Policy

Also on the rise: Michigan energy storage bills can serve as a model for the nation. DOE announces $45 million for pilot manufacturing of solar components. And more.

President Biden delivered a speech celebrating the $500 billion in recent private investment in U.S. manufacturing. Solar inverter manufacturer Enphase announced its first shipments from a U.S. contract manufacturing facility, owned and operated by Flex.

Funding from the Biden Administration’s Investing in America agenda is intended to support silicon component manufacturing and develop dual-use PV technologies.

Passing these bills would make the state among the most ambitious in the Midwest when it comes to growing storage capacity and encouraging business models that unlock the full potential of this technology, like the “virtual power plant” model.

Also on the rise: Beef cattle agrivoltaics on an Oregon family ranch. 10 best practices for building trust when developing solar projects. And more.

As Part of the Investing in America Agenda, the funding will benefit about 74,000 students in 97 school buildings.

Also on the rise: Scaling green hydrogen. EV sales to make up nearly one-third of passenger vehicle sales in U.S. by 2026. And more.

BloombergNEF’s Electric Vehicle Outlook 2023 forecasts an impressive trajectory of EV sales in the U.S., but cautions that faster progress is needed in order to reach net-zero road transport emissions by 2050.

Also on the rise: 50 states of solar incentives–Hawaii. Is your project underperformance caused by trackers? And more.

With a projected 18 million EV charging ports in the U.S. by 2027, range anxiety may soon become a thing of the past.