It’s Kansas, Tourney Challenge. Leave it to the Brit amongst us for winning this year’s SolarWakeup bracket challenge. “BritishBasketballGuess” can step forward and claim their fame, of course you can also send me an email so we can coordinate your content. While none of us picked UNC as the ultimate winner, my good friend and rockstar solar/storage policy pro Allie Detrio would have won the challenge if UNC had won the game last night. Shout out to second place, “SolarWarriors”, for losing only on the fact that the score of the game was more closely guessed by the winner.
Opinion
News
1 Politico:
'Swallowing a toad' - Progressives warm to Manchin's fossil fuel demands to clinch climate package
2 CNBC:
‘It’s now or never’
3 New York Times:
How the Recoil From Russian Gas Is Scrambling World Markets
4 Reuters:
Shift to clean energy must speed up to avoid worst of climate change, U.N. panel says
5 Solar Builder:
10 exhibit hall standouts from 2022 NABCEP CE conference
6 Energy Storage News:
BloombergNEF predicts 30% annual growth for global energy storage market to 2030
7 Canary Media:
A deeper dive into 24/7 carbon-free energy
8 PV-Magazine:
North Carolina court to rule whether HOAs can block rooftop solar
9 PV-Tech:
25GW by 2025 - How Lightsource bp is ‘building the machine’ to lead a global solar charge
Opinions:
10 Axios:
What direct air capture can achieve — in theory
Have a great day!
Yann
Opinion
Best, Yann
News
1 CNN:
Democrats see hope for a clean energy bill, but Manchin is adding a new hurdle - More funding for fossil fuels
2 Bloomberg:
The Price for Europe to Wean Off Russian Gas Keeps Going Up
3 Utility Dive:
Connecticut regulators want grid pilots to 'fail fast' in new approach to energy innovation
4 New York Times:
Russia’s Aggression Prompts Calls to Rethink U.S. Uranium Imports
5 Axios:
Biden seeks a crosswalk between oil and clean energy
6 Reuters:
India's electricity output in March grows at fastest rate in 3 months
7 Solar Power World:
Commerce wants to know how much Chinese aluminum and glass are used in imported solar panels
8 Energy Storage News:
Biden invokes Defense act to boost US battery materials supply chain
Opinions:
9 PV-Magazine:
Senator’s anti-solar state legislation fails, now targeting county zoning law
Have a great day!
Yann
Don’t Fall For It. It comes at you every year and every year so many of you fall for it. It’s April 1st, and for the last 10 years, I’ve given you a fib, 9 years ago I told you that SolarWakeup was acquired by an IOU and two years ago I was appointed to the PSC. This is the 10th year of SolarWakeup and I am out of ideas of how to catch you off guard. It remains an incredible honor to bring you this newsletter every day.
Go From Sale to Install at Least 2 Weeks Faster With Better Designs. How much time, effort, and money go into selling a homeowner on a new solar system—only to have the contract fall apart due to a change order? What if your design at the initial sale could be just as accurate as your final design? EagleView is launching a groundbreaking solution that bridges the gap between sales-ready and install-ready designs, reducing the risk of change orders that diminish the customer experience and lead to canceled contracts. Sign up for our webinar on Thursday, April 7th at 2 p.m. ET. to get an early sneak peek.
Opinion
News
1 Reuters:
EU will do 'whatever it takes' to bring solar energy manufacturing back to Europe
2 PV-Magazine:
Manchin and the BBB, Intel+Microsoft and ESG, and SEIA in NYC
3 RMI:
How Putin’s War Marks the End of the Fossil Fuel Era
4 Bloomberg:
SunPower in Talks With First Solar on Panel Just for Home Rooftop
5 Axios:
Climate groups push together for greener bitcoin
6 Energy Storage News:
Hawaiian Electric launches Battery Bonus scheme’s 10-year programme
7 PV-Tech:
First Solar locks in local steel supply for Ohio module facility
Opinions:
8 Canary Media:
Can 24/7 carbon-free energy become a global standard?
Have a great day!
Yann
Go From Sale to Install at Least 2 Weeks Faster With Better Designs. How much time, effort, and money go into selling a homeowner on a new solar system—only to have the contract fall apart due to a change order? What if your design at the initial sale could be just as accurate as your final design? EagleView is launching a groundbreaking solution that bridges the gap between sales-ready and install-ready designs, reducing the risk of change orders that diminish the customer experience and lead to canceled contracts. Sign up for our webinar on Thursday, April 7th at 2 p.m. ET. to get an early sneak peek.
Opinion
News
1 Bloomberg:
Australian Firms Plan $38 Billion U.K. Infrastructure Spend
2 New York Times:
OPEC and Russia are set to meet as the war continues to roil the oil market.
3 Axios:
The public pulse on energy
4 Politico:
Biden planning to tap oil reserve to control gas prices
5 Reuters:
Europe told to turn down the heating in Russia gas standoff
6 PV-Tech:
Pressure mounts on US policymakers to pass PV manufacturing tax breaks as funding for DOE-led ‘Accelerator’ is proposed
7 Energy Storage News:
Zero carbon lithium extraction project in Portugal joined by ABB
8 PV-Magazine:
Solar advocates reaffirm their approval of Duke Energy’s proposed net metering successor in North Carolina
9 Solar Builders:
Utility-scale batteries? VPP programs? Both? How states are valuing energy storage
Opinions:
10 WV Gazette:
Utility-scale batteries? VPP programs? Both? How states are valuing energy storage
Have a great day!
Yann
