The Tournament Champs. Congrats to Jon Abe for winning the Men’s bracket challenge and Robert Pierno for winning the Women’s! I came in dead last in the Men’s which is an impressive feat as well, in my opinion. Better luck next year for all the players! Jon and Robert, come claim your prize by sending me an email to get your paragraph out.
Opinion
News
1 Utility Dive:
Energy storage pricing beginning to ‘fracture’ by product type
2 PV-Magazine:
Batteries buying “free” California solar, driving up price
3 The Guardian:
Turkey to race ahead of EU on battery storage amid fossil fuel crisis
4 Reuters:
China's Xi urges faster development of new energy system as Middle East war continues
5 Bloomberg:
UK Approves Largest Solar Farm in Clean Energy Drive
6 Solar Builder:
Deadline approaching to comply with new NERC regulations
7 Energy Storage News:
IPPs Zelestra, BNZ adding BESS to solar PV plants in Southern Europe
Opinions:
8 Canary Media:
Xcel Minnesota is building a first-of-its-kind virtual power plant
Have a great day!
Yann
The Storage Thesis, Executed. Congrats to my former colleagues at FlexGen for acquiring CES and increasing their capacity for keeping energy storage systems running at the highest levels of availability and safety in the market. 5 Years ago, we set out to build a storage company that wouldn’t focus on making the battery boxes but to help asset owners buy them, commission them and keep them running. With a portfolio of control systems, software built over a decade and an amazing team, FlexGen slowly built itself into the largest integrator not hyping its own box and continues to build that lead expanding even further into the storage asset operations support. Most battery systems don’t run as well as they could, certainly aren’t balancing remotely and barely doing any data analytics on their performance, and you deserve better.
Opinion
News
1 Power Magazine:
FlexGen Acquires BESS Provider Clean Energy Services
2 New York Times:
In Imperial County, Calif., half of the roads are unpaved and the unemployment rate is sky-high.
3 Reuters:
Britain hits renewable power record in 2025, but fossil fuel use also up
4 PV-Magazine:
All emerging cyber threats targeting power infrastructure at a glance
5 Utility Dive:
Trump adjusts metal tariffs, sets 15% rate for some electrical grid equipment
6 Bloomberg:
Polish Power Prices Turns Negative for Some as Renewables Boom
7 Maine Biz:
Plug in solar bill gets green light from maine legislature
8 Axios:
Oil climbs anew on mixed signals about Iran war's future
9 Solar Power World:
Texas attorney general launches investigation into residential solar sales practices
Opinions:
10 Canary Media:
This spring has been a record season for renewables
Have a great day!
Yann
Opinion
Best, Yann
News
1 Axios:
Google eyes natural gas as AI power demand outpaces clean energy
2 Bloomberg:
Neoen to Build France’s Largest Battery Amid Strained Power Grid
3 Reuters:
The Iran war's energy 'paradox'
4 Energy Storage News:
EnerVenue closes US$300 million Series B for 30,000-cycle nickel-hydrogen battery manufacturing
5 New York Times:
Trump’s Budget May Target Climate Programs. Here’s What Still Survives.
6 Canary Media:
Green steel is the way forward for Indiana, former steelworkers say
7 PV-Magazine:
Rooftop solar now accounts for one fifth of Puerto Rico’s generation capacity
Opinions:
8 PV-Tech:
Are US solar tariffs helping or hindering PV manufacturing?
Have a great day!
Yann
Opinion
Best, Yann
News
1 Solar Power World:
Op-ed - We’ve built gigawatts, but can we build a winning coalition?
2 New York Times:
Will the Iran Crisis Push the World to Rethink Oil and Gas?
3 Bloomberg:
The US Data Center Boom Is Hitting a Transformer Crunch
4 Utility Dive:
Expect retail electricity prices to rise further
5 Axios:
Get ready for $200 a barrel oil prices if Hormuz stays closed
6 Reuters:
SpaceX files for IPO, sources say, offering investors stake in Musk's space ambitions
8 PV-Magazine:
U.S. solar and storage market report
Opinions:
9 Canary Media:
What if Duke Energy shared the burden of fuel costs with its customers?
Have a great day!
Yann
