White House takes executive action to spur US solar manufacturing
Concurrent with the two-year halt of solar tariffs on major Southeast Asian panels suppliers, the Biden Administration invoked the Defense Production Act and is using the full power of federal procurement capabilities to boost US-made solar.
Ranking the states of distributed solar
The Institute for Local Self Reliance ranks states according to distributed energy resources per capita.
White House freezes solar tariffs: An industry reacts
The decision has been nearly universally lauded across the solar industry, and thought leaders in policy, advocacy, and project development have chimed in with their perspective on the decision and its ramifications.
Butterflies, bees, sheep, and solar energy production can coexist
EDF Renewables maintains a 23.4 MW agrivoltaic facility that supports local wildlife and agriculture. Since it was installed in 2009, the project pioneered efforts in supporting bees, butterflies, and sheep grazing.
Benefits to affordability of virtual power plants
In this week’s look at virtual power plants, Jigar Shah explains their potential to further energy affordability – from participation in demand flexibility programs to the more efficient use of grid infrastructure and the deployment of ever cheaper renewable resources VPPs can enable.
Solaria settles patent claims against Canadian Solar
According to the terms of the settlement, Canadian Solar agrees not to import shingled solar modules into the United States.
Sunrise brief: More than half of all US generation was emissions-free for 10% of this year
Also on the rise: Thousands of Californians rally before utility commission to preserve rooftop solar. Rhode Island aims to be the first state to reach 100% renewable electricity. Redflow announces integration with US inverter company.
BREAKING: Biden Admin to pause new solar tariffs for two years
The White House is expected to announce a 24-month tariff exemption on solar modules manufactured in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, while also invoking the Defense Production Act as a means to accelerate American manufacturing.
Rhode Island aims to be the first state to reach 100% renewable electricity
The Senate of the nation’s smallest state has voted to require that 100% of the state’s electricity must come from renewable sources by the end of 2033.
New York Senate passes Build Public Renewables Act
The bill would authorize the New York Power Authority to build, own, and operate renewable energy projects to provide renewable energy to all state-owned properties by 2030 and municipal-owned properties by 2035, while also calling on the authority to phase out its fossil fuel power plants by 2030 and provide and deliver only renewable energy to customers.
