This is your SolarWakeup for January 24th, 2022
Learn how to effectively model, and finance, solar EV charging projects using SCF's free software, the SCF Suite. On January 26th, at 10am PST, Sustainable Capital Finance (SCF) will host the first webinar in its 2022 webinar series, providing an in-depth breakdown of SCF's new EV charging finance solution, how to use the SCF Suite to price projects and integrate EVC finance projects to C&I and non-profit customers. This webinar is recommended for solar developers & installers interested in combined solar+storage+EVC finance offerings. To join this exciting, free webinar, simply Click here
News
1 Vox:
Democrats may have to sacrifice something big for the climate
2 PV-Magazine:
Six terawatt hours of energy storage needed for Zero Carbon
3 PV-Tech:
SunPower hit by US$31 million cracking issue, warns of further drags on Q4 results
4 CNN:
Could Florida turn off the sun? Advocates say a utility-backed bill imperils rooftop solar in the Sunshine State
5 Bloomberg:
Blackstone Makes ESG Splash with Green-Energy Lending Strategy
6 Utility Dive:
FERC orders PJM to scrap 'adder' mechanism seen bolstering capacity prices
7 Axios:
Climbing crude oil heads for reckoning
8 Canary Media:
How NineDot Energy will use $100M to install distributed batteries in NYC
Opinions:
9 New York Times:
Will Climate Action Happen Now?
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for January 21st, 2022
Learn how to effectively model, and finance, solar EV charging projects using SCF's free software, the SCF Suite. On January 26th, at 10am PST, Sustainable Capital Finance (SCF) will host the first webinar in its 2022 webinar series, providing an in-depth breakdown of SCF's new EV charging finance solution, how to use the SCF Suite to price projects and integrate EVC finance projects to C&I and non-profit customers. This webinar is recommended for solar developers & installers interested in combined solar+storage+EVC finance offerings. To join this exciting, free webinar, simply Click here
News
1 Washington Post:
Superstores can meet half their electricity needs with rooftop solar, says a new report
2 Utility Dive:
Tri-State ramps up GHG reduction goals in Colorado filing
3 Solar Power World:
Fifth Third buys solar financing company Dividend Finance
4 Axios:
Splitting up Biden's Build Back Better package could save Dems' climate agenda
5 Reuters:
Mexico power bill in U.S. sights as Granholm makes case for renewables
6 PV-Tech:
Mississippi updates PV net metering rules in boost for low-income households
7 Canary Media:
How to get New York City’s biggest buildings to zero carbon
8 PV-Magazine:
Microgrid project will move Prince Edward Island one step closer to net zero goal
Opinions:
9 Los Angeles Times:
Newsletter - Should California slash rooftop solar incentives? We took a survey
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for January 20th, 2022
Learn how to effectively model, and finance, solar EV charging projects using SCF's free software, the SCF Suite. On January 26th, at 10am PST, Sustainable Capital Finance (SCF) will host the first webinar in its 2022 webinar series, providing an in-depth breakdown of SCF's new EV charging finance solution, how to use the SCF Suite to price projects and integrate EVC finance projects to C&I and non-profit customers. This webinar is recommended for solar developers & installers interested in combined solar+storage+EVC finance offerings. To join this exciting, free webinar, simply Click here
News
1 Reuters:
Build Back Better plan could pass in chunks, Biden says
2 Bloomberg:
Battered Clean Energy Stocks May Soon Recover
3 PV-Magazine:
Lafayette Square and Invenergy launch community solar joint venture
4 Las Vegas Review Journal:
Nevada ranks in the top 10 states for biggest solar economy
5 Axios:
House committee cites environmental toll of crypto mining
6 PV-Tech:
8minute Solar Energy closes US$400m financing to pursue pipeline growth, green hydrogen
7 Energy Storage News:
Connecticut utilities launch 580MW aggregated Energy Storage Solutions incentives programme
Opinions:
8 Utility Dive:
'Unacceptable' Texas market reforms will not be quick, electric grid operator tells dