This is your SolarWakeup for April 2nd2025
Opinion
News
1 TechCrunch:
Data centers love solar
2 Reuters:
What's in Trump's April 1 trade reports ahead of US reciprocal tariffs
4 Utility Dive:
FERC review of PJM colocation rules for data centers, large loads may extend past mid-year
5 Bloomberg:
One of the World’s Biggest Coal and Gas Ports Is Being Tested
6 PV-Tech:
PERC technology is ‘obsolete’ in Europe and low PV prices are here to stay – report
7 Energy Storage News:
Europe installed 12GW of energy storage in 2024; EU state aid boost to come
8 PV-Magazine:
U.S. solar manufacturing boom “real — but fragile,” said CEA
Opinions:
9 New York Times:
Why Al Gore Is Shifting His Climate Activism Abroad
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for April 1st 2025
FTC Solar. Yesterday I had to pleasure of reporting on FTC Solar’s 2024 financial performance, my first annual report as CEO for the company. In the past 7 months, since I joined, and over the past year, the company accomplished quite a bit in deploying the Pioneer 1P product into the market. This has resulted in quite a bit of traction in the past months that put us in a great position for the future. I am thankful for the team that is speaking to the market every day and engineering the features that make FTC solar’s tracker the fastest and easiest to install. If this resonates with you and we can be helpful, I look forward to partnering with you in the future as well.
News
1 Energy Storage News:
Wärtsilä closes strategic review of energy storage segment, ‘remains committed’ to sector
3 Reuters:
Solar company Emeren gets takeover proposal, says CEO to step down
4 E&E News:
Solar is out as DOE rebrands Solar Decathlon
5 Utility Dive:
Moody’s upgrades PG&E on reduced credit risks from wildfires
6 Bloomberg:
Volatility Grips Wall Street Ahead of Trump’s Tariff Rollout
8 PV-Magazine:
APA Solar invests $19.5 million in Ohio expansion
Opinions:
9 Canary Media:
Will Texas self-destruct its clean energy industry?
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for March 28th 2025
Happy Birthday. We have a special happy birthday mention from a great SolarWakeup friend, John Murphy, who passes along a happy 50th to operations guru Chris Perron. Let this be the start of the SolarWakeup birthday mentions!
Halfway Leaderboard. Catherine Heigher and Joseph Abel are leading our women’s and men’s brackets as we head to the final stages. Still feeling pretty good about my chances, hopefully breaking the streak of never having won the SolarWakeup bracket challenge.
News
1 Bloomberg:
Shell and BP See Trading Edges in Clean-Energy Stakes
2 Energy Storage News:
‘BESS to help ERCOT manage doubling of demand by 2030’
3 PV-magazine:
Texas Senate passes bill to expedite permits for home solar, battery systems
4 Associated presses:
Renewable energy jumps to new high, powered by China solar boom
5 UTility Dive:
PJM fast-track interconnection process draws 26.6 GW in proposals
6 Reuters:
Shell scraps solar, onshore wind power projects in Brazil
7 PV-Tech:
JinkoSolar ships 99.6GW of modules in 2024, endures operational losses
8 Canary Media:
Span’s new smart electrical panel can plug right into utility meters
Opinions:
9 Axios:
Renewables surged globally in 2024, new data shows
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for March 26th 2025
Opinion
News
1 Bloomberg:
Altman-Backed Oklo Sees Trump Cutting Red Tape for Nuclear Power
2 PV-Tech:
European PV market will ‘consolidate’ amid economic uncertainty
5 PV-Magazine:
Minnesota legislation aims to sunset community solar program
6 Energy Storage News:
Ex-Tesla and Freyr team launch sodium-ion ESS startup for ‘distributed hybridisation’ with solar
7 Canary Media:
Hyundai to make ‘low-carbon’ steel at $6B plant in Louisiana
Opinions:
8 Utility Dive:
New England could connect 9.6 GW of offshore wind without new infrastructure
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for March 25th 2025
Opinion
News
1 New York Times:
The Vicious Cycle of Extreme Heat Leading to More Fossil Fuel Use
2 Utility Dive:
Texas Senate passes bill to establish ‘dispatchable’ power credits trading program
3 BLoomberg:
Ardian Agrees to Acquire ICG-Backed Renewable Developer Akuo
4 Axios:
The mystery of Trump's tariff bomb
5 Reuters:
Rule change to drive up clean energy project costs in India's top solar state
6 PV-Tech:
OCI Holdings to build 2GW solar cell plant in Texas
7 Solar Power World:
Sunrun home energy storage owners will help PG&E with load relief again this year
8 Energy Storage News:
US energy storage market saw ‘first year of double-digit deployment’ in 2024
9 PV-Magazine:
Distributed energy resource management enables a new paradigm for grid operators
Opinions:
10 Canary Media:
How Massachusetts is trying to turn EVs into grid batteries
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for March 20th 2025
March Madness Last Call. Make sure to get involved, last call this morning! It’s back for another year, you can join your fellow SolarWakeup readers in this year’s March Madness bracket challenge. Click here for the Men’s bracket and click here for the Women’s tourney, password is solar, and you guess the bracket. Winner as always gets to write the content for a day.
