Biden halts tariffs on imported solar panels. He acts to appease outcries over the federal investigation of claims by a California solar panel maker that China has been circumventing anti-dumping rules by having Chinese solar parts put in panels made in Southeast Asia. The investigation impacted big solar projects but complaining panel maker Auxin cries foul.

Growing utility-run residential programs that tap into customers’ grid-connected devices and appliances, from two-way thermostats to electric vehicle chargers, to help balance demand require them to lower program shortcomings. That is according to a new report.

The California Energy Commission approves a green hydrogen production unit at a concentrated solar facility in Hinkley. The CEC also highlights new advancements in offshore wind development.

Zinc battery projects hope to give shorter duration lithium-ion storage a run for its money. Zinc is domestic, available and lower cost and the Energy Commission is striving to bolster the technology.

The CEC also approved nearly 20M in grants to promote a variety of projects to decarbonize the grid and other industries.