The Carter Solar Legacy. Everyone knows about the Jimmy Carter White House solar install that then was then removed by the next administration. But in many ways it kick started the dialogue that solar is possible, starting with solar thermal. The solar pioneers, as they are called, brought all versions of solar to early adopters as part of that example. It’s incredible how the market has progressed over the past 45 years.

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• Washington Post: How did one of Jimmy Carter’s solar panels wind up in Takoma Park?
• Bloomberg: Solar Boom in Asia Pressures US Factories, Undermining Biden Law
• Politico: Treasury guidance on electric vehicle tax credit due next week
• PV-Magazine: Bill Gates funds advocacy for siting new transmission along highways
• Axios: The one UN climate report graphic you need to see
• Energy Storage News: DOE Loan Programs Office chief Jigar Shah on US’ ‘more aggressive’ climate change stance
• Utility Dive: Global renewable growth broke records in 2022, adding almost 295 GW – IRENA

Opinion

• CNN: How solar power is supplying reliable electricity across Africa

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• Axios: Biden to establish new national monuments in Nevada and Texas
• PV-Magazine: Transferability, or selling tax credits, top of mind at SEIA Finance
• PV-Tech: Brookfield Renewable has full control of X-Elio after acquisition from partner
• Energy Storage News: Europe deployed 1.9GW of battery storage in 2022, 3.7GW expected in 2023 – LCP Delta
• Bloomberg: Biden’s Made-in-USA Mandate for Tax Credit Sparks Solar Dispute
• Canary Media: Sunnova seeks $3.3B DOE loan guarantee to expand virtual power plants
• Reuters: Italy’s Edison to invest 5 bln euros to boost renewable growth

Opinion

• Utility Dive: Democrats press Interior secretary to direct more money to BOEM to reach US offshore wind goals

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• Time: In Puerto Rico, a Small Town Takes Climate Action Into Its Own Hands
• Axios: UN report – Window for limiting global warming is closing
• Energy Storage News: DOE Loan Programs Office chief Jigar Shah on US’ ‘more aggressive’ climate change stance
• PV-Magazine: U.S. on track to make it only halfway towards 2030 Paris Agreement targets
• Utility Dive: ISO-NE overvalues fossil fuel plants, reducing grid reliability, Sierra Club says, citing Synapse report
• Reuters: EU proposes extending energy crisis measure to curb gas demand
• PV-Tech: Dialogues with global PV buyers: On module selection, pricing and traceability
• Canary Media: Here’s video proof that solar panels can be recycled

Opinion

• Bloomberg: California’s Terrible Deluge Hides a Silver Lining

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Recycling Means Repowering. For the past decade, recycling processes and startups looked to create traction in a limited market and this post isn’t about recycling it’s about what is causing solar panels to need it. Some 15 years ago, I bid on a project in Central Florida, a PPA with a municipal utility that ended up going to SunEdison for ~14cents per kWh. That project and many like them were built with ~220watt modules and are now on path to be repowered with new modules. More importantly, the entire installed solar base is an opportunity to increase the value to the grid, including adding storage in addition to the repowering. Stay tuned to this market…

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• Utility Dive: FERC works ‘feverishly’ on transmission reform, with near-term focus on interconnection rule
• PV-Magazine: Potential savings from new electric transmission reached decade peak in 2022
• PV-Tech: MGE and WEC Energy Group’s subsidiaries purchase 465MW solar and battery storage centre in Wisconsin
• Grist: As millions of solar panels age out, recyclers hope to cash in
• Washington Post: Inside the impending fight over solar tariffs on Capitol Hill
• Solar Power World: New California bill aims for more solar over parking lots and along highways
• Energy Storage News: EU greenlights BCI’s investment in new BESS platform Eku Energy

Opinion

• Bloomberg: Europe’s Green Protectionism Will Worsen its Energy Security

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