Opinion
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News
1 Utility Dive:
Utilities need to plan for flexibility, confirm data centers when forecasting load
2 Bloomberg:
Gates-Backed TerraPower, Utah to Explore Nuclear Reactor Sites
3 PV-Tech:
T1 Energy secures sale of entirety of 2025 module production with new 437MW deal
4 NPR:
Pakistan is tapping into solar power at an 'unprecedented' rate. Here's why
5 PV-Magazine:
Fluence brings another part of battery supply chain to U.S.
6 RE-NJ:
Murphy supersizes New Jersey community solar program, signs law to add 3,000 megawatts
7 PV-Tech:
Canadian Solar’s Q2 module sales increase, battery revenues grow
8 Solar Power World:
Residential solar installer PosiGen lays off almost entire workforce
9 Energy Storage News:
New Mexico utility picks batteries over fossil fuels, ordering BESS retrofits for solar PV plants
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10 Newsweek:
Bill McKibben's Latest Book Argues for Seizing Solar Power's Big Moment
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Yann
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?
Opinion
News
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
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11 PV-Magazine:
Sunniest state in U.S. turns its back on the sun
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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
Opinion
News
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
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Yann
Opinion
Best, Yann
News
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
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8 PV-Magazine:
NERC 2026 regional compliance audits
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Yann
