Opinion
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News
1 Utility Dive:
PJM board calls for capacity market changes to bolster grid reliability, resource adequacy
2 Axios:
Extreme weather could cause insurance rates across the country to spike
3 Reuters:
Brookfield enters second renewable energy joint venture with Axis Energy
4 PV-Tech:
North America has US$12 trillion on the table for renewables generation and grids – DNV
5 Renewable Energy World:
Rural cooperatives seek $93B for IRA clean energy projects
6 Solar Power World:
Sunnova signs $3 billion loan agreement with DOE for virtual power plants
7 Canary Media:
These 25 utilities are united by one big goal - 80% less CO2 by 2030
Opinions:
8 PV-Magazine:
The win-win of agrivoltaics
Have a great day!
Yann
My World’s Collide. Some ten years ago a friend of mine took me to a boat auction, where dealers were buying repossessed boats and I was hooked. Living in South Florida, it’s hard to separate water from everyday life so I made a small investment that built one of the largest boat dealers in Fort Lauderdale. As a side effect, I tend to go to the boat show every year and while most of it is about the newest (read bigger) model that the same manufacturers put out, there’s always some new thing including some boats that had an electric/solar component. Mostly those were gondolas, or a solar powered dinghy with a 5hp trolling motor. But reading this article about an electric wakeboarding boat makes me long for the quieter lake days, wakesurfing until the sun goes down. We’re not going to electrify the marine industry but this thing could actually work and I love to see it. My electrification/battery/boat worlds colliding in 2023, that’s pretty damn cool. P.S. don’t worry about charging infrastructure for boats, shore power has been a thing for a very long time.
Opinion
News
1 Canary Media:
Electric boat builder Arc raises $70M for cleaner, quieter vessels
2 Utility Dive:
Hickenlooper touts interregional transmission as new report tackles US grid risks
3 Bloomberg:
US Government Shutdown Poised to Delay Billions From Biden’s Climate Law
4 Axios:
Paris Agreement's most ambitious target still within reach - report
5 PV-Tech:
Solar leads the pack as renewables keep global net zero hopes alive – IEA
6 Energy Storage News:
Tesla Megapack on fire in ‘minor incident’ at battery storage site in Australia
7 PV-Magazine:
Solar is reliably and predictably supporting the Texas grid
Opinions:
8 Reuters:
RPT-COLUMN-Beaten down US solar sector may be primed for a rebound - Maguire
Have a great day!
Yann
Opinion
Best, Yann
News
1 Reuters:
Mexico eyes US energy exports from solar farm, chip supply chain role
2 Axios:
Climate change made Houston's summer hotter
3 New York Times:
Can the U.S. Make Solar Panels? This Company Thinks So.
4 Renewable Energy World:
Dominion completes environmental review for Virginia offshore wind farm
5 Utility Dive:
Xcel Colorado proposes $15B plan to double renewables, add gas and energy storage capacity
6 Bloomberg:
France Targets Faster Solar and Biogas Growth to Cut Emissions
7 PV-Tech:
SolarPower Europe
8 Energy Storage News:
Central & Eastern Europe’s energy storage market has huge potential but ‘needs a kickstart’
9 Canary Media:
This company is at the cutting edge of solar panel efficiency
Opinions:
10 PV-Magazine:
Producing solar energy, strawberries, tomatoes and peppers in one place
Have a great day!
Yann
Hot And Cold Cause Problems. Heat waves spike demand but it’s the cold that is showing stressers on generation that the grid withstood on the heat opposite this summer. FERC is concerned about the resilience of generation in multiple ISOs, with the latest PJM report from Winter Storm Elliot sparking new questions. 90GW of generation failed to deliver its dispatches which has a ripple effect on the rest of the stability. Speaking of stability, ERCOT underestimated the grid demand by 4GW this weekend, which almost sparked another emergency as that operator has been running a rather lean reserve.
Opinion
News
1 Utility Dive:
Record 13% of Eastern Interconnect capacity failed in Winter Storm Elliott - FERC, NERC
2 Bloomberg:
US Says It Can’t Cut China Out of Critical-Minerals Supply Chain
3 Washington Post:
As disasters spike, superpowers face mounting calls to forge climate deal
4 Renew Economy:
Rooftop solar meets all of South Australia demand in major new milestone
5 PV-Tech:
Maxeon buys shingled solar cell IP from Complete Solaria for US production
6 Energy Storage News:
Record growth for US BESS industry, but ‘2GW impacted by supply chain, interconnection challenges’
7 Canary Media:
Long-duration storage gets big boost with $325M from DOE
8 PV-Magazine:
U.S. and Canada to spend $12 trillion on renewables and grid by 2050
Opinions:
9 Axios:
Feds urged by Biden to widen use of "social cost" on climate change
Have a great day!
Yann
