This is your SolarWakeup for October 18th, 2024
Back To The Basics. After the development, the money, and the contracts all come together, someone has to build your solar and/or storage project. The buzzword is the ‘boots on the ground’ and the pressure to hire and train a workforce to build the much needed infrastructure is tremendous. EPCs across the Country are hyper focused on execution but have become experts at hiring, training and retention. If this does not happen, our goals will not either.
News
1 Reuters:
US solar, storage growth clipped by labor shortages
2 Bloomberg:
The US Election Has Climate Tech Investors in Wait-and-See Mode
3 New York Times:
Yellen to Warn Sweeping Tariffs Would Ignite Inflation
4 Utility Dive:
Supreme Court rejects calls to put a hold on EPA power plant carbon rule
5 Axios:
Phoenix shatters extreme heat records into fall
6 PV-Tech:
California Community Choice Aggregators ink solar and storage offtake deals
7 Renewable Energy World:
New York hit its distributed solar goal a year early. Next stop
8 Energy storage News:
NextEra, Primergy, Spearmint seek Minnesota regulator’s approval for 300MW of BESS projects
Opinions:
9 PV-Magazine:
Grid defection is profitable in some solar-rich U.S. locations
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 17th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 New York Times:
Global Electricity Demand Is Rising Faster Than Expected, I.E.A. Says
2 Reuters:
Amazon.com joins push for nuclear power to meet data center demand
3 PV-Magazine:
Tornado rips through solar farm in Florida
4 PV-Tech:
Maxeon appoints ex-TCL exec as new CEO
5 Renewable Energy World:
Coming soon
6 Energy Storage News:
KORE Power CEO discusses core belief in the value of US BESS manufacturing value chain
7 Washington Post:
Everyone loves rooftop solar panels. But there’s a problem
8 Utility Dive:
California enrolls 515 MW in load management program featuring 200 MW VPP
Opinions:
9 Canary Media:
One year in, US clean hydrogen hubs face questions — and have few answers
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 16th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Utility Dive:
1-hour batteries can increase transmission-constrained renewable energy values 81%
2 Bloomberg:
Taiwan Considers Importing Clean Energy From Nearby Countries
3 New York Times:
A Climate Resistant Community Passed Two Hurricane Tests
4 Axios:
SBA disaster loan program out of money after hurricanes, Biden says
5 PV-Tech:
Low prices and legal support saw ‘record’ 4GW of solar additions in France last year
6 Energy Storage News:
BESS to help Chile reduce its soaring renewable curtailment
7 Canary media:
Puerto Rico closes $861M DOE loan guarantee for huge solar, battery project
8 PV-Magazine:
Illinois energy storage legislation may save ratepayers $30 per month
Opinions:
9 Renewable Energy World:
Repeal the IRA? Most clean energy companies would prefer you didn’t
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 15th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Semafor:
Microsoft Azure CTO
2 Associated Press:
Volunteers bring solar power to Hurricane Helene’s disaster zone
3 Utility Dive:
Xcel reaches agreement to add 4.2 GW clean energy in Upper Midwest
4 Bloomberg:
Apollo’s Rob Bittencourt on what the Tech Boom Looks Like for a Credit Investor
5 Axios:
Google goes nuclear in new deal to power AI
6 Reuters:
India needs to explore incentives to improve renewables transmission capacity, power secretary says
8 Solar Power World:
Import duties imposed on aluminum solar racking from 14 countries
9 Energy Storage News:
Alaska’s Chugach Electric commissions 80MWh Tesla Megapack BESS
Opinions:
10 Renewable Energy World:
How a solar development turned from threat to opportunity for an Illinois farmer
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 14th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 New York Times:
The Stakes on Climate
2 Bloomberg:
Double-Punch Storms Thrust Climate Into the US Presidential Race
3 Axios:
Milton storm track forecasts' accuracy draws praise
4 Utility Dive:
PJM plans to delay upcoming capacity auction by six months
5 Reuters:
Greece's new climate plan sets more ambitious renewable energy goals
6 PV-Tech:
Canada invests US$363 million in SREPs programme to aid grid resilience and clean power installations
7 Solar Power World:
Enphase IQ batteries now eligible for VPP programs in three more states
8 Energy Storage News:
US ‘multi-day’ energy storage firm Form Energy closes US$405 million funding round
9 PV-Magazine:
Large utilities plan to replace only half their fossil generation by 2035
Opinions:
10 Canary Media:
To meet US nuclear goals, big reactors need to get built today, DOE says
