A No Surprise Decision. The Trade Commission has accepted the Suniva petition for relief. It will render a decision by September 22nd and put it on the President’s desk by mid-November. I am not surprised, this is political, not logical. Hard to handicap where this goes from here.
No Soup For You. The ‘Taxpayer First’ budget was printed yesterday which outlines a Trump budget plan. For energy pros, it means big cuts to the offices that study and advance our sector. With a Congress that hasn’t passed a budget in many years, let’s not be surprised if that trend continues.
The Energy Storage Road Show is moving forward now scheduling the week of June 5th in Los Angeles!
Solar Plus Storage. Tucson Electric is apparently entering into a solar with storage PPA at some amazing headline prices. Whether that includes capacity payments is to be reported but my guess is that 4.5cents is not all in. On the other hand, storage is dropping its costs and solar plus storage PPAs are starting to make appearances.
- PV-Magazine: BREAKING – U.S. trade commission moves ahead with Suniva investigation
- Washington Post: Trump plans a 69 percent budget cut, large staff reductions at clean energy office
- Utility Dive: Updated – Tucson Electric signs solar + storage PPA for ‘less than 4.5¢/kWh’
- PV-Tech: China completes largest floating solar power plant
- Greentech Media: More Corporations Are Turning to Utilities to Source Renewable Energy
- CleanTechnica: Solar-Friendly Florida Utility Hammers Trump On Coal Policy
- The Independent: India cancels plans for huge coal power stations as solar energy prices hit record low
- Grist: In Brooklyn, you can now sell solar power to your neighbors
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Have a great day!
Yann