10 reasons Europe loves storage. Or at least ways that storage will continue to thrive in Europe. With an already interconnected grid, storage can help balance and further increase the high levels of renewable energy on the EU grid. The markets lack net metering and deregulated suppliers in many cases causing pricing transparency issues. Here are the 10 requests the EU solar trade association has for market regulators.
Campaign coal falls flat. Only Santa is giving out coal this year because the market keeps digging a deeper mineshaft for coal. Michigan’s largest utility confirmed that they will be shutting down 8 out of 9 coal plants regardless of clean power plan implementation. We’ve been saying it for quite some time, the death of coal comes from natural gas and the fact that it is really dirty and bad for people.
Hating on TeslaCity. There has been some press that billionaires don’t like the press that fellow billionaire Elon Musk is getting. Apparently there is an anti-Elon Musk PR plan in the works that hopes to stop the innovator in his plan to bring sustainable power for all. Timing for buying SolarCity may not have been ideal but as the CEO of Sunrun said, Tesla got SolarCity for a great price. This isn’t a 2017 or 2018 plan anyways, just watch this video again.
How will Trump do it? There has been a lot of talk about what the Trump administration will want to do about energy buthow will it be done is the better question. Congress still has a lot to do with implementation of rules even if it is in a repeal. A comment period and judicial oversight (read lawsuits) will also accompany those changes. There is a saying in DC, the most powerful person in Washington is the Senate Minority Leader so all eyes may be on Senator Schumer.
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- Vox: Want to know why Trump will struggle to save the coal industry? Look at Michigan.
- Business Insider: Tesla is entering the solar business at a terrible time
- EDF: What Do the 2016 Elections Mean for the Clean Power Plan?
- PV-Magazine: The fourth act of Connecticut RPS melodrama to close soon
- Recharge News: Greg Clark – An ally of sorts for British renewables?
- Reuters: Solar, wind industries hope years courting Republicans pays off under Trump
- Utility Dive: The top 10 utility regulatory commission issues of 2016
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Yann