Sometimes, It Feels Hopeless. More drilling, less clean energy. What a sentence, and yet completely believable when it comes to politics. But what does drilling and clean energy really have to do with each other? Oil and electricity have no overlap. Gas does, but is there a shortage of gas supply? Are utilities having a hard time building gas plants? Let’s be clear, this is a market dynamic that has little to do with politics. Oil and coal plants won’t be built again and the auto sector is electrifying. On the other hand, what is the reason for the anti-clean energy stance from a republican standpoint? I see plenty of free market activity and job creation every day from this industry and continue to see the opportunity for the solar and storage markets to be completely bipartisan.
- New York Times: A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy
- Utility Dive: FERC interconnection rule may not speed process in much of US – experts
- Bloomberg: Texas Power Prices to Surge 800% on Sunday Amid Searing Heat
- Globe and Mail: Alberta’s next renewable energy challenge? Places to store the power being generated
- Reuters: World Bank to help fund 1,000 mini solar power grids in Nigeria
- PV-Tech: AEMO receives 3.1GW of power generation applicants in latest round of NSW energy tenders
- Solar Power World: One year later – Where the IRA stands
- Canary Media: Rivian backs massive solar plant atop old coal mine in Kentucky
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Best, Yann