Is US solar growth truly unstoppable?
Interchange Recharged
Wood Mackenzie
4.8 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In conversation with Abigail Hopper
Policy changes which will impact US solar – both manufacturing and demand - are on the horizon. To discuss the current state of the solar industry in the wake of the US election, the implications of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), potential changes to tax credits, and the impact of tariffs and energy demand on the industry, Sylvia Leyva Martinez is joined by Abigail Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association.
What policy change will we see with a new administration next year? Things are a bit uncertain, which isn’t ideal for developers or investors, so there’s a need for strategic planning. Abby and Sylvia discuss the evolving priorities in the renewable energy sector, in particular the need to focus industry leaders on business certainty and energy security. How can more certainty be injected into the market? How does community engagement come into it, and what about the interconnection challenge that looms large over the energy transition? All this and more on the last Interchange: Recharged of the year.
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| 1:19.8 | 2024 was another record year for solar, but there's a lot of question marks on what is going to |
| 1:25.9 | happen next year with the change of administration in the United States. |
| 1:30.2 | Could the new administration derailed the unstoppable rise of solar? |
| 1:33.9 | And they seem truly unstoppable. |
| 1:36.0 | This is Sylvia Leva Martinez. |
| 1:37.7 | Welcome to the interchange. |
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