This is your SolarWakeup for Friday June 10th, 2022
Florida Solar and Storage Summit in Tampa on June 23 – 24. The Florida Solar Energy Industries Association is hosting their annual Solar and Storage Summit in Tampa in a couple weeks. Last year drew over 350 solar professionals. This year’s summit has over 15 sessions and 24 exhibitors. Registration ends this week. For more information: www.flaseia.org/summit
News
1 Reuters:
Texas power use seen breaking records in heatwave through next week
2 CNBC:
How a battery shortage is hampering the U.S. switch to wind, solar power
3 Utility Dive:
DOE closes on $504M loan guarantee for Utah hydrogen storage project with 150 GWh seasonal capacity
4 Axios:
Biden administration floats draft EV charging station standards
5 PV-Tech:
GE to triple solar and battery capacity at new Indian factory
6 Energy Storage News:
Community solar developer Summit Ridge gets financing for 31MWh BESS in New York
7 Canary Media:
OhmConnect raises $55m to enlist more homes to prevent blackouts
Opinions:
8 PV-Magazine:
Democrats optimistic Manchin will cooperate on climate bill
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 31st, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 New York Times:
Hit Hard by High Energy Costs, Hawaii Looks to the Sun
2 Canary Media:
Why are blackouts looming? Blame extreme weather, not wind and solar
3 Politico:
EU leaders agree on Russian oil embargo
4 Vox:
The Texas grid is designed to fail
5 Solar Power World:
REC Silicon’s Moses Lake plant officially plans to reopen at end of 2023
6 Utility Dive:
MISO industrial customers petition FERC to avoid sky-high capacity charges if they cut electricity use
7 Bloomberg:
Sun-Starved Sweden Turns to Solar to Fill Power Void
8 Energy Storage News:
Fully merchant battery storage project in California raises US$78m debt financing
9 PV-Magazine:
Recurrent Energy completes Mississippi’s largest solar installation under a Build Transfer Agreement
Opinions:
10 PV-Tech:
Polysilicon sales loss dents Maxeon’s revenue forecast-beating opening quarter
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 27th, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Energy Storage News:
Data availability and resource planning challenges for grid operators as more energy storage comes online
2 Utility Dive:
MISO proposes giving incumbent utilities certain transmission projects in pending $10.4B buildout
3 The Hill:
Energy & Environment — SCOTUS rebuffs bid to halt climate accounting metric
4 Reuters:
U.S. approves major transmission line from Wyoming to Utah
5 PV-Tech:
Solar tax credits, other financial incentives deemed critical to regionalised manufacturing growth
6 Canary Media:
Can Biden end the Auxin solar tariff investigation?
7 PV-Magazine:
Qcells confirms location of solar panel manufacturing expansion in the US
Opinions:
8 Bloomberg:
Rooftop Solar Takes Off in Spain, Aiding Europe’s Bid to Shun Russian Gas
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 26th, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Canary Media:
California’s plan to avoid blackouts relies on fossil fuels as last resort
2 Reuters:
TotalEnergies agrees to buy 50% of U.S. renewables company Clearway
3 PV-Magazine:
Borrego sells development business, including 8.4 GW solar pipeline
4 Politico:
Climate burns the right
5 New York Times:
Germany plans to keep coal-fired plants ready in case Russian gas is cut.
6 Energy Storage News:
SolarEdge opens 2GWh lithium battery cell factory in South Korea
7 Bloomberg:
California, Long Leery of Nuclear Power, Joins Bid to Save It
Opinions:
8 Utility Dive:
Cybersecurity threat extends to utility credit ratings - Fitch
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 25th, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 E&E News:
‘More, more, more’ - Biden’s clean grid hinges on power lines
2 Bloomberg:
America Has a Solar Red-Tape Nightmare. Here’s How to Fix It
3 Utility Dive:
Duke Energy, North Carolina solar installers reach agreement on net metering case
4 Axios:
Industry heavy weights unite in U.S. battery push
5 New York Times:
Energy-environment - solar panels installation
6 RMI:
Running the Numbers
7 Energy Storage News:
California regulator CPUC approves utility SCE’s fast-tracked 500MW BESS projects
8 Canary Media:
Arcadia buys Urjanet to tap its global and commercial energy data
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 24th, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Bloomberg:
Investor John Doerr - Silicon Valley Should 'Triple Down' on Clean Tech
2 Axios:
U.S. playing catch-up on electric vehicles
3 PV-Tech:
Kiwa adds to solar testing, inspection capabilities with PI Berlin acquisition
4 Energy Storage Nes:
German utility scale value stack reshaped as market moves to larger projects
5 Canary Media:
EV-charging microgrids are worth more than the sum of their parts. Here’s why
6 PV-Magazine:
TVA completes 150 MW solar project for Meta
Opinions:
7 GreenBiz:
Can Elon Musk save ESG?
