Look Into The Windshield. In my conversation with Amory Lovins I asked him what would be different if he were to write the DOE Grid Study. His answer was much like solar is to coal. He would look forward into the windshield instead of the rearview mirror. Taking advantage of distributed, diverse and cheaper energy he would want the grid to leverage 21stCentury technology. He also fills me in on what Thomas Edison’s idea was that was overruled in 1892.
Solar Marketing Goes Hiking. This video is a bit old but I saw it for the first time during a baseball game. Coors Light has solar on a brewery, which isn’t a new or unique concept. Budweiser has some Solyndra on their Newark location. But this is the first time that I have seen a major corporate tout a solar project in a standalone sustainability commercial. Like corporations, I wouldn’t be surprised to see politicians using solar votes as a swing issue.
Duke Goes For Double Play. I almost skipped over this headline because I thought we sufficiently covered Duke’s nuclear power cancellation already. Then I realized that Duke was cancelling a Florida plant in Levy County while announcing some solar and energy storage at the same time. The numbers seem off, $6billion for 700MW of solar, 50MW of storage and 500 EV chargers so there must be something else included.
- SolarWakeup: Amory Lovins Tells You If Maintaining Coal Plants Is Vital To The Grid
- Coors: Solar To Build Your Own Mountain
- Greentech Media: Duke Energy Offers $6B for Solar, Batteries & EVs in Order to Scrap Nuclear Plant Plans
- CleanTechnica: Climate Change To Dramatically Shift European Electricity Consumption
- PV-Magazine: Perovskite has changed its status to single (cell)
- ILSR: Of New Power Generation, How Much is on the Roof?
- SolarServer: PPAs are the keys for Microgrids in Mining and Other Large-Scale Applications
- Utility Dive: If nuclear is not in the future US energy mix, what will replace it?
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Have a great day!
Yann