• Axios: Exclusive: Behind Biden’s overseas mining funding
• Solar Builder: DOE lends $2.5 billion to GM, LG joint venture to build three lithium-ion battery plants
• Utility Dive: Long duration energy storage has attracted more than $58B in global commitments since 2019: WoodMac
• Bloomberg: How a Solar Microgrid Became a Town’s Lifeline in Blackout-Prone Puerto Rico
• Reuters: U.S. agriculture agency extends climate funding to small farmers
• PV-Tech: European Solar PV Industry Alliance launched, targets 30GW of manufacturing capacity by 2025
• Canary Media: What to expect from California’s new rooftop-solar plan? More batteries

Opinion

• PV-Magazine: Ranking the top 15 nations for solar energy capacity

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• Axios: Climate tech’s parity challenge
• Bloomberg: Why US Power Stations Are Vulnerable Targets for Attacks
• Reuters: Canada aims to speed up new projects with critical minerals strategy
• New York Times: Qatar Extends Its Natural Gas Dominance at Russia’s Expense
• PV-Tech: Air Products, AES to build Texas green hydrogen project powered by 1.4GW of solar and wind
• Energy Storage News: NREL: US utility-scale energy storage costs grew 11-13% in Q1 2022
• PV-Magazine: American-Made Solar Prize round 6 semifinalists announced

Opinion

• Utility Dive: Federal legislation completely changed the energy landscape. How do states take advantage of it?

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• Reuters: U.S. utilities to triple battery storage capacity by 2025 -EIA
• Time: The Overlooked Solar Power Potential of America’s Parking Lots
• LA Times: One week until California decides the fate of rooftop solar
• Utility Dive: US power and utility M&A value falls 29% to $37.9B so far this year amid macroeconomic pressures- PwC
• Bloomberg: India Unveils $30 Billion Plan to Upgrade Grid for Clean Power
• Axios: Powerful “Greenland Block” may yield extreme weather through December
• Energy Storage News: Europe to hit 9.3GWh of residential battery storage by end of 2022
• PV-Magazine: Brookfield Renewable company acquires 21.6 MW community solar portfolio in Maine

Opinion

• PV-Tech: US solar assets ‘are not meeting performance expectations’, kWh Analytics says

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• Energy Storage News: FlexGen puts first BESS into service in 40MW buildout for North Carolina cooperatives
• Utility Dive: On-peak wholesale power prices this winter expected to be more than 60% higher in some regions, EIA warns
• New York Times: Renewables Will Overtake Coal by Early 2025, Energy Agency Says
• Reuters: Two solar developers vie for Enel’s assets in Chile –sources
• DCist: D.C. Council Advances Solar Bill Despite Equity Concerns
• Canary Media: Biden admin seeks $3B to fund rooftop solar+batteries in Puerto Rico
• PV-Magazine: Transmission needed to carry wind power from the central U.S. eastward, DOE finds

Opinion

• Bloomberg: The Grid Is Under Attack From Snipers, Hackers and Hurricanes

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