This is your SolarWakeup for June 15th, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Reuters:
U.S. and partners enter pact to secure critical minerals like lithium
2 CNN:
Wind and solar power are 'bailing out' Texas amid record heat and energy demand
3 Utility Dive:
‘Not backsliding on clean energy’
4 Bloomberg:
White House Meets With Solar Firms in Bid To Boost Manufacturing
5 PV-Magazine:
Biden halts solar tariffs for two years. What’s next?
6 Axios:
Historic Yellowstone flooding forces 10,000 to flee park
7 New York Times:
Biden Weighs Tariff Rollback to Ease Inflation, Even a Little Bit
8 PV-Tech:
Manufacturers urged to bolster inventories amid ‘extremely fragile’ supply chains
9 Canary Media:
New startup aims to recycle 95% of high-value content from solar panels
Opinions:
10 Energy Storage News:
Biden’s executive action to support solar likely to run in tandem with support for energy storage
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 14th, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Utility Dive:
Tensions rise as renewable energy CEOs debate next steps after tariff, supply chain challenges
2 Axios:
First look - Climate careers platform raises money, launches app
3 Reuters:
UPDATE 2-U.S. natgas drops 3% as Freeport LNG outage cuts demand
4 Solar Builder:
Automated solar permitting effort aligns with International Building Codes, says ICC
5 Grist:
Summer has transformed into ‘danger season,’ scientists warn
6 Energy Storage News:
New York awards 159MW of co-located BESS in 2.4GW renewable tender
Opinions:
7 PV-Magazine:
Avangrid asserts its place in the US renewable future
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 13th, 2022
Florida Solar and Storage Summit in Tampa on June 23 – 24. The Florida Solar Energy Industries Association is hosting their annual Solar and Storage Summit in Tampa in a couple weeks. Last year drew over 350 solar professionals. This year’s summit has over 15 sessions and 24 exhibitors. Registration ends this week. For more information: www.flaseia.org/summit
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Bloomberg:
It’s Warren Buffett Versus Google, Facebook in Latest Wind-Farm Debate
2 PV-Magazine:
Renewable energy bill threatens to stall solar in Hawaii
3 NPR:
Energy secretary talks U.S. plan to boost solar production
4 Utility Dive:
DOT proposes rules for national EV charging network, including 97% uptime and 150 kW requirements
5 Axios:
Over 100 million face record-breaking U.S. heat wave
6 Energy Storage News:
Guidehouse - VPP-enabled distributed energy storage deployment to reach 3GW by 2030
7 Forbes:
Pausing Solar Tariffs, Tesla’s Stock Split And Quantum Computing For Sustainable Manufacturing
Opinions:
8 GreenBiz:
Five trends shaping the renewable energy sector
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for Friday June 10th, 2022
Florida Solar and Storage Summit in Tampa on June 23 – 24. The Florida Solar Energy Industries Association is hosting their annual Solar and Storage Summit in Tampa in a couple weeks. Last year drew over 350 solar professionals. This year’s summit has over 15 sessions and 24 exhibitors. Registration ends this week. For more information: www.flaseia.org/summit
News
1 Reuters:
Texas power use seen breaking records in heatwave through next week
2 CNBC:
How a battery shortage is hampering the U.S. switch to wind, solar power
3 Utility Dive:
DOE closes on $504M loan guarantee for Utah hydrogen storage project with 150 GWh seasonal capacity
4 Axios:
Biden administration floats draft EV charging station standards
5 PV-Tech:
GE to triple solar and battery capacity at new Indian factory
6 Energy Storage News:
Community solar developer Summit Ridge gets financing for 31MWh BESS in New York
7 Canary Media:
OhmConnect raises $55m to enlist more homes to prevent blackouts
Opinions:
8 PV-Magazine:
Democrats optimistic Manchin will cooperate on climate bill
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 31st, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 New York Times:
Hit Hard by High Energy Costs, Hawaii Looks to the Sun
2 Canary Media:
Why are blackouts looming? Blame extreme weather, not wind and solar
3 Politico:
EU leaders agree on Russian oil embargo
4 Vox:
The Texas grid is designed to fail
5 Solar Power World:
REC Silicon’s Moses Lake plant officially plans to reopen at end of 2023
6 Utility Dive:
MISO industrial customers petition FERC to avoid sky-high capacity charges if they cut electricity use
7 Bloomberg:
Sun-Starved Sweden Turns to Solar to Fill Power Void
8 Energy Storage News:
Fully merchant battery storage project in California raises US$78m debt financing
9 PV-Magazine:
Recurrent Energy completes Mississippi’s largest solar installation under a Build Transfer Agreement
Opinions:
10 PV-Tech:
Polysilicon sales loss dents Maxeon’s revenue forecast-beating opening quarter
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 27th, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Energy Storage News:
Data availability and resource planning challenges for grid operators as more energy storage comes online
2 Utility Dive:
MISO proposes giving incumbent utilities certain transmission projects in pending $10.4B buildout
3 The Hill:
Energy & Environment — SCOTUS rebuffs bid to halt climate accounting metric
4 Reuters:
U.S. approves major transmission line from Wyoming to Utah
5 PV-Tech:
Solar tax credits, other financial incentives deemed critical to regionalised manufacturing growth
6 Canary Media:
Can Biden end the Auxin solar tariff investigation?
