Renewables

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    Clean power deployments neared record in Q1, but development pipeline growth slowed: ACP

    Utility-scale solar and energy storage have made inroads in the Midwest and South, but political uncertainty could quash the momentum, the American Clean Power Association said.

    By Brian Martucci • May 30, 2025
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    California’s solar, wind curtailment jumped 29% in 2024: EIA

    California is pursuing options such as increasing battery storage and using excess renewable energy to make hydrogen, said the Energy Information Administration.

    By • May 30, 2025
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    The Energy Transition to Renewables

    Rising demand for power is continuing to drive demand for renewables, but policy uncertainty and mixed signals from the Trump administration add to existing challenges.

    By Utility Dive staff
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    Opinion

    IRA tax credits spur construction, manufacturing in red and blue states

    Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act could slow our ability to build more power generation and increase the risk of rolling blackouts and higher energy costs.

    By Emmanuel Martin-Lauzer • May 29, 2025
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    California could nearly double generation capacity using surplus interconnection: UC Berkeley report

    The authors say about 16 GW of thermal capacity — dominated by gas — is operating below a 15% capacity factor, making it ripe for adding solar, wind or storage.

    By • May 29, 2025
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    Vistra solar, battery projects in MISO face supply chain delays

    Vistra asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for two-year commercial operation deadline extensions for projects in Illinois totaling 833 MW.

    By • May 28, 2025
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    House’s 60-day deadline for IRA eligibility would trigger ‘scramble’: EY experts

    “From a commercial perspective, it's not a unilateral decision most of the time on whether you can begin construction,” said Greg Matlock, a tax leader at EY Americas.

    By • May 22, 2025
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    Trade panel clears path for higher tariffs on some solar imports

    The U.S. International Trade Commission’s vote “clears the way” to set even higher solar import tariffs on four Southeast Asian countries, said attorney Tim Brightbill.

    By • May 22, 2025
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    House GOP budget ‘worse than feared’ for clean energy: analysts

    The bill’s “unworkable” provisions raise barriers for projects to qualify for clean energy credits before an accelerated 2028 expiration, an industry association said. Jefferies analysts also called out its “intentional targeting” of residential solar.

    By Brian Martucci • May 22, 2025
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    SEIA estimates budget bill could wipe out almost 300K clean energy jobs

    Legislation that passed the House Budget Committee could jeopardize 287 U.S. solar and storage factories, says the Solar Energy Industries Association.

    By • May 20, 2025
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    GOP supporters of IRA clean energy credits outline reconciliation bill recommendations

    Fourteen Republicans asked to maintain the tax credit transferability mechanism through the phase-out period and make two other adjustments to the clean energy tax credit changes.

    By Lamar Johnson • May 20, 2025
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    Stop work order on Empire Wind 1 lifted, Equinor resumes construction

    Statements from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum imply that the restart approval was related to conversations about the state’s natural gas pipeline capacity.

    By • May 20, 2025
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    Opinion

    America’s climate brain drain is real — and it’s just getting started

    While Washington debates the existence of climate change, countries like Germany, South Korea and the Netherlands are vigorously funding battery innovation, green hydrogen and next-gen energy storage.

    By Joe Curtatone • May 20, 2025
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    Republican budget squeezes out of House committee, but deeper IRA cuts could come

    Deficit hawks voted to advance the legislation for now but said they negotiated for more cuts to clean energy incentives.

    By • May 19, 2025
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    Solar companies compete to advance tandem cell technology

    Companies like Qcells, Trinasolar and LONGi are betting on perovskite and silicon tandem technology and achieving recent breakthroughs in stability and efficiency.

    By • May 15, 2025
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    Repealing energy tax credits would raise electricity costs, study says

    The Clean Energy Buyers Association, which represents big tech companies and other large off-takers, said the Republican budget proposal could hurt their members.

    By • May 15, 2025
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    ‘Rogue’ communication devices found on Chinese-made solar power inverters

    The devices could give adversaries a way to disable power grids, damage energy infrastructure and trigger blackouts, specialists say. 

    By Robert Freedman • May 15, 2025
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    Opinion

    Resetting net zero: What next?

    Governments, businesses and investors should seek to maintain long-term investment in competitive technologies while taking a proactive approach to sectors most vulnerable to the current slowdown.

    By Adrian Del Maestro • May 15, 2025
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    Summer demand is soaring and inverter-based resources are a ‘key risk’: NERC

    The North American Electric Reliability Corp. plans to issue an alert within the next month regarding inverter-based resources and the risks they present, officials said.

    By • May 15, 2025
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    Lawmakers spar over IRA credits in budget hearings

    Members of the House are debating the Inflation Reduction Act’s costs and benefits after Republicans proposed major cuts.

    By • May 14, 2025
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    Electricity consumption is rising, driving solar, storage expansion: EIA

    Battery storage capacity additions through 2026 are expected to outpace wind, small-scale solar and natural gas, according to the Energy Information Administration.

    By • May 13, 2025
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    House GOP proposes early phaseout of IRA clean energy tax credits

    The House Ways and Means Committee’s draft budget scales back the technology-neutral clean energy investment and production tax credits while leaving carbon capture credits largely intact.

    By Brian Martucci • May 13, 2025
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    Trump DOE’s latest move would roll some energy standards back decades

    Legal challenges are likely to the U.S. Department of Energy’s efforts to repeal or alter 47 energy efficiency, climate reporting and other regulations, experts said.

    By • May 13, 2025
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    Empire Wind 1 stop work order may force project’s termination soon: Equinor

    The company says it will be forced to terminate the 810-MW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project entirely if the situation isn’t resolved “within days.”

    By • May 12, 2025
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    Opinion

    America’s moment to secure its critical mineral future

    As Congress works through reconciliation, we have a historic opportunity to reassert American industrial strength, safeguard national security and power a cleaner, technologically competitive future.

    By Heather Reams • May 12, 2025
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    Sunrun reports solid Q1 earnings amid tax, tariff uncertainty

    The distributed energy provider’s new Flex product helped lift its U.S. market share to 19% of new solar installations and 45% of new storage installations, Sunrun said Wednesday.

    By Brian Martucci • May 9, 2025