• Wall Street Journal: The Home-Solar Boom Gets a ‘Gut Punch’
• Utility Dive: China, Russia ramping up cyber activities against energy, water and other critical sectors – FBI director
• Axios: Hot oil summer: Soaring prices threaten consumers and Biden
• Solar Power World: Bureau of Land Management releases final rules for renewable energy projects on public lands
• PV-Magazine: Solar cell prices fall for 3rd consecutive week
• PV-Tech: Dominion Energy Virginia launches RFP for solar and BESS projects
• Bloomberg: The Century-Old Transmission Line Is Getting a 21st Century Upgrade
• Energy Storage News: EU Battery Passport ‘will help reduce procurement and recycling costs’
• Canary Media: Chart – Which US states generate the most solar and wind energy?

Opinion

• Reuters: Visiting Chinese trade official warns EU on greentech probe

Best, Yann

Happy Friday. Apologies for the lack of columns this week, unfortunately travel and daytime responsibilities have taken up all of the time. In the meantime, consider whether you have a paragraph to contribute. Email me your thoughts on a topic, in the format of SolarWakeup, and you could get published with your name and company in the byline. Have a great weekend!

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• Reuters: Texas kicks on with solar, storage as developers eye profits
• Financial Times: Wall Street turns to ‘solar grazing’ sheep in its push to go green
• Bloomberg: Equinor’s Energy Trader Eyes New Zealand Amid Expansion in Asia
• Axios: National Grid’s VC arm makes three Q1 investments
• Renewable Energy World: California’s virtual power plant potential is high, new report says
• Energy Storage News: IPP Lydian launches with 1.7GW US solar and BESS portfolio, backed by infrastructure fund Excelsior
• Canary Media: More demand, more gas – Inside the Southeast’s dirty power push
• Utility Dive: Regulators – Don’t panic and rush to gas amid cries we’re out of power

Opinion

• Heatmap News: Is Renewable Energy Too Cheap to Be Profitable?

Best, Yann

• Bloomberg: How to Cut Industrial Emissions and Dodge the Valley of Death
• Axios: European court ruling on climate may affect pending cases, including in U.S.
• Renewable Energy World: Nexamp raises $520M for community solar portfolio
• Utility Dive: FERC approves PJM’s $5.1B cost-share plan for transmission to be built by Dominion, others
• Solar Power World: Maryland General Assembly passes bill to incentivize local solar development, streamline permitting
• Canary Media: Texas got more electricity from solar than coal last month
• Politico: Great unknown: How much energy crypto mining uses
• PV-Magazine: Triple-junction solar cells have technical potential to reach 44.3% efficiency

Opinion

• Reuters: France on track to smash clean electricity export record in 2024

Best, Yann

• New York Times: The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution.
• PV-Magazine: Five energy equity policy wins in 2024
• Utility Dive: Pennsylvania issues guidelines on using energy storage to boost distribution grid reliability
• Reuters: US power system set to cut coal use to record lows
• PV-Tech: Industry lobby group ERT says EU requires €800 billion in grid investment by 2030
• Energy Storage News: Maryland is first US state to pass vehicle-to-grid legislation, alongside virtual power plant tariff rules
• Canary Media: Solar and wind power have surged wildly in the US over the last decade

Opinion

• Bloomberg: Power Bills Will Keep Rising Even After the Fed Tames Inflation

Best, Yann