As the clean energy industry navigates shifting policy and market dynamics, a deeper opportunity is emerging. The next era of solar and storage will not be driven by incentives, but by the physics of a rapidly expanding grid: demand management, distribution system utilization, and resource adequacy. Solving these challenges won’t be easy, but we can do hard things together. Those who succeed will align across industries to deliver grid services, community resilience, and affordable access to power.
Markus Virta is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Cascadia Renewables, a Pacific Northwest technical consultancy working at the intersection of clean-energy policy, project development, and real-world deployment. For more than 15 years, Markus has worked across the solar industry... Read More →