News
1 Axios:
Exclusive - UAE, U.S. partnership to invest to power data centers
2 Bloomberg:
Solar Generation Surge Sends European Power Prices Below Zero
3 Reuters:
Head of Trump's energy loan office departs this week
4 Solar Power World:
US energy storage installation market grows 34% in 2024
5 Utility Dive:
EPA yanks air quality permit for 1.5-GW Atlantic Shores offshore wind project
6 PV-Tech:
Dimension Energy upsizes credit facility to support 3.5GW community solar portfolio
7 Energy Storage News:
Local residents lose legal battle against NextEra over 1GWh BESS in US state of Georgia
8 PV-Magazine:
Supply deal struck between U.S. steel frame maker and Texas solar module manufacturer
Opinions:
9 Canary Media:
Indiana utilities want ratepayers to fork out for small nuclear reactors
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for March 19th 2025
March Madness. It’s back for another year, you can join your fellow SolarWakeup readers in this year’s March Madness bracket challenge. Click here for the Men’s bracket and click here for the Women’s tourney, password is solar, and you guess the bracket. Winner as always gets to write the content for a day.
News
1 Utility Dive:
Southwest Power Pool could need $263B generation investment by 2050
2 New York Times:
The Man Behind the Republican Case for Clean Energy
3 Canary Media:
A new way to power data centers
4 Bloomberg:
Partners in $2.2 Billion Deal to Buy California Gas Plants
5 Axios:
BYD could give EV market its DeepSeek moment
6 Reuters:
Innovators prime creaky US power grid to lift higher loads
7 PV-Tech:
France decreases 2035 solar PV target to 90GW
8 Energy Storage News:
AEMO Services sees ‘four drivers for success’ in Australia’s energy storage tenders
Opinions:
9 PV-Magazine:
Eliminating tax credits would reduce solar and wind deployment by half, says Brattle
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for March 18th 2025
March Madness. It’s back for another year, you can join your fellow SolarWakeup readers in this years March Madness bracket challenge. Click here, password is solar, and you guess the bracket. Winner as always gets to write the content for a day.
News
1 New York Times:
Want Cheap Power, Fast? Solar and Wind Firms Have a Suggestion.
2 Financial Times:
Dark clouds dull US rooftop solar prospects
3 PV-Magazine:
Rooftop solar saved California ratepayers $1.5 billion last year, finds report
4 Bloomberg:
Energy Chief Praises Research Hub That Trump Once Sought to Ax
5 Utility Dive:
Santee Cooper wants to sell its unfinished reactors. What happens next?
6 Axios:
Ukrainian CEO warns Europe against Russian gas revival
7 Reuters:
China power generation dips in Jan, Feb for only third time since the 1990s
8 PV-Tech:
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners raises €12 billion in fifth renewables fund
9 Energy Storage News:
UK government sets 8-hour minimum for LDES cap-and-floor scheme
10 Canary Media:
Ohio Supreme Court weighs high-stakes solar permitting case
Opinions:
11 Renewable Energy World:
A ‘powered up’ day at CERAWeek
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for March 17th 2025
Opinion
News
1 New York Times:
Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About Tariffs
2 Bloomberg:
Clean Tech Stocks Rise as Germany Marks €100 Billion for Climate
3 PV-Magazine:
Community solar giants Perch Energy, Arcadia announce merger
4 Utility Dive:
MISO overstates transmission plan benefits by excluding Invenergy project
5 Reuters:
Italy's grid operator Terna to invest 23 billion euros over 10 years
6 PV-Tech:
Terabase raises US$130 million to scale up automated project
8 Renewable Energy World:
One year after winning DTECH’s Initiate startup spotlight, Pearl Street gets acquired
Opinions:
9 Canary Media:
Can clean energy break records despite Trump?
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for March 14th 2025
Opinion
News
1 Utility Dive:
IRA credits and energy demand continue to drive renewables investments
2 Reuters:
Exclusive - BP seeks to sell 50% of solar unit to strategic partner, bids due in June, document shows
3 New York Times:
E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose
4 Canary Media:
Trump admin says it’s ‘terminated’ $20B green bank in latest escalation
5 Axios:
Fervo moves toward IPO despite Trump climate storm
6 PV-Tech:
Adapture Renewables acquires 110MW solar-plus-storage project in Colorado
7 Energy Storage News:
Cypress Creek Renewables secures US$133 million for 200MW Texas BESS
Opinions:
8 PV-Magazine:
New York authority approves first Build-Ready program solar project
Have a great day!
Yann
