IPPs Making Changes. The head of Engie has been shifting the business in a whole new direction, selling power assets and making acquisitions including solar and energy storage. There is a long term vision of where the grid is going, away from fuel based assets that have too many inputs in volatile markets. Look for IPPs to diverge into the two directions of asset based and flexibility focused.
John Oliver’s Coal Rant. I missed it earlier this week but John Oliver did a great job explaining what happened to jobs in the coal mining community. For those of us in the solar space it seems obvious but for most Americans the premise of regulations killing coal makes sense. Oliver speaks to a certain audience so I am surprised that he is being sued for little reason because the lawsuit makes more of a story than the original segment.
The Solar Wall. This is really dumb and needs to stop being covered.
- PV-Tech: Engie chief lauds ‘prominent’ role for solar in future energy systems
- Grist: Just as John Oliver predicted, a coal tycoon is suing him.
- Washington Post: Trump’s bright idea – a solar wall at the US-Mexico border
- Renewable Energy World: The Many Fates of Former Solar Decathlon Houses
- PV-Magazine: Spruce sells $250 million in solar and energy efficiency loans
- EDF: What will FERC do in wake of increasingly affordable electricity prices?
- Vox: Trump went to Iowa and bashed wind. Iowa gets 37 percent of its energy from wind.
- Greentech Media: PJM’s Market Changes – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly for Green Energy and Demand Response
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Have a great day!
Yann