Climate Administration. This seems to be the insider track on how Biden will elevate the issue of climate change. Let’s see the execution and then ask if personnel is policy.
Money Coming In. Another SPAC, this time from legendary investor TJ Rodgers, plus some great venture investments. More to come I’m sure.
Partial Or Total. The electric vehicle policy path tends to be centered around whether EV is part of a portfolio or if there is a push to make it the only option for cars. I’d caution folks to put any auto/EV announcement as a versus Tesla framing, there are millions of cars sold every year and the market will not be winner take all.
A Map For Utilities. We have reached the point where energy transition equals the best financial case for consumers. Doing nothing, including staying in stranded fossil assets, will cost consumers more money and that’s the cost shift argument to watch.
Spotlight On Community Clinic. This 412 kW-DC solar carport installation at Vista Community Clinic (VCC) will provide long term renewable energy for the sustainability-driven healthcare facility. M Bar C Construction, CollectiveSun, and VCC leadership joined together in bringing this system from funding to design to installation. Solar energy produced from the installation will free up facility resources allowing VCC to continue to serve their patients and the surrounding community while setting a powerful example of their commitment to renewable energy.
- New York Times: Biden Plans to Move Fast With a ‘Climate Administration.’ Here’s How.
- PV-Magazine: Financing the Energy Transition: $200M SPAC from TJ Rodgers, plus funding for nuclear fuel disposal, next-gen CSP and more
- GreenBiz: In the 1980s, solar water heaters took off in Israel, but stalled in the U.S. It’s a simple fix
- Greentech Media: The Top Priorities of FERC’s Most Likely New Chairman Under Biden
- Utility Dive: Climate risks are accelerating. Here’s what Duke, PG&E and 16 other utilities expect to pay.
- Solar Power World: Invenergy to install whopping 1.31-GW solar project in Texas
- Rocky Mountain Institute: 2020 State and Local Ballot Measures Advancing the Energy Transition
- Axios: The electric vehicle money surge
- Reuters: Green is the new black in boom for clean energy funds
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Best, Yann