Stay Safe Carolinas. Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the Carolinas with fierce wind and rain. Trees will fall on power lines and it will take time to get everyone back up and running. I was there a year ago when I had to miss SPI to evacuate for hurricane Irma. It was then that I realized that I needed to move out to California away from the storms. Interesting outlook on the solar infrastructure in North Carolina from Bloomberg ahead of the storm.
DNV’s Outlook. The Energy Transition Outlook has an interesting takeaway, calling for renewable sources to make up 80% of the electricity generation by 2050. This is only a few points and years off the recent legislative goal set by California’s 100% by 2045 with the clean energy/renewable sources caveat before I get lectured on the detail of the comparison. Frank highlights some of the more important parts of the report.
Obvious Pruitt. He’s going to work for a coal company. Surprised that he didn’t go solar post-EPA.
Aligning Advocacy. Vote Solar announced yesterday that it is supporting the Steyer backed ballot question in Arizona. This comes a day after the ACC sided with the solar argument for the grid access charges. Consumers are expected to be bombarded with millions in anti-clean energy advertising but I would be surprised if the ballot question doesn’t pass.
SolarWakeup Live New Jersey. November 6th, agenda and tickets on solarwakeuplive.com
- Bloomberg: Hurricane Florence’s Brutal Winds Will Test the Carolinas Solar Boom
- SolarWakeup: Report – Renewable Sources Will Power 80% Of Electricity Generation By 2050
- Think Progress: Pruitt in talks with coal company for his next job
- SolarWakeup: Vote Solar Comes Out In Favor Of Tom Steyer’s Arizona Proposition
- Greentech Media: How Community Choice Aggregation Fits Into California’s Clean Energy Future
- Renew Economy: Tritium wins US backing to make ultra-fast EV chargers smaller and cheaper
- GreenBiz: 10 transportation and city startups you should know
- Utility Dive: Washington judge allows PacifiCorp to keep coal study under wraps
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Have a great day!
Yann