Policy

Also on the rise: Bill aims to cut 45X tax credits for Chinese solar makers. Battery fire shuts down California highway. And more.

While the lucrative tax credits has attracted clean energy manufacturers from around the world to build factories in the U.S., the fact that many of the new manufacturing facilities are from Chinese companies has created a controversy that this new bill aims to solve.

The bipartisan legislation is designed to speed up permitting by setting deadlines and doubling production targets for renewable energy permitting on federal lands while not compromising environmental review or community needs.

Also on the rise: U.S. clean energy tax credit market to reach $25 billion in 2024. Six states offer grants to help local governments automate solar permitting. And more.

Once complete, the projects would generate enough electricity to power roughly 2 million homes.

RE+ Mid-Atlantic solar conference panel: While developers prefer greenfield projects, state regulators target other project sites.

Solar trade groups in Washington, Colorado and Minnesota advocated for grant programs to speed permitting for rooftop solar, using software such as SolarAPP+. Three other states also offer grants, with two requiring automated permitting.

pv magazine USA spotlights news of the past week including market trends, project updates, policy changes and more.

Panelists at RE+ in Philadelphia said storage deployment in the PJM region lags others, but doesn’t have to.

Accelerating deployment of rooftop and community solar with supportive policies would help New York meet its goal of 70% renewable power by 2030 at lower cost, says a solar trade group.