Happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful to have spent another year with you all in this crazy, amazing digital relationship. For those of you that are recent subscribers, thank you for joining and for those that have been with me for 12 years, thank you for making this part of my life. While I have had less time to write this year than ever before, I do enjoy sharing my thoughts from time to time with you and engaging in conversations about what is going on. We’re heading into the holiday season and that’s the time to reflect back on where this market has come from and where it’s ultimately going. We’ll be off until Monday, talk soon!
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- PV-Tech: Statkraft buys renewables developer Enerfin, eyeing expansion in Spain and Brazil
- Energy Storage News: Tata AutoComp-Gotion JV supplies first BESS units to Tata Power project in Pune, India
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Best, Yann