ESA charts a path to 35 GW of energy storage
The Energy Storage Association has issued a white paper calling for 35 gigawatts of installations by 2025 to upgrade an increasingly antiquated power grid to be outage proof and efficiently handle new power systems and demand products entering the marketplace.
Proposed coal and nuclear bailout roundly condemned in FERC comments
In the second round of comments an incredibly diverse group of actors are stating that DOE’s attempts to subsidize “fuel secure” generation is simply a bad idea. And possibly illegal, too.
Washington Post comes out against tariffs on solar
The Post has become the latest large mainstream U.S. news publication to oppose the tariffs, as South Korea considers a WTO complaint.
U.S. Senate approves two more FERC commissioners
Kevin McIntyre and Robert Glick, a Republican and a Democrat, will join FERC as it considers a controversial bailout for nuclear and coal generation.
Pennsylvania requires solar SRECs to come from within the state
Previously solar renewable energy credits (SREC) could come from outside the state, but not be sold outside. Will the new law help the state’s very low SREC prices?
DSIRE, EnergySage team to create powerful online solar combination
The collaboration between the two popular solar websites will allow consumers to transition from policy research to concrete action at the click of a button.
Solar appears mostly spared in House tax reform bill
The tax reform bill introduced in the House of Representatives will make only minor changes to the Investment Tax Credit, however changes to corporate taxes remain a wild card.
Policies for energy storage continue to move forward during Q3
NCCETC’s latest report on grid modernization shows that policies supporting the deployment of energy storage are on the rise throughout the United States.
Muted reaction to USITC recommendations as groups scramble to divine details
After all the sound and fury that has surrounded the Section 201 trade action brought by petitioners Suniva and SolarWorld, reaction to the trade commissions preliminary recommendations has been oddly subdued.
Relatively positive: BNEF’s Nathan Serota on the ITC’s trade proposals
In this interview, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Senior Analyst Nathan Serota gives his initial impressions of recommendations made by the Interational Trade Commission for trade remedies in the Section 201 case.
