• Axios: Hurricane Lee churns north, prompts warnings in New England
• Utility Dive: Moody’s warns of potential power price volatility from renewables oversupply
• Bloomberg: Home Power Devices Are Key to Solving US Power Woes, US Energy Official Says
• New York Times: Biden’s Climate Law Is Reshaping Private Investment in the United States
• Reuters: Global climate protests demand world leaders phase out fossil fuels
• PV-Tech: Array Technologies signs two new deals to strengthen domestic supply chain
• Energy Storage News: Germany: 2-hour BESS revenue upside has nearly tripled since 2021
• San Diego Union Tribune: California appeals court will hear lawsuit seeking to overturn rooftop solar decision
• Canary Media: Utilities in New Hampshire unexpectedly back solar net metering

Opinion

• PV-Magazine: Unraveling the IRA’s domestic content rules

Best, Yann

• Energy Storage News: IRA tax equity benefits ‘not yet fully captured’ by US energy storage industry one year on
• Axios: Global climate ambition gets fresh boost, as world lags on Paris Agreement goals
• Reuters: EU Parliament passes bill hiking renewable energy targets
• PV-Tech: Igneo acquires majority stake in Soltage, aims to grow solar portfolio to 1.9GW
• Utility Dive: Taking Charge: Nexamp’s CEO on the ‘existential threat’ of low labor supply and other challenges
• PV-Magazine: Storage, inverters, design tools and more at RE+ 2023
• Renewable Energy World: Nextracker opens new Las Vegas facility for steel solar components

Opinion

• Bloomberg: Chevron Buys Into World’s Biggest Hydrogen-Storage Plant in Utah

Best, Yann

Welcome To Vegas. Like many of you will today, I have arrived in Las Vegas. Beyond the expo and the parties, it’s all about the people and the relationships you get to expand on while we’re in the same room. Congrats to everyone launching new ideas and products this week, these are fun moments.

• Axios: UN – Countries need dramatic course correction to meet Paris climate goals
• Utility Dive: As Google, Meta eye clean energy buys, researchers find widely used strategy has scant carbon benefits
• PV-Magazine: How developers can capitalize on IRA support for community solar financing
• Tampa Bay Times: Florida tops all US states for solar installations so far in 2023
• Solar Power World: Silfab Solar agrees to buy silicon wafers from NorSun’s planned U.S. factory
• New York Times: No Bidders in British Offshore Wind Auction
• Reuters: India makes clean energy push at G20 with global biofuel alliance
• Energy Storage News: Enervenue to mass produce newest ‘30,000 cycle’ metal-hydrogen batteries in Kentucky  

Opinion

• Bloomberg: Climate Hacks Are What the World Needs Now

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Nice RE+ Lead. Heading into SPI (sorry, but I had to get it out of my system), I mean RE+, the solar industry shows where it can go this year with a projection of 28 GW for the year. That includes a soft start to the year with IRA implementation efforts and guidance slowing down what will be a sprint for the foreseeable future. See you all in Vegas! Stop by the FlexGen booth to say hi and of course learn about the leading operating system software for your battery projects.

• Utility Dive: US solar installations expected to jump 52% to nearly 32 GW in 2023 – SEIA
• Bloomberg: Triple Threat to Texas Power Grid Will Keep It Vulnerable
• Axios: How Biden’s climate law is fueling the U.S. battery boom
• Reuters: Repsol enters U.S. onshore wind market with $768 mln ConnectGen buy
• PV-Tech: Enfinity Global secures US$428 million to fund 17GW portfolio
• Energy Storage News: Shell putting residential storage and VPP firm sonnen up for sale – reports
• Canary Media: Boston Metal gets big funding boost to make green steel

Opinion

• PV-magazine: EnerVenue launches new metal-hydrogen battery variant

Best, Yann