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 23rd, 2022
CommonBond Now At OpenSolar. Today’s solar market is as competitive and challenging as ever but with CommonBond you can make sure getting your customers through the financing process quickly is not something you need to worry about. Now integrated with OpenSolar, you get direct connection from the fastest platform in solar financing to the leading proposal platform. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Bloomberg:
A Hot, Deadly Summer Is Coming With Frequent Blackouts
2 Utility Dive:
FERC to monitor gas, power markets for manipulation as forward summer electricity prices jump up to 233%
3 Wall Street Journal:
Biden’s Solar Tariff Brawl
4 Axios:
Extreme weather plagues U.S., from Colorado snowstorm to East Coast heat
5 Reuters:
Analysis - In sharp switch, Australia votes for climate action
6 PV-Magazine:
Solar jobs - 80,000 trained in the last three decades, over the next three years… double that
7 PV-Tech:
Huawei and SolarEdge settle pending lawsuits, sign patent licence agreement
8 Solar Power World:
Generac offering low-cost, long-term lease program for new batteries paired with solar in Connecticut
9 Energy Storage News:
Enphase Energy - ‘Good availability of products’ despite high demand
Opinions:
10 Canary Media:
Chart - Which 12 US cities outshine the rest in solar energy?
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 19th, 2022
CommonBond Now At OpenSolar. Today’s solar market is as competitive and challenging as ever but with CommonBond you can make sure getting your customers through the financing process quickly is not something you need to worry about. Now integrated with OpenSolar, you get direct connection from the fastest platform in solar financing to the leading proposal platform. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 PV-Magazine:
Secretary of Commerce may have underrepresented history of solar tariff rates before Senate
2 Canary Media:
BNEF says Auxin misinterpreted its research in calling for solar tariffs
3 Utility Dive:
FERC’s Glick says he’s ‘bullish’ on energy storage, aims to prioritize regulations for hybrid projects
4 Axios:
EVs are shoving aside real volumes of oil
5 Reuters:
Severe drought could pose problems for US power grid this summer -NERC
6 PV-Tech:
UN sets out five actions to jumpstart renewable energy transition
7 Energy Storage News:
Energy storage makes ‘deep decarbonisation affordable’, finds three-year MIT study
Opinions:
8 CNBC:
It’s now cheaper to switch from coal to renewables instead of coal to gas, report shows
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 18th, 2022
CommonBond Now At OpenSolar. Today’s solar market is as competitive and challenging as ever but with CommonBond you can make sure getting your customers through the financing process quickly is not something you need to worry about. Now integrated with OpenSolar, you get direct connection from the fastest platform in solar financing to the leading proposal platform. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 PV-Tech:
US governors pressure Biden, Raimondo to expedite solar AD/CVD review
2 utility Dive:
California governor floats 5-GW, $5.2B 'reliability reserve' amid possible electricity shortfalls
3 Canary Media:
Electric heavy-duty trucks are hitting the roads in California and beyond
4 PV-Magazine:
Solar O&M - Why a long-term maintenance plan is essential
5 Energy Storage News:
Up to 5.9GW of battery storage in Duke Energy carbon reduction plan for Carolinas
6 Reuters:
EU to map out escape route from Russian fossil fuels
7 Axios:
The global impact of local carbon cuts
Opinions:
8 Bloomberg:
EU Green Tech Needs Cash on Fossil-Fuel Scale, Gates Group Says
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 17th, 2022
CommonBond Now At OpenSolar. Today’s solar market is as competitive and challenging as ever but with CommonBond you can make sure getting your customers through the financing process quickly is not something you need to worry about. Now integrated with OpenSolar, you get direct connection from the fastest platform in solar financing to the leading proposal platform. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Utility Dive:
After calls for conservation and generator failures, Texas’ grid survived the weekend. It’s still May.
2 Bloomberg:
US Deepens China Solar Tariff Probe With Scrutiny of 8 Firms
3 E&E News:
PURPA fight could sway solar’s future in Ga.
4 Axios:
New Mexico Calf Canyon Fire becomes largest in state history
5 Solar Builder:
Fifth Third, PowerPay and CommonBond expand their home solar loan programs
6 Energy Storage News:
Batteries are number one at maintaining Australia’s grid frequency
7 PV-Magazine:
California solar policy misaligned with clean air board’s rooftop priority
8 Renew Economy:
“We must wean ourselves off fossil fuels
Opinions:
9 GreenBiz:
Can Engine No.1 lead Wall Street to ‘beyond investment as usual’?
Have a great day!
Yann
