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Thought of the Day. As everyone in DC talks about needing energy for the demand spike caused by electrification, crypto, AI, data centers etc. I have been thinking about an interesting (in my mind) data point about solar. 99% of projects have the energy sold to a customer, not only on day 1 but for most of the projects for 20+ years. Imagine if real estate or even traditional power plants transacted that way. The demand for solar is so high that our power plants have a customer base for life
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Best, Yann