Community Solar In NJ. Nice to see some big potential numbers associated with the 450MW community solar goal in New Jersey. Between the jobs created, local tax revenue and dollars invested, New Jersey solar is looking like it could add billions of dollars of economic benefit. With an already healthy market for solar, community solar will add more solar advocates to the roster since the benefit of solar will be available to many more people. We’ll be sure to talk about this in Jersey City in a few months.
90GWh, Let’s Talk TWh. LG Chem is increasing its 2020 output by 29% to get to 90GWh. Keep that number in your head and let’s talk about this again a year from now. 90GWh will be nothing compared to the manufacturing capacities that are coming up a few years from now, especially from China. For solar, the storage ecosystem still needs a lot of work before the market figures itself out between the spreadsheet you’re looking at and the companies like LG that are making the battery cells.
Big Win In NM. PNM had put in place a rather unsavory solar fee but it looks like that may have turned around in solar’s favor. This came at the same time as Facebook’s announcement of their new solar farms in New Mexico and reminded me of the conversation I had with a Google exec that told the story of corporations pushing for better solar access for the consumers while they pushed for their deals. Great job to the policy folks involved in this.
Big Week In CA. Everyone is watching Governor Brown this week as SB100 and SB700 sit on his desk awaiting his signature. With a global delegation of high ranking, government officials come to SF for the climate change summit, I would expect the Governor to make the announcements on these bills during a high profile event. At least that’s what I am hoping.
Are You Coming? solarwakeuplive.com Jersey City. November 6th.
- SolarWakeup: Report – New Jersey Community Solar Program Could Spur $800 Million In Economic Benefits
- CleanTechnica: LG Chem’s 2020 Battery Production Target Raised 29% To 90 GWh
- SolarWakeup: New Mexico Relieves Its Solar Consumers From Unfair, Untenable Fee
- Los Angeles Times: How California and China are collaborating to fight climate change
- Mother Jones: Solar Power Isn’t Just for the Rich (Anymore)
- Utility Dive: California regulators approve measures to propel energy storage, DERs
- GreenBiz: Financing a new, climate-friendly metropolis
- Bloomberg: Solar Farms Without Subsidy Sprout From Gloomy Britain to Italy
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Have a great day!
Yann