This is your SolarWakeup for July 9th 2025
Opinion
News
1 Axios:
Trump could make it harder to access wind and solar credits
2 Utility Dive:
Load growth, plant retirements could drive 100x increase in blackouts by 2030
3 PV-Magazine:
Navigating FEOC restrictions on energy projects
4 BLoomberg:
Power Firm AES Explores Options Amid Takeover Interest
5 Reuters:
Xi says China's heavy industries must not be 'abandoned'
6 PV-Tech:
Fraunhofer ISE
7 Canary Media:
A heat wave hit New England’s grid. Clean energy saved the day.
Opinions:
8 Euro News:
How solar power helped European grids pass ‘the stress test’ during the recent heatwave
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for July 8th 2025
Opinion
News
1 New York Times:
Solar Industry Says Senate Plan Would Cede Production to China
2 San Francisco Chronicle:
Like a ‘30% price hike’ - What Trump budget bill could do to California rooftop solar customers
3 Energy Storage News:
FlexGen steps into Powin bankruptcy proceedings as stalking horse bidder
4 UTility Dive:
‘Growing reliability concerns’ top North Carolina regulator’s large load conference
5 Solar Builder:
The history of butyl sealants for solar attachment (and why butyl isn’t magic)
6 Bloomberg:
Sunnova’s Unsecured Creditors Oppose Releasing KKR Over Loan
7 Axios:
Clean energy's political test looms now that Trump bill is law
8 PV-Tech:
Skycorp commits US$150 million to expand PV portfolio
9 PV-Magazine:
Arizona’s largest grid-scale battery is now online
Opinions:
10 Financial Times:
Shift to solar comes at a price for Pakistan’s national grid
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for July 7th 2025
Opinion
News
1 Reuters:
Clean-energy backers blast US budget bill as a setback
2 New York Times:
The G.O.P. Policy Bill Would Shift U.S. Energy Policy
3 Axios:
EPA places 139 on leave over letter bashing Trump policies
4 Bloomberg:
Indian Solar Photovoltaic Modules Maker Emmvee Files for IPO
5 Utility Dive:
New Jersey seeks 1 GW of transmission-scale storage
6 PV_Tech:
Germany innovation tender ends up four times oversubscribed with €0.0615/kWh average price
7 Energy Storage News:
Vitis Energy and Enertis Applus+ advance Texas BESS projects
8 Canary Media:
N.C. governor vetoes bill that would have delayed clean energy goal
Opinions:
9 PV-Magazine:
The ‘MAGA Solar Act’
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for July 2nd 2025
Opinion
News
1 Bloomberg:
Senate Republicans Seek to Ease Solar and Wind Tax Credit Cutoff
2 Axios:
Trump's clean-energy grenade rattles high-tech industries
3 Reuters:
India renewable power output grows at fastest pace in three years
4 PV-Tech:
Zelestra secures US$282 million financing for 220MW solar-plus-storage plant in Chile
5 Energy Storage News:
US grid-scale BESS market could shrink by almost a third in 2026, Wood Mackenzie says
Opinions:
6 PV-Magazine:
Utility-scale solar developer Arevon secures $600 million portfolio funding
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 30th 2025
Opinion
News
1 Washington Post:
Senate’s tax bill seeks to gut clean energy; Musk calls it ‘utterly insane’
2 Bloomberg:
Trump Tax Bill Hits Senate With GOP Torn by Competing Demands
3 New York Times:
Surprise Tax in G.O.P. Bill Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power
5 Rueters:
Senate bill hastens end of wind, solar tax credits and imposes new tax
6 Solar Builder:
Heatwave grid save
7 PV-Tech:
UK government will not sign CfD for 11.5GW Xlinks Morocco-UK interconnector
8 Energy Storage News:
US DOE funds energy storage tech for critical facilities backup and resiliency demonstrations
9 PV-Magazine:
ANSI approves SEIA’s standards on consumer protection, solar operation and maintenance
Opinions:
10 Utility Dive:
FERC’s Christie calls for dispatchable resources after grid operators come ‘close to the edge’
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 27th 2025
Opinion
News
2 Utility Dive:
Senate negotiating IRA tax credits, aims to vote on budget bill Friday
3 New York Times:
