This is your SolarWakeup for September 30th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Axios:
"Catastrophic" Hurricane Helene lashes Georgia after Florida landfall
2 New York Times:
At Climate Forward Event, World Leaders and Scientists Discuss Our Warming Planet
3 Utility Dive:
Hitachi Energy to expand US transformer manufacturing capacity
4 Bloomberg:
BayWa Flags €200 Million Impairment Losses Driven by Renewables Unit
5 Reuters:
Octopus Energy invests in US solar developer
6 PV-Tech:
How solar projects are tackling power market challenges
7 Solar Power World:
California storage installation licensing rule put on hold as trial continues
8 Energy Storage News:
Energy storage de-rating factor cut in Poland capacity market ‘created an opportunity’
9 Canary Media:
How Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels
Opinions:
10 PV-Magazine:
Solar levelized cost of electricity 56% lower than lowest-cost fossil fuels
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for September 27th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Utility Dive:
PJM says ‘concerns are growing’ after less than 2 GW added this year
3 PV-Magazine:
Solar generation up 26%, but electricity demand outpaces growth
4 PV-Tech:
SMA Solar to complete ‘restructuring’, with job cuts ‘likely’
5 Bloomberg:
Powering AI Leapfrogs Climate Concerns
6 Reuters:
Germany, EU must match green power roll-out with more batteries, says Ember
7 Renewable Energy World:
Bill requiring utilties to consider grid enhancing technologies in transmission planning signed into California law
8 Solar Power World:
First Solar opens 3.5-GW solar panel factory in Alabama
9 Energy Storage News:
Spain increases energy storage target in NECP to 22.5GW by 2030
Opinions:
10 Canary Media:
The big unsettled policy question about clean hydrogen
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for September 26th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Axios:
Space startup seeks to solve solar power's daylight problem
2 Washington Post:
Under a Texas sun, agrivoltaics offer farmers a new way to make money
3 BLoomberg:
BlackRock Sees Growth in Asia Infrastructure on AI Boom
4 Reuters:
Miners, investors see scope in energy transition but struggle with choices
5 Seattle Times:
PSE announces first solar project and battery storage system
6 PV-Tech:
Removing the barriers to US transmission reform
7 Heat Map News:
The Cool New Landing Spot for D.C. Insiders
8 Energy Storage News:
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners buys Arizona BESS project through ‘flagship’ CI V fund
Opinions:
9 PV-Magazine:
Solar-plus-storage dominating future U.S. power grid
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for September 25th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Axios:
Climate Week confronts geopolitical hurdles
2 Bloomberg:
Macquarie to Acquire Stake in D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments
3 Renewable Energy World:
For a week, New York will be center of money-focused fight to slow climate change
4 Reuters:
Octopus buys British solar and battery storage firm Exagen
5 PV-Tech:
SEIA launches draft standard to meet CBP traceability requirements
6 Solar Power World:
Bipartisan energy permitting bill could bring solar power where it’s needed most
7 Canary Media:
Big steel buyers make a request for 1M tons of green steel
8 PV-Magazine:
How BLM balances conservation with solar development
Opinions:
9 Utility Dive:
Energy storage underused as transmission asset amid unresolved questions, experts say
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for September 24th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Bloomberg:
Fed Rate Cut to Revive Investor Interest in Clean Tech, JPMorgan Banker Says
3 Utility Dive:
GE Vernova could cut 900 jobs as it aims to curb offshore wind losses
4 Reuters:
China monthly economic reports understate power output as small-scale renewables surge
5 PV-Tech:
WTO establishes dispute panel over clean energy tax credits under US IRA
6 Renewable Energy World:
PJM proposes a 2-year delay for implementing the DER Aggregation model
7 Energy Storage News:
Germany plans long-duration energy storage auctions for 2025 and 2026
8 Canary Media:
Two years in, US clean energy manufacturing boom is still going strong
9 PV-Magazine:
U.S. solar industry standards for solar supply chain transparency
Opinions:
10 New York Times:
The U.S. Lost the Battery Race to China. Can It Make a Comeback?
