Markets & Policy

Also on the rise: SEIA urges an end to Section 201 tariffs on solar imports, CATL signs a battery deal with startup EV maker Fisker, and Solar Landscape wins 46 community solar projects in New Jersey.

Given the WRO and the potential anti-circumvention tariff challenges, U.S. module supply risk is material, the analyst firm said in a note to clients.

The China-based battery maker will supply two different battery types with an initial capacity of more than 5 GWh annually.

The industry trade group submitted a brief in advance of a November 3 hearing on the effectiveness of the Trump-era Section 201 tariffs.

Researchers concluded that wind and solar generation resources that were sized at 1.5x along with three hours of energy storage would meet all but 200 hours of demand scattered throughout any given year.

The award totals just under one-third of all community solar capacity in the second year of New Jersey’s now-permanent community solar program.

Also on the rise: Utilities tap batteries for a growing list of grid services, and Amazon backs a transformer-based EV fast charger startup.

Most utility-scale battery storage applications handle several roles depending on revenue opportunities or system support requirements. 

Also starting up: Leap Photovoltaic turns to 3D printing to slash solar cell production costs, and solar EV startup Sono Motors files for its U.S. IPO.

The decade-old charge is a thing of the past after regulators agreed that solar customers pay their fair share of grid costs.