Tracker Safe Harbor. Yesterday, FTC Solar announced an innovative way to expand the use of single axis trackers for safe harbor purposes. The unique technology architecture that FTC brought to the market last year allows for sites to leave many decisions for later in the development process while procuring tracker components that will be usable regardless of the final site design. The information is outline in FTC’s white paper that you can see here.
Project M&A. Congrats to my good friends at CleanCapital for a mega portfolio procurement, nicely done!
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- Utility Dive: CleanCapital acquires 64-project solar portfolio from Greenbacker
- Solar Power World: Democratic lawmakers ask government accountability office to review DOE’s actions against solar and wind
- Axios: Exclusive – DOE alums look to speed energy, climate tech deployments
- Reuters: Global power grid expansion fuels fresh copper demand surge
- PV-Tech: Trump’s 25% India tariff will add to US’ solar trade puzzle
- PV-Magazine: ComEd flips the switch on Chicagoland rooftop community solar portfolio
- Energy Storage News: Apex, esVolta put Texas BESS projects into commercial operation
- Canary Media: US aluminum producers need cheap, clean power. That may be tough to get.
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Best, Yann