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 11th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Canary Media:
Hurricane Helene could force local utilities to rethink grid resilience
2 PV-Magazine:
EV expansion depends on bidirectional charging capability, says report
3 Reuters:
GM offering new home energy storage options for US EV owners
4 Solar Builder:
Tax credit transfer rules shift solar development strategies
5 PV-Tech:
Boviet Solar to open 2GW North Carolina TOPCon module assembly plant in early 2025
6 Renewable Energy World:
ERCOT reaches compromise with renewable developers over ride-through requirements
7 Energy Storage News:
UK loses 1.4GW of power in interconnector trip, battery storage keeps lights on
Opinions:
8 Utility Dive:
Unfinished business - The bipartisan appeal of distributed power plants
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 10th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Grist:
The solar supply chain runs through this flooded North Carolina town
2 Utility Dive:
PJM aims to fast-track reliability projects in interconnection queue
3 Bloomberg:
Securing Renewable Energy from Space
4 Axios:
Rio Tinto buying lithium miner Arcadium for $6.7 billion
5 Reuters:
Britain sets out funding model for renewable energy storage projects
6 PV-Tech:
EQT acquires Swedish developer OX2 with view to IPP transition
7 Renewable Energy World:
As North Carolina still reels from Helene, solar companies are stepping up
8 Energy Storage News:
Ukraine’s DTEK on ancillary service wins
9 Canary Media:
Green hydrogen headwinds hit production hub, steel project in Mississippi
Opinions:
10 PV-Magazine:
Over 60% of surveyed Trump voters in Texas said they support solar tax credits
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 9th, 2024
Opinion
News
2 Bloomberg:
Energy Transition Must Morph From Tortoise to Hare as 2030 Nears
3 UTility Dive:
US energy storage deployments jump 86% year-over-year to 10.5 GWh in Q2
4 Axios:
Where FEMA's direct relief money is going
5 Reuters:
India's Adani Green units plan to raise up to $1 billion in dollar bonds, bankers say
6 Renewable Energy World:
‘The opportunities for us are boundless’ – Utilities survey the possibilities of AI at Itron Inspire 2024
7 Energy Storage News:
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners starts construction on 1.1GWh standalone BESS in Chile
8 Canary Media:
Coal-to-solar developer BrightNight lands $440M investment
Opinions:
9 PV-Magazine:
Three agrivoltaic community solar projects planned for New York
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 8th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Canary Media:
Solar farms don’t hurt nearby property values, new research finds
2 Axios:
Hurricane Milton "explosively" jumps from Cat. 1 to Cat. 5 in a day
3 Reuters:
Energy transition story rekindles fund interest in metals
4 PV-Tech:
New Mexico increases community solar programme by 300MW
5 Renewable Energy World:
‘We need to redesign the grid from scratch’ – Assessing Texas load growth, CEO suggests starting over
6 Energy Storage News:
TagEnergy energises UK’s largest transmission-connected battery storage project
7 PV-Magazine:
SEIA - IRA tax changes will leave energy storage in the cold
Opinions:
8 Utility Dive:
Big Tech is upending the clean energy landscape
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 7th, 2024
Storms Are Coming. Florida is about to go on a storm spree, or at least the weather forecasters say so. Helene ravaged the west coast and panhandle before leaving devastating flooding in Western North Carolina. This week we get a visit from Milton, including myself with an expected foot of rain and some see another storm next week. It’s wet!
Pay It Forward. Our friends in the Southeast, especially Western North Carolina got crushed by Hurricane Helene. The good folks at the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) has setup a donation fund to help with those affected. https://energync.org/disaster-relief-fund/ if you have the ability to give.
News
1 Axios:
Hurricane Milton
2 PV-Tech:
Xcel Energy advances 2024 Resource Plan to add 3.6GW new renewables
3 Financial Times:
Indian companies move in as US cuts China out of its solar industry
4 Utility Dive:
DOE selects 3-GW Pattern Energy transmission project linking ERCOT, Southeast for capacity buy
5 BLoomberg:
North Carolina Quartz Mine Owner Says Helene Damage Was Minimal
6 Energy Storage News:
European Commission approves support for ‘at least 5.4GWh’ of electricity storage in Poland
8 PV-Magazine:
Lithium-ion battery market to top $400 billion in 2035
Opinions:
9 New York Times:
Chasing Down a Trail of Climate Conspiracies
Have a great day!
Yann
