Author Archives: Solar wakeup

This is your SolarWakeup for March 12th 2025

• Seattle Times: WA ranchers turn to new crop: Solar power
• Utility Dive: DOE will prioritize fossil fuels, but it still expects strong growth from storage, solar, Wright says
• Bloomberg: Ontario Premier Says He’ll Cut Power Exports to US If Needed
• ABC: Gov. Shapiro ready to invest in cleaner energy for the future
• Axios: NASA eliminates chief scientist role, other offices
• PV-Tech: France awards 220MW rooftop solar PV in undersubscribed tender
• Energy Storage News: Wood Mackenzie: 2025 is a ‘crucial year for Europe’s battery industry’
• PV-Magazine: Maryland’s energy storage efforts pay off in rural towns’ power crisis

Opinion

• Canary Media: Florida is now a solar superpower. Here’s how it happened.

Best, Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for March 11th 2025

• Politico: House Republican support grows for keeping clean energy tax breaks
• Bloomberg: Top US Utility Says Gas Can Meet Only a Fraction of Power Demand
• Reuters: Republicans seek to protect green tax credits in budget bill
• Renewable Energy World: NextEra CEO warns against scorning renewable generation amidst long lead times for gas and nuclear development
• Axios: CERAWeek: Super Bowl of energy events unfolds on oil’s home turf
• New York Times: U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change
• UTility Dive: Hitachi Energy commits $250M to address transformer shortage
• Energy Storage News: Cycle limits are major cap on revenues’: Industry looks beyond warranties as BESS prices continue to fall
• Canary Media: Texas broke its solar, wind, and battery records in one spring week

Opinion

• PV-Magazine: California company deploys solar-plus-batteries at no cost to low-income customers

Best, Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for March 10th 2025

• Seattle Times: WA ranchers turn to new crop: Solar power
• Utility Dive: Data center supply, construction surged in 2024 amid AI boom
• Bloomberg: Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodity Markets This Week
• New York Times: Climate Nonprofit Sues E.P.A. Over Billions in Frozen Funds
• Reuters: India’s Tata Power unit exploring $5.6 billion clean energy investment in Andhra state
• PV-Tech: Wood Mackenzie forecasts 160GW of new solar PV in South America by 2034
• Energy Storage News: US zinc BESS manufacturer Eos guides for tenfold revenue increase year-on-year
• Canary Media: Chart: US is set to shatter grid battery records this year

Opinion

• PV-Magazine: A storage industry vibe-check after a month of Trump 2.0

Best, Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for March 6th 2025

• Bloomberg: Quinbrook Says Battery Breakthrough Will Aid Energy Transition
• New York Times: Most Contaminated U.S. Nuclear Site Is Set to Be the Largest Solar Farm
• Axios: New analysis tackles physical barriers to AI “dominance”
• Utility Dive: Will Trump tariffs delay utility transmission, power plant plans?
• Reuters: Key US energy data trends to track as tariffs kick in
• PV-Tech: Adapture Renewables secures US$321 million debt facility from MUFG for US solar portfolio
• Solar Power World: K2 Systems design software integrates with Scanifly
• Energy Storage News: California moves to impose more control over BESS in wake of Moss Landing fire
• PV-Magazine: New Mexico, Nuvve partnership to accelerate electric fleets

Opinion

• Renewable Energy world: How artificial intelligence can transform transmission and distribution

Best, Yann