Fix The Link. Here is the correct link to celebrate solar with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Thursday at 1:30pm. Sorry for the error yesterday.
One Last ITC Push. SEIA is asking you to reach out to your member of Congress. This is the way to do it digitally or you can find your rep by clicking here. We have an opportunity to get an extension but you have to make a call today, not tomorrow or the day after. This is the time..
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Bloomberg Goes Global. The former mayor of New York City and Johns Hopkins alumni, Michael Bloomberg, is leading an event on climate change at the COP25 proceedings in Madrid before jetting to California to talk about policies he foresees helping the wild fires in the golden state. With additional TV ad buys, Bloomberg now has the most spend in the field of candidates on TV..
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Blackrock’s Investment Focus. A spokesperson for Blackrock gave an interesting quote on their new fund’s focus with regard to solar. Here’s what they mean when they say that they see opportunities in C&I and storage. As the fund looks to invest $2.5billion dollars, the portfolio managers will want the type of returns they are being told exist in C&I and energy storage (double digits, sometimes). They could invest the full fund quickly in solar farms yielding single digits, but that wouldn’t have the type of juice they are looking for. Quickly, they will find that deploying this scale of capital is going to be a challenge to do in the higher yielding parts of the market.
- RTO Insider: SEIA Rallies the Troops for ‘Solar Policy Blitz’
- Axios: Mike Bloomberg kicks off his climate week
- PV-Magazine: Solar potential in most of the U.S. is greater than it appears
- PV-Tech: BlackRock keen on C&I PV, storage as new renewable fund hits record close
- Greentech Media: Enel Builds New York City’s Biggest Battery, With a Twist
- GreenBiz: As the climate crisis grows, Big Oil finds itself over a barrel
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Best, Yann