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Inside the need for interconnection reforms for the US energy transition.

PV Tech Power 40 out now: reforming the US grid, protecting solar projects from cyberattacks and optimising bifacial tracking

September 4, 2024
The Q3 2024 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download, focussing on the US grid.
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US Senate committee moves forward on Energy Permitting Reform Act

August 1, 2024
The EPRA aims to accelerate the permitting process for critical energy and mineral projects of all types and transmission lines in the US.
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FERC: solar dominates new generation capacity in US

July 17, 2024
From January to May this year, 251 new solar projects became operational in the US, with a combined capacity of 10,669MW.
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How solar PV is taking on wind in the MISO territory

June 19, 2024
Covering 15 states, the MISO area is one of the largest transmission networks in the US, yet solar and storage have had a battle to gain recognition in the territory.
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‘The US is getting serious about transmission’ says Mintz

June 14, 2024
PV Tech Premium looks at FERC's recent ruling on Order 1920 and how it will affect transmission planning in the future.
Chart highlighting where solar PV capacity was added in US interconnection queue in 2023
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PV Data: Where is the 1TW solar capacity queued up in the US?

April 30, 2024
With more than 1TW of solar waiting for grid connection, PV Tech Premium looks at where the PV capacity is queued up in the US.
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SEIA and US solar leaders call on Congress to ‘support legislation’ to ease solar permitting and transmission

April 18, 2024
The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has called on the US Congress to accelerate legislative reform for solar projects in the US.
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Rystad Energy: world needs to invest $3.1 trillion into grid infrastructure by 2030

February 16, 2024
Figures from US research firm Rystad Energy suggest that the world will need to invest US$3.1 trillion into grid infrastructure before 2030.
According to FERC, by the end of 2022, there was more than 1TW of generation and storage waiting to be connected to the grid. Credit: Michael Coghlan via Flickr

FERC publishes new guidance for US grid interconnections

August 3, 2023
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has published the final draft of a new programme to reform interconnections in the US energy grid.
Construction of Intersect Power's Athos III solar and storage project in California. Credit: Intersect Power

US proposes rules to streamline permitting for renewable power projects

July 31, 2023
The US's Council on Environmental Quality has proposed a rule that would streamline the permitting process for new renewable projects.

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