An Election Ask. I need your help so I can be reelected to the SEIA board and represent you during this important moment of SEIA and the solar industry. I’ve enjoyed being a part of the SEIA board and executive committee over the past 2 years and am termed out as division chair. Therefore I am running for an at-large board seat and endorsed by the nominating committee. If you are a SEIA member (of any level) you can vote. If you are not the contact person, please find the person at your company that gets the SEIA emails and ask them to make sure they vote today and pick me for the at-large seat. Together we will keep the voice of solar strong and make sure your voice remains heard as we continue. If you have any questions about this, hit reply and let me know how I can help.
Opinion
News
1 Utility Dive:
OpenAI warns White House of China’s energy dominance
2 Bloomberg:
Europe’s Solar Power Surge Puts Unprecedented Strain on Its Grid
3 Reuters:
NextEra profits beat estimates as company preps for nuclear restart
4 Solar Builder:
EIA - Solar smashes records in 2025 — now topping wind, hydro and coal in key months as renewables surge past 26% of U.S. generation
5 PV-Tech:
Solar corporate funding sees uptick in Q3 2025 with US$6.5 billion
6 Energy Storage News:
Zinc battery storage startup Eos to invest US$353 million in manufacturing and HQ move to Pennsylvania
7 Canary Media:
China moves to supercharge green hydrogen as US pulls back
8 PV-Magazine:
New York utility aims to expand its flexible interconnection pilot
Opinions:
9 Axios:
Bill Gates urges UN climate summit to refocus on improving lives
Have a great day!
Yann
Opinion
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News
1 Canary Media:
The complicated reality behind rising power prices
2 Axios:
Green stocks are rebounding, new analysis finds
3 Utility Dive:
Houston peak load to grow nearly 50% in 6 years - CenterPoint
4 Reuters:
Singapore allocates more land for green energy, data centre park
5 BLoomberg:
Australian Opposition Pressure Mounts Against Net-Zero Targets
6 Renewable Energy World:
An unofficial federal mandate for utilities to focus on reliability and affordability
7 Energy Storage News:
Price falls have enabled ‘zero-capex’ co-located BESS business model in Spain, company says
8 PV-Magazine:
AI platform aims to transform solar site assessment
Opinions:
9 PV-Tech:
From energy yield to real-time performance - a new metric for PV project success
Have a great day!
Yann
End Of An Era. You have probably already seen the news that SEIA CEO, Abby Hopper, will be stepping down at the end of January. I may have been the very first interview that her team put her on 9 years ago, and it wasn’t because I was going to be the easy, pleasant conversation. But that’s who Abby has been over her tenure, having the conversations with a membership and industry that has lots of competing ideas. SEIA is too much this or that and too vocal and too weak, not to mention growing the membership and market as a partner to many of us. She convinced me that I should join the board and help from the inside which I did a few years ago and it’s been a pleasure to do. SEIA will continue to thrive, the staff is strong and oriented on the mission to keep solar as the most cost effective, rapidly deployable energy source. But, we will miss Abby and her leadership.
Opinion
News
1 E&E News:
The solar industry’s top advocate stepping down
2 Energy Storage News:
Global energy storage deployments on track for record year in 2025, BNEF says
3 Reuters:
US grid investors focus on demand hotspots in planning shift
4 Bloomberg:
GE Vernova Agrees to Pay $5.3 Billion for 50% Prolec Stake
5 Axios:
Exclusive - Bill Gates vets launch group aiming to boost cleantech policy
6 Canary Media:
California has a new law to prevent big grid battery fires
7 PV-Tech:
Section 232 polysilicon tariffs could be clarified by ‘end of the month’
8 Utility Dive:
DOE cancels $700 million in battery and manufacturing project grants
Opinions:
9 PV-Magazine:
Batteries boost as Brookfield seals $20 billion energy transition warchest
Have a great day!
Yann
Opinion
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News
1 New York Times:
Subsidizing Fossil Fuels, but Not Clean Energy
2 Axios:
Amazon provides vision of its new nuclear site
3 Reuters:
US clean power reversal comes with a hefty emissions price tag
4 Bloomberg:
Silicon Valley Bets on Solar Startup as US Sector Shrinks
5 PV-Tech:
US utility PV up 56% in 2024, accounting for 54% of all new capacity – LNBL
6 Solar Power World:
Alliant Energy adds 100-MW BESS next to 200-MW Wisconsin solar project
7 Energy Storage News:
Chile to reach 2050 energy storage target within next two years, says energy minister
8 Canary Media:
Trump admin approves $1.6B in financing for AEP transmission project
9 PV-Magazine:
Cadmium telluride vs. crystalline silicon in agrivoltaics
Opinions:
10 Utility Dive:
PJM customers will benefit from cooperation, not conflict, within the electric industry
Have a great day!
Yann
