• Solar Power World: New names take top spots on Solar Power World’s 2024 Top Solar Contractors List
• Reuters: Enphase Energy beats Q2 operating profit estimates fueled by US recovery
• Axios: Earth likely just had its hottest day in thousands of years
• PV-Magazine: U.S. Senators introduce comprehensive energy permitting reform act
• Utility Dive: Energy storage industry sees 117% increase in corporate funding in H1 2024: Mercom
• Bloomberg: Barclays Calls On Starmer’s Government to Lead on Climate Tech
• PV-Tech: LevelTen – European solar PPA prices falls 27% as prices remain stable in North America
• Renewable Energy World: New Hampshire law provides new solar incentives for cities, drops ineffective consumer rebate program
• Energy Storage News: California eyes central procurement of 2GW of LDES to help scale novel technologies
• Heatmap News: American Climate Policy Needed Biden

Opinion

• New York Times: Can Kamala Harris Finish Biden’s Climate Agenda?

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• Solar Power World: Renova Energy ‘temporarily’ halts operations amid SunPower chaos
• Canary Media: Goodbye to the first climate president
• New York Times: Here’s Where Kamala Harris Stands on Climate
• Bloomberg: Bloomberg on Trends in Renewable Investment
• Axios: Climate summit host unveils new fund ahead of COP29
• Reuters: Portugal plans to raise share of renewables in electricity consumption to 93% by 2030
• PV-Tech: Masdar raises US$1 billion in green bonds for new renewable power projects
• Renewable Energy World: Software aims to help local governments standardize, streamline solar permitting
• Energy Storage News: Enel North America CEO: ‘US BESS industry ultimately needs local manufacturing’
• PV-Magazine: Massachusetts passes pro-solar and energy storage reforms

Opinion

• Utility Dive: Innovative solutions emerge to reduce 2.5-TW US clean energy interconnection backlog

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• Axios: Heat, AI help spike global power demand
• Canary Media: Chart – 85% of new electricity built in 2023 came from renewables
• CNET: During Historic California Heat Wave, a Hero Emerged: Giant Solar-Powered Batteries
• Texas Tribune: Residential solar is growing in Texas amid worries about reliable power during events like Hurricane Beryl
• Renewable Energy World: $860M DOE loan to facilitate utility-scale solar + storage in Puerto Rico
• PV-Tech: First Solar investigates potential TOPCon patents infringement
• Energy Storage News: ‘US’ largest’ solar-plus-storage project, Gemini, comes online in Nevada
• PV-Magazine: More than half of California solar customers to include battery storage

Opinion

• Solar Power World: Sunrun’s solar + storage VPP supports California grid with 48 MW a night during heat wave

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• Solar Builder: SunPower stops supporting new solar lease, PPA sales
• Electrek: First Solar to build the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar R&D center
• Utility Dive: State distributed solar policy actions up 12% in Q2, with biggest focus on net metering – report
• Bloomberg: Renewables in Italy Overtake Fossil Fuels for First Time
• Reuters: Many US solar factories are lagging. Except those China owns
• PV-Tech: Saudi Arabia signs deals for 30GW domestic solar PV manufacturing
• Renewable Energy World: SPP’s Order 2222 proposal is taking too long
• Energy Storage news: rPlus Energies raises over US$1 billion for Utah solar project with 1,600MWh battery storage
• Canary Media: Houston’s post-Beryl outages highlight benefits of distributed energy
• PV-Magazine: North American solar power purchase agreements rise 3% in Q2

Opinion

• HeatMap News: Florida’s Climate Tech Hub Has a Florida Problem

Best, Yann