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for September 23rd, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Axios:
Biden goes big on batteries
2 Utility Dive:
BlackRock, Microsoft, others form AI and energy infrastructure investment partnership
3 Bloomberg:
Clean-Energy Firm Masdar Nears Deal to Buy Brookfield’s Saeta Yield
4 Reuters:
USTR to take comments on tariff hikes for Chinese polysilicon, wafers, tungsten
5 PV-Tech:
Sonnedix to acquire 250MW solar PV portfolio in Italy
6 Solar Power World:
Aspen Power completes first solar ITC transfer deal
7 Canary Media:
Chart - Which states have the most electric school buses?
8 PV-Magazine:
Chinese solar cell prices stable in a quiet market
Opinions:
9 Renewable Energy World:
Can PJM fix its battery storage problem?
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for September 20th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 New York Times:
America’s Oil Country Increasingly Runs on Renewables
2 Reuters:
US solar set to surge long past Trump-Harris election
3 Utility Dive:
Rising power prices could drive nearly half of US households to rooftop solar
4 PV-Magazine:
U.S. residential solar prices hovering near all-time low
5 Wall Street Journal:
Combining Solar Power With Farming Is Getting Easier. Developers Are Wary of Added Costs.
6 Solar Builder:
How PJM can reform interconnection to speed up battery storage, avoid shortfall
8 Energy Storage News:
ERCOT clears 480MW of BESS for operations in August, including Tesla-owned unit at factory
9 Heatmap News:
What the Jumbo Fed Cut Means for Renewables
10 Canary Media:
Big green steel project in Ohio is on again after CEO waffles
Opinions:
11 Renewable Energy World:
‘Discriminatory’ and ‘unreasonable’ — Big Tech reacts to AEP’s proposed data center rates
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for September 19th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Solar Power World:
U.S. utility solar market has grown 34% since Q2 2023
2 Bloomberg:
Republican Election Sweep Would Doom Biden’s Climate Law, Speaker Johnson Says
3 PV-Magazine:
China urges U.S. to reverse new tariffs on solar, batteries, EVs
4 Axios:
DOE taps NextEra for solar over nuclear waste site
5 Utility Dive:
DOE unveils 2 prizes aimed at behind-the-meter storage innovation
6 Reuters:
Tata Power to invest up to $9 billion to expand renewable energy capacity
7 Energy Storage News:
BESS developer-integrator On.Energy acquires 480MWh ‘distributed’ utility-scale California portfolio
Opinions:
8 Canary Media:
Exowatt aims to repurpose old tech to deal with new AI power demand
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for September 18th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 Solar Power World:
U.S. utility solar market has grown 34% since Q2 2023
2 Bloomberg:
Republican Election Sweep Would Doom Biden’s Climate Law, Speaker Johnson Says
3 PV-Magazine:
China urges U.S. to reverse new tariffs on solar, batteries, EVs
4 Axios:
DOE taps NextEra for solar over nuclear waste site
5 Utility Dive:
DOE unveils 2 prizes aimed at behind-the-meter storage innovation
6 Reuters:
Tata Power to invest up to $9 billion to expand renewable energy capacity
7 Energy Storage News:
BESS developer-integrator On.Energy acquires 480MWh ‘distributed’ utility-scale California portfolio
Opinions:
8 Canary Media:
Exowatt aims to repurpose old tech to deal with new AI power demand
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for September 17th, 2024
Opinion
News
1 PV-Tech:
Complete Solar awarded bid in SunPower’s Chapter 11 proceedings
2 Utility Dive:
ERCOT accelerates initiative to streamline energy procurement and dispatch
3 Reuters:
BP to sell its US onshore wind business
4 Energy Storage News:
US faces ‘significant challenge’ to establish domestic battery cell supply for BESS market
5 Arkansas Business:
Arkansas Solar Industry Braces for Major Shift Under New Net-Metering Rules
6 Axios:
Biden team looks to ease AI-climate collision
7 Renewable Energy World:
Appalachian Power Company requests reduction to pay rate for net-metering solar customers
8 Canary Media:
Switching California from gas to electricity, one neighborhood at a time
Opinions:
9 PV-Magazine:
California electric car culture to cheaply cook the duck curve
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Yann
