• PV-Tech: Maxeon sues REC Solar over US TOPCon cell patent infringement
• PV-Magazine: Mercom, WoodMac note challenging PV investment climate in Q1
• Utility Dive: NYISO launches first-in-nation DER integration program in move toward FERC Order 2222 compliance
• Bloomberg: America’s Clean Tech Withers Even as Imports Are Blocked
• Axios: Many voters unfamiliar with Biden climate law, despite economic benefits – polling
• Reuters: FERC to unveil US power grid reform on May 13
• Heatmap: A Big Week for Batteries
• Canary Media: Chart – The US clean energy backlog is getting bigger and bigger

Opinion

• New York Times: A Planetary Crisis Awaits the Next President

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• Bloomberg: Solar Groups Lobby Biden to Head Off Sector-Roiling Trade Case
• Reuters: Higher interest rates pose risk to renewable sector, hurting energy transition, say analysts
• Utility Dive: DOE cites cost, reliability concerns for new gas plants as it details how to meet surging power demand
• PV-Tech: Italy’s solar renaissance – the challenges, the opportunities and the grid
• Solar Power World: New York includes renewable energy project permitting act in state budget
• Energy Storage News: Britishvolt ESS gigafactory plan dead after Blackstone buys site for data centre
• PV-Magazine: Allow solar developers to choose “connect and manage,” says DOE roadmap

Opinion

• Heatmap News: Is AI Really About to Devour All Our Energy?

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• Solar Power World: Infinigen and ArcLight plan 32-MW solar + storage project in Puerto Rico
• Utility Dive: Equinor jumps into ERCOT market with 110 MW of merchant battery projects
• PV-Magazine: Bifacial panels, representing 98% of U.S. solar imports, may soon be subject to tariffs
• Bloomberg: First Solar Jumps After Report Says Biden to End Trade Loophole
• Recharge News: US solar firms tell Congress ‘now is the time for policy action’ on permitting and siting reform
• Energy Storage News: New York community-scale developer Ninedot secures US$13 million real estate financing
• Canary Media: The Biden admin has a plan to get more mileage out of the power grid
• Bloomberg Law: Grid Backlog Targeted by DOE to Accelerate Clean Energy Rollout

Opinion

• Reuters: Slow clean power generation growth hits Texas power sector – Maguire

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• PV-Magazine: Arcadia raises $50 million to bring AI to community solar
• Energy Storage News: AI-driven optimiser GridBeyond raises €52 million from investors including ABB, Energy Impact Partners
• Bloomberg: Chevron Launches $500 Million Fund to Invest in Clean Tech
• Renewable Energy World: With rapid solar additions, the ‘duck curve’ begins to emerge in Texas
• Axios: 45 million from the Plains to Midwest face severe thunderstorm threat
• Reuters: Mexico presidential frontrunner pledges $13.6 billion for energy investments
• Solar Builder: SPAN to rapidly expand smart panel production via Jabil
• Politico: Climate in the World Bank’s spotlight

Opinion

• Utility Dive: The time is ripe for utilities to play a larger role in the energy transition

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