7 PV-Magazine:
Qcells confirms location of solar panel manufacturing expansion in the US
Opinions:
8 Bloomberg:
Rooftop Solar Takes Off in Spain, Aiding Europe’s Bid to Shun Russian Gas
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 26th, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Canary Media:
California’s plan to avoid blackouts relies on fossil fuels as last resort
2 Reuters:
TotalEnergies agrees to buy 50% of U.S. renewables company Clearway
3 PV-Magazine:
Borrego sells development business, including 8.4 GW solar pipeline
4 Politico:
Climate burns the right
5 New York Times:
Germany plans to keep coal-fired plants ready in case Russian gas is cut.
6 Energy Storage News:
SolarEdge opens 2GWh lithium battery cell factory in South Korea
7 Bloomberg:
California, Long Leery of Nuclear Power, Joins Bid to Save It
Opinions:
8 Utility Dive:
Cybersecurity threat extends to utility credit ratings - Fitch
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 25th, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 E&E News:
‘More, more, more’ - Biden’s clean grid hinges on power lines
2 Bloomberg:
America Has a Solar Red-Tape Nightmare. Here’s How to Fix It
3 Utility Dive:
Duke Energy, North Carolina solar installers reach agreement on net metering case
4 Axios:
Industry heavy weights unite in U.S. battery push
5 New York Times:
Energy-environment - solar panels installation
6 RMI:
Running the Numbers
7 Energy Storage News:
California regulator CPUC approves utility SCE’s fast-tracked 500MW BESS projects
8 Canary Media:
Arcadia buys Urjanet to tap its global and commercial energy data
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 24th, 2022
CommonBond Publishes Innovative Lending Platform. When it comes to selling solar and doing it right, being fast and accurate is key. That is why the CommonBond lending platform is changing the way residential solar installers go to market. Get in touch with the team to learn about their innovative process and see their dealer incentives. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Bloomberg:
Investor John Doerr - Silicon Valley Should 'Triple Down' on Clean Tech
2 Axios:
U.S. playing catch-up on electric vehicles
3 PV-Tech:
Kiwa adds to solar testing, inspection capabilities with PI Berlin acquisition
4 Energy Storage Nes:
German utility scale value stack reshaped as market moves to larger projects
5 Canary Media:
EV-charging microgrids are worth more than the sum of their parts. Here’s why
6 PV-Magazine:
TVA completes 150 MW solar project for Meta
Opinions:
7 GreenBiz:
Can Elon Musk save ESG?
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for May 23rd, 2022
CommonBond Now At OpenSolar. Today’s solar market is as competitive and challenging as ever but with CommonBond you can make sure getting your customers through the financing process quickly is not something you need to worry about. Now integrated with OpenSolar, you get direct connection from the fastest platform in solar financing to the leading proposal platform. Check it out here or click the header image above.
News
1 Bloomberg:
A Hot, Deadly Summer Is Coming With Frequent Blackouts
2 Utility Dive:
FERC to monitor gas, power markets for manipulation as forward summer electricity prices jump up to 233%
3 Wall Street Journal:
Biden’s Solar Tariff Brawl
4 Axios:
Extreme weather plagues U.S., from Colorado snowstorm to East Coast heat
5 Reuters:
Analysis - In sharp switch, Australia votes for climate action
6 PV-Magazine:
Solar jobs - 80,000 trained in the last three decades, over the next three years… double that
7 PV-Tech:
Huawei and SolarEdge settle pending lawsuits, sign patent licence agreement
8 Solar Power World:
Generac offering low-cost, long-term lease program for new batteries paired with solar in Connecticut
9 Energy Storage News:
Enphase Energy - ‘Good availability of products’ despite high demand
Opinions:
10 Canary Media:
Chart - Which 12 US cities outshine the rest in solar energy?
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Yann
