Spring Break. Short columns this week as half the household is in spring break mode.
The Infra Bill. All eyes this week on the infrastructure proposal from President Biden. It is likely to include a kitchen sink of climate proposals providing major tailwinds to the solar industry.
Financing The Plus+. Solar + Storage PPAs continue to gain momentum among commercial energy consumers. My C&I solar friends at Sustainable Capital Finance (SCF) have a great solution for schools, municipalities, non-profits, and commercial & industrial projects. SCF will be hosting a webinar on March 31st, covering industry trends, SCF’s new storage pricing & transaction features, as well as challenges and solutions when executing Solar + Storage PPAs. You can sign up here or contact the SCF team at info@scf.com for more information.
- Quartz: Biden’s infrastructure bill will make or break his climate legacy
- Axios: Imagining power sector climate legislation
- PV-Magazine: EPRI nets $2m to study why people choose solar energy
- PV-Tech: Competitive analysis of major US residential installers in 2020
- Grist: Why Biden’s climate agenda might be very, very ‘quiet’
- Reuters: World’s largest coal miner Coal India bets on solar, eyes further mine closures
- Energy Storage News: Wisconsin utilities plan 250MW solar project with 75MW of battery storage
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Best, Yann