Getting Down In Illinois. Since coming to Chicago in June, it’s been great how organized the market has grown since that time. the IPA has engaged the program administrator and companies are coming into Illinois to invest capital and hire local talent. The latest announcement is Vivint Solar which follows Sunrun into the market. Other private, national players, appear to be looking at the market as well.
More Arizona Comeback? Sunnova’s first State was Arizona and they are now coming back into the State after leaving some time ago. Frank speaks to the company about the move to re-enter with energy storage and the current regulatory environment. I hope you enjoy the Q&A’s as much as I do, they are the in between a full-length podcast and give more color than a regular article.
A Buyer’s Market. At the risk of repeating myself, I want to tell a story of the message I relayed to a group of university sustainability professionals a year ago. The same is true for anyone that has influence to a large energy user with excellent credit. Large users that can leverage that bankability can pretty much name their price and make the quantity of energy purchased the variable. That’s what I say to any large user, go to market with a contract and bid price instead of the the other way around.
Is Storage Growing? How long until solar for your home comes with an inverter and battery as standard features? I don’t see that very far away in the future, maybe 2023 when the battery is in every system.
Seeing Humor In Tariffs. China put a 25% tariff on US solar cells. The irony is obviously that China doesn’t really import cells but this could be a jab at SQN because Suniva used to send their cells from Georgia to China for module assembly. I definitely chuckled when I saw this headline, meaningless as it is.
Designing Solar. Make sure you check out the best in class solar layout software from Quick Mount PV. QDesign is free for users and leverages great technology to make your layouts a breeze. Of course, it gives you the details of the product you need plus the mechanical portion of your permit package.
- SolarWakeup: Vivint Solar Enters Midwest For First Time, Taking Advantage Of Growing Illinois Market
- SolarWakeup: Does Storage Salvage States In A Post Net-Metering World? A Q&A With Sunnova
- GreenBiz: It’s a buyer’s market for renewable energy procurement
- Utility Dive: Musk sees ‘insane’ fast growth for Tesla’s energy storage business
- Bloomberg: China Slaps 25% Tariff on U.S. Solar Cells It Rarely Imports
- New York Times: China Threatens New Tariffs on $60 Billion of U.S. Goods
- Greentech Media: Shopping for Tesla Solar – The Showroom Buying Experience After SolarCity
- SolarWakeup: Alliant Energy Pledges To Eliminate Coal From Its Portfolio By 2050
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Have a great day!
Yann