Policy

The US Senate has narrowly passed – with a 51-50 vote and with vice-president JD Vance breaking the tie – the reconciliation bill yesterday (1 July) without the solar and wind excise tax.

The UK government has released this week (30 June) its Solar Roadmap, which sets out practical measures to meet the country’s solar PV targets.

Voting on the US tax reconciliation bill is expected to begin in the Senate today, following a draft published on Friday that hit clean energy tax credits hard.

The Spanish government has approved a series of measures aimed at reinforcing the electrical system and strengthening the supervision of operators.

State-owned firm Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has launched a solar-plus-storage tender seeking 1.2GW of solar PV.

The French National Assembly has rejected a proposal to implement a moratorium on utility-scale solar and wind projects.

The New South Wales government has earmarked AU$2.1 billion (US$1.36 billion) for transmission infrastructure to connect its Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) and support utility-scale renewable and energy storage projects.

Dimension Energy has secured US$360 million in financing to develop a 112MW portfolio of community solar projects across six US states.

Spain has released the results of its investigation into the April blackout, which ruled out renewables as the cause of the disruption.

The US Senate Finance Committee draft bill is a “stake in the heart” of US solar manufacturing, according to Democrat senator, Ron Wyden.