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NYC solar+storage playbook for Mayor-elect Mamdani
Multiple outlets highlight a NYSEIA “solar+storage playbook” aimed at NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. The agenda urges faster rooftop solar and battery deployment, including raising the city’s solar goal to 2 GW by 2035 and setting a 2 GW storage goal by 2030, citing NYISO reliability-shortfall projections.
- The playbook is timed to the mayoral transition and incoming administration’s agenda-setting window.
- Coverage clusters around the playbook’s release and its headline targets (2 GW solar; 2 GW storage).
- pv magazine USA — “A solar + storage playbook for New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani”pv-magazine-usa.com · 2025-12-29 14:39 UTC
- pv magazine International — “PV industry urges New York City to double solar target, add 2pv-magazine.com · 2025-12-30 09:15 UTC
- CleanTechnica — “How Mayor Mamdani Could Advance Solar in NYC”cleantechnica.com · 2025-12-30 04:53 UTC
Public tenders push grid-scale storage buildout
Two separate storage procurement moves landed within a day. Massachusetts’s first large-scale energy storage tender awarded roughly 1.268 GW of contracts.
- Massachusetts has completed its first large-scale storage tender with awards.
- SECI has opened bid acceptance for a new pumped storage initiative.
- Both updates were published within the last 24 hours.
- CleanTechnica — Massachusetts’s First Big Energy Storage Tender Dishes Out 1.3 GW Of Contrcleantechnica.com · 2025-12-29 17:26 UTC
- pv magazine International — India tenders 1 GW of pumped storage to bolster grid-scale enepv-magazine.com · 2025-12-30 10:00 UTC
Okovate brings agrivoltaics modeling in-house
Okovate Sustainable Energy has acquired the assets of Fundusol, a modeling platform originating from Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon, according to Solar Power World and CleanTechnica.
- The acquisition was reported within the past day by two outlets
- Coverage frames agrivoltaics as an active area of focus in the solar industry
- Solar Power World — Agrivoltaics developer brings Stanford modeling platform in-house to bsolarpowerworldonline.com · 2025-12-29 21:51 UTC
- CleanTechnica — Agrivoltaic Company Okovate Acquires Stanford University & Carnegie Melloncleantechnica.com · 2025-12-30 04:57 UTC
CATL’s 2026 sodium-ion scale-up
CATL outlined 2026 plans to upgrade and scale its sodium-ion battery product range, with reported expansion into multiple sectors including energy storage, battery swap systems, passenger vehicles, and commercial vehicles.
- CATL discussed 2026 sodium-ion plans at a supplier conference on Dec. 28, 2025
- Two outlets reported the announcement and positioning within a 24h window
- Coverage highlights 2026 as the next milestone for sodium-ion scaling
- pv magazine International — CATL confirms significant upgrade to sodium-ion battery producpv-magazine.com · 2025-12-29 15:20 UTC
- CleanTechnica — CATL Makes Big Announcement on Sodium Batteries for 2026cleantechnica.com · 2025-12-30 04:59 UTC
USA: update
Two pv magazine reports highlight a shared challenge in solar+storage: winning in a price-pressured market without losing sight of long-term performance and customer outcomes. One argues that product success depends on balancing cost with quality and reliability for systems expected to operate for decades.
- Fresh reporting flags a gap between installer assumptions and homeowner priorities.
- Ongoing market pressure keeps forcing trade-offs between cost and durability.
- Residential storage sales narratives are being actively re-evaluated in the sector.
- pv magazine USA — Too much to choose from, too little to decidepv-magazine-usa.com · 2025-12-29 15:17 UTC
- pv magazine International — Installers misread what homeowners want from home batteriespv-magazine.com · 2025-12-30 07:45 UTC
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