed is a combination of a product and acceptance by the product to make the
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1 Solar Power World:
Benefits of implementing Lean Fundamentals on solar projects
2 PV-Magazine:
Solar to represent half of new U.S. electric generating capacity in 2025
3 Reuters:
US gas-heavy power pipeline set to stoke LNG exporter tensions
4 Bloomberg:
Trump Says US Won’t Back Solar, Wind Projects Hurting Farms
6 PV-Tech:
Enphase signs US$50 million microinverter ITC safe harbour deal
7 Energy Storage News:
US EPA issues ‘comprehensive’ full lifecycle BESS safety guidance
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8 Utility Dive:
California’s virtual power plant could save $206M by 2028
Have a great day!
Yann
Opinion
Best, Yann
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1 Utility Dive:
Clean energy groups challenge DOE grid reliability report
2 Bloomberg:
Wild Power Swings Are Driving Australia’s Battery Boom
3 Solar Builder:
Explainer - New ‘construction start’ definitions for solar project tax credit eligibility
4 Reuters:
USDA ends programs for solar, wind projects on farms
5 PV-Tech:
New Stonepeak Middle East renewables vehicle to be led by ex-Jinko executive
6 Energy Storage News:
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners acquires 1GWh BESS project from EDF Renewables North America
7 Canary Media:
A universal adapter for solar, batteries, EVs, and microgrids is here
Opinions:
8 PV-Magazine:
NERC 2026 regional compliance audits
Have a great day!
Yann
Checking The Boxes. In the year that I’ve been at FTC Solar, we keep checking the boxes on bringing features to the 1P tracker and none of them more important for installers than being the fastest installed tracker available. If you and your team install trackers today, you know that increasing capacity is key to your success and I want to personally invite you to our training facility to get your hands on the tracker and see how its 25% faster than what you’re able to achieve.
Opinion
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1 PV-Tech:
FTC Solar launches tracker for extreme wind conditions
2 New York Times:
I.R.S. Makes It Harder for Wind and Solar Projects to Claim Tax Breaks
3 UTility Dive:
$3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire
4 Reuters:
Data center owners urge US Treasury to keep renewable energy subsidy rules
5 Solar Power World:
Arizona commissioners unanimously vote to repeal state renewable energy standard
6 Energy Storage News:
Fluence to hit lower end of 2025 guidance due to ‘typical’ ramping delays at US factories
7 Renewable Energy World:
American solar supply chain strengthened by T1 Energy, Corning deal
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8 PV-Magazine:
The new chapter in energy storage
Have a great day!
Yann