Nevada Is All In on Solar Power
4 Bloomberg:
The AI Boom Can Give Rooftop Solar a New Pitch
5 Canary Media:
Massachusetts solar incentives bolster industry facing federal cuts
6 Axios:
Climate's out — but chaos is in — as a clean energy driver
7 Reuters:
Canadian funds shelve $6 billion sale of renewables company Cubico, sources say
8 Energy Storage News:
CleanCapital acquires 25MWh US energy storage portfolio from Pacifico
9 PV-Magazine:
Enfinity closes $245 million for its 22 GW solar and storage portfolio
Opinions:
10 PV-Tech:
Western Europe solar irradiance increased by 50% in Spring – Solargis
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 26th 2025
Opinion
News
1 New York Times:
Inside a Last-Ditch Battle to Save (or Kill) Clean-Energy Tax Credits
2 Axios:
DOE secretary joins criticism of energy agency's oil forecast
3 Canary Media:
LG opens massive Michigan factory to make LFP batteries for the grid
4 PV-Magazine:
SolarEdge begins shipping U.S.-made batteries from new Utah facility
5 Utility Dive:
Texas law gives grid operator power to disconnect data centers during crisis
6 Bloomberg:
Battery Storage Is at Risk of a 29% Slump on Trump’s Energy Policy, WoodMac Says
7 PV-Tech:
Emmvee inks US$174 million module supply agreement with KPI Green Energy
8 Solar Power World:
Minority shareholders continue pushback on Hanwha’s takeover bid on REC Silicon
Opinions:
9 Reuters:
Portugal says power outage shows need for EU to help fund grid modernisation
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 25th 2025
Opinion
News
1 Reuters:
US Senate adjusting rooftop solar language in budget bill, senator says
2 New York Times:
House Conservatives Warn They Can’t Back Senate Bill to Enact Trump’s Agenda
3 Financial Times:
Wall Street lends a hand to green energy — at a steep price
4 UTility Dive:
Summer power bills are going up, federal government warns
5 Bloomberg:
French Lawmakers Reject a Moratorium on Solar and Wind Projects
6 Axios:
New York's nuclear power move is full of substance and symbolism
7 PV-Tech:
Recurrent Energy secures financing to build 124MW Italian PV portfolio and co-locate BESS
8 PV-Magazine:
U.S. solar manufacturers seek to match rhetoric with reality
Opinions:
9 Energy Storage News:
Powin ‘struggling to compete with Chinese OEMs’ integrated BESS offerings’
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 24th 2025
Opinion
News
1 Reuters:
Clean energy has fans in Trump's America, complicating budget talks
2 Bloomberg:
China Solar Additions Surge to Record in May Ahead of Deadline
3 PV-Magazine:
Mitsubishi announces $3.9 billion investment in U.S. community solar
4 New York Times:
New York Again Embraces Nuclear Power With Plans to Build New Plant
5 Axios:
Ford plows ahead on EV battery factory amid political storm
6 PV-Tech:
Waaree Energies relocates 6GW vertically-integrated manufacturing plant in India
7 Energy Storage News:
NERC report says BESS in ERCOT can improve primary frequency response
8 Canary Media:
Clean energy winners and losers in the Senate’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Opinions:
9 Utility Dive:
Who should pay to keep Michigan coal plant running past its retirement date?
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 20th 2025
Opinion
News
1 Reuters:
Clean energy has fans in Trump's America, complicating budget talks
2 Bloomberg:
Solar’s Cheaper Than Gas to Help Power AI, Lazard Says
3 New York Times:
Why Eliminating Coal Could Take a Long Time
4 PV-Magazine:
Minnesota solar industry mourns loss of its five-star general
5 Financial Times:
Solar bankruptcies mount as Congress slashes green energy funds
6 UTility Dive:
‘Shoulder season’ reliability a growing concern in ERCOT, other ISOs
7 PV-Tech:
Suntech faces renewed crisis, initiates pre-restructuring creditor claims
8 Energy Storage News:
Prologis Energy sells 400MW/800MWh BESS in Texas
9 Canary Media:
Could the Senate budget throw a lifeline to energy storage?
Opinions:
10 Politico:
‘Throwing us off a cliff’
Have a great day!
Yann
