MIT Report: Solar and storage industry show resilience despite Republican bill cuts

An MIT analysis finds that despite the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 cutting federal clean energy incentives, solar and battery storage deployment will be slowed by 2-2.5 years rather than reversed, with utility-scale solar retaining 80% of expected capacity and distributed solar largely insulated from federal policy changes. The report argues that permitting reform and transmission expansion, not tax credit restoration, are now the binding constraints for the sector.

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