California’s home batteries are replacing gas plants and saving hundreds of millions
The Brattle Group analyzed a gigawatt-hour virtual power plant test that may be the world’s largest as part of its review of California’s distributed peak-shaving program.
Solar price pessimism, quantified
For years, solar insiders have watched cost forecasts miss the mark. Now, new research confirms what industry trends already made clear by 2023: most 2050 projections for solar, wind, and batteries weren’t even in the same ballpark.
Illinois solar goals threatened, “strong and decisive” suggestions offered
State law firm Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll petitioned Illinois to reopen its solar incentive programs to account for federal actions that could slow the state’s legally required clean energy deployments.
When things fall apart, experienced teams keep solar on track
Solar development’s outlook has become more complex in the U.S. as policies quickly shift, adding to existing risks around interconnection, permitting, weather and labor, The Berg Research Group says. The group offers guidance on managing these challenges.
EIA says solar module report no longer worth it
The federal agency says it has ‘determined that the value of the data collected by the survey no longer exceeds the burden of collecting and publishing it,’ and has proposed canceling the program.
Solar tax credits are a carbon tax by another name
The American public has shown a strong willingness to fund solar and other renewable energy projects through tax credits, largely because voters trust directed infrastructure funding more than open-ended government revenue pools.
The ‘onion’ of FEOC, Safe Harbor, and tax credits
pv magazine USA spoke with tax lawyers about the added layers of diligence and complexity that Foreign Entity of Concern rules bring to tax credits (excluding hydrogen), and how to traverse four years of ongoing construction under new Safe Harbor guidance.
Fossil retirements continue, but pace slows and may reverse
EIA data shows that since 2003, U.S. fossil fuel plants have retired more capacity than they’ve been built. That trend is slowing, and early signs suggest it could reverse.
Field tested hurricane survival strategies for solar
RMI has released Solar Under Storm III, analyzing solar power facilities in the hurricane-prone Caribbean and reviewing past storm impacts to identify six major failure modes and ten risk-mitigation specifications.
U.S. may deploy 53 GW of solar in 2025, 61 GW in 2026 – but FEOC looms
BloombergNEF projects continued solar deployment growth in 2025 and 2026, though looming Foreign Entity of Concern restrictions may shave tens of gigawatts off capacity additions later in the decade.
