• New York Times: The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution.
• PV-Magazine: Five energy equity policy wins in 2024
• Utility Dive: Pennsylvania issues guidelines on using energy storage to boost distribution grid reliability
• Reuters: US power system set to cut coal use to record lows
• PV-Tech: Industry lobby group ERT says EU requires €800 billion in grid investment by 2030
• Energy Storage News: Maryland is first US state to pass vehicle-to-grid legislation, alongside virtual power plant tariff rules
• Canary Media: Solar and wind power have surged wildly in the US over the last decade

Opinion

• Bloomberg: Power Bills Will Keep Rising Even After the Fed Tames Inflation

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• Bloomberg: Eclipse Will Darken Solar Panels and Cut Off Power Supplies to the Grid
• Utility Dive: What federal officials want to see in critical infrastructure cyber incident reports
• Reuters: Taking stock of clean electricity progress in key markets
• PV-Tech: EU rooftop solar requires clear roadmap to sustain growth – report
• Solar Power World: Monthly solar generation tops coal for first time in Texas
• Energy Storage News: BESS noise has ‘exploded as a concern’ recently
• Canary Media: Selling used EVs is tricky business. These companies are making it work
• PV-Magazine: Livestream shows how eclipse impacts solar power production across the U.S.

Opinion

• GreenBiz: How Google closes clean energy deals in as little as 2 months

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• Axios: Brent boosted by geopolitics, jumps over $90
• Utility Dive: Don’t count on FERC as the ‘big sugar daddy’ for new transmission, generation – Commissioner Christie
• Bloomberg: New Solar Panel Trade Fight Looms, Industry Groups Warn
• Reuters: ‘Data driven’ players help prolong record profits in commodity trading, says McKinsey
• PV-Tech: Solaredge acquires EV charging software startup Wevo Energy
• Renewable Energy World: Maryland passes bi-directional EV charging law
• Energy Storage News: Alberta awards funding to supercap, energy storage-as-transmission projects in Canadian province
• PV-Magazine: California elected officials call for repeal of “utility tax”

Opinion

• Solar Power World: More solar companies apply to work in Foreign Trade Zones

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• Utility Dive: Monday’s eclipse could cut US solar output by 40 GWh. Here’s how 5 grid operators are preparing.
• Bloomberg: Ukraine Says Russia Targeting Power After Deadly Kharkiv Attack
• Axios: Ukraine Says Russia Targeting Power After Deadly Kharkiv Attack
• Reuters: Renewables growth still lags climate targets, think tank says
• PV-Tech: Sunnova to expand virtual power plants to manage solar and storage grid connections in the US
• Energy Storage News: LG Energy Solution starts construction on Arizona ESS gigafactory
• Heatmap News: The Biden Administration Is Unleashing $20 Billion for Green Banks

Opinion

• PV-Magazine: New solar antidumping tariffs are on the way, said Roth

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