Clean Power. Whether we want to generate the energy we need for load growth with solar and wind, or replace peaker plants with energy storage, these companies will be in Minneapolis this week. It’s a competitive landscape for batteries and of course you should run your batteries on FlexGen’s operating system, where you’ll find me at the booth most of the week. If you have any fun events that I should know about, let me know.
All About Configurations. So much of solar, wind and storage is how many different combinations of OEM, PCS, solar plant controls, and power plant controls in each ISO/RTO. Getting everything to talk to each other and do what you need for revenue generation while gathering data in a safe way for your analytics is the biggest challenge coming to the market that has the lowest capex of your total investments. Give that some thought as you walk the trade show this week.
- Utility Dive: 4-hour batteries best replacements for aging Maine peaker plants – study
- PV-Magazine: Sunnova earnings dip, unrestricted cash grows as it mends balance sheet
- Canary Media: CleanCapital’s Zoe Berkery has no time to waste
- Axios: Biden exempts EV metal from climate law sourcing rule
- Reuters: Factbox – EU probes on Chinese subsidies and imports
- MIT: Three takeaways about the current state of batteries
- Energy Storage News: Natron Energy starts manufacturing ‘50,000+ cycle-life’ sodium-ion batteries at Michigan factory
- Solar Power World: Inverter insights – Repowering older solar projects
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Best, Yann