• Utility Dive: North Carolina sets goal to sell 50% zero-emission vehicles by 2030
• New York Times: Manchin’s Choice on Build Back Better: Mine Workers or Mine Owners
• Axios: U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped in 2021
• PV-Tech: New TÜV Nord analysis asserts n-type performance benefits over p-type modules
• Energy Storage News: Goldman Sachs invests US$250 million in long-duration energy storage provider Hydrostor
• Canary Media: GE snaps up Opus One and its operating system for a fast-changing grid
• PV-Magazine: Washington renewable energy advocates support community solar incentive bill

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• RMI: Financing 1.5°C – Five Trends to Watch in Climate-Aligned Finance in 2022

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• Utility Dive: Idaho Power to accelerate coal retirements, add 3.8 GW clean energy
• Energy Storage News: FlexGen putting 40MW of battery storage at substation sites for North Carolina electric cooperatives
• Canary Media: Here’s where things stand with climate legislation in Congress
• Axios: Poll – Investors feel growing pressure to move away from fossil fuels
• Bloomberg: Blackstone Invests $3 Billion in Invenergy for Clean Energy
• PV-Tech: Luxcara secures financing for 171MWp subsidy-free PV project in Germany
• PV-Magazine: New Mexico Community Solar Act receives public comment

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• Vox: Electric cars aren’t just vehicles. They’re big batteries.

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• Bloomberg: The Future of Power and Transport Markets Is Decentralization
• PV-Magazine: Palmetto maps roughly 75% of U.S. rooftops
• The Hill: Challenge to Biden Keystone XL revocation dismissed as moot
• Axios: Excess deaths tied to urban air pollution
• Reuters: Shell-backed U.S. solar developer raises $775 million in equity
• Energy Storage News: New York doubles 2030 energy storage deployment target to 6GW
• Canary Media: US government squandered hundreds of millions on ​‘clean coal’ pipe dream

Opinion

• GreenBiz: The politics that will shape our clean energy future

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• New York Times: Why the Coming Months Will Be Critical for Biden’s Climate Plan
• Axios: GM’s electric onslaught – Pickups, SUVs and delivery vans
• Utility Dive: Texas power plants ‘ready for winter’ following weatherization assessment, ERCOT says
• Reuters: Virginia’s governor-elect taps Trump EPA chief for key role
• PV-Tech: Build Back Better remains deadlocked as Manchin insists negotiations at a standstill
• Energy Storage News: US$20bn Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations opened by US Department of Energy

Opinion

• Canary Media: Grid energy storage surged in 2021, as we predicted

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