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An outdated, "one-size-fits-all" approach to grading grid capacity holds back clean energy deployment, but specialized toolkits provide state regulators with a path toward grid optimization, finds a report from Freeing the Grid, a joint initiative of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and Vote Solar. #SolarEnergy #USEnergy #EnergyStorage

A new report from SEIA and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence highlights a 32% year-over-year surge in the battery market, driving an upward revision to the nation’s five-year deployment pipeline despite mounting regulatory gridlock. #SolarEnergy #USEnergy #EnergyStorage

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Director-General Francesco La Camera said the agency’s revised roadmap shows that electrification with renewables serves multiple policy goals. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gzdjw8TF #Electrification #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition #PowerGrid #RenewableEnergy

Money is coming for energy storage projects both operational, and planned, across both battery energy storage systems (BESS) and pumped storage. #SolarEnergy #USEnergy #EnergyStorage

While utilities defend these charges as necessary mechanisms to ensure all customers contribute to physical grid maintenance, suppressing distributed energy generation ultimately drives up long-term electricity prices for the entire consumer base. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g8SmEikp #ResidentialSolar #EnergyStorage #EnergyPolicy #UtilityRates #CleanEnergy

DNV has published two new guidelines covering the structural design of floats for floating solar systems and their mooring and station keeping systems. #SolarEnergy #USEnergy #EnergyStorage

The Plug and Play Solar Act, which passed on a 35-1 vote, would allow portable solar generation devices with up to 1,200 watts of output to connect to a building through a standard outlet. The bill now moves to the state Assembly, which has until August 31 to pass it during the current session. #SolarEnergy #USEnergy #EnergyStorage

🇺🇸 𝗨.𝗦. 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. More than $43 billion has been announced for domestic manufacturing, and module capacity has surpassed 70 GW. Yet only $14.5 billion of those investments are operational today.   The gap between announced capacity and real factory output remains significant. As the industry moves from announcements to execution, challenges across manufacturing, supply chains and infrastructure continue to shape the next phase of growth.   That's exactly why 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 will focus on what comes next: factory execution, technology selection, supply-chain development and the roadmap to a competitive long-term manufacturing industry in the United States.   📍 Austin, Texas 📅 September 22-23, 2026 👉 Explore Solar Manufacturing USA 2026: https://lnkd.in/g39ZVTfp   📖 Read the full article via the link in the comments.   #SolarManufacturing #PVManufacturing #USASolar #MadeInAmerica

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a $130 annual fee on electric vehicles (EVs), $35 on plug-in hybrids, and nothing on internal combustion (ICE) vehicles. Starting in 2029, the fee would rise $5 every two years, capping at $150 for EVs and $50 for hybrids. The fee would take effect Oct. 1, 2026, and expire in 2036. Read more: https://lnkd.in/guRRsXn2 #EVs #EnergyPolicy #Transportation #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition