Today’s top story about two utility execs (Crane and Fanning) debating the merits of regulated, central power utilities versus merchant IPPs moving towards distributed services seemed like it may have some spillover from an interesting commentary (albeit brief) at the BNEF summit. At BNEF, a National Grid exec, boasted about the company’s investment in HVDC transmission that will try to connect the wind markets to the eastern networks (which Nat Grid services). On the panel was also the CEO of Enel Green Power who was quick to comment that investing in transmission just as storage is picking up seems interesting timing. I’m not sure what happens in monopoly board rooms but thinking further than the next quarter doesn’t seem to be the most likely…
- Greentech Media: David Crane and Tom Fanning Spar Over Distributed Generation
- Sun-Sentinel: Solar issue supporters plan multimillion-dollar campaign
- Fortune: The Other Side of the Solar Firestorm in Nevada
- CleanTechnica: UN Expects More Than 130 Countries To Sign Paris Climate Agreement
- NRDC: New Study Concludes Getting 50% of NY’s Electricity from Renewable Sources by 2030 is a Net Win
- PV-Magazine: Lux tips perovskite PV commercialization by 2019-2020
- Washington Post: Solar-powered plane gets back on track in round-the-world trip
- KQED: Too Much Solar in California? Not If You Bottle It
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Have a great day!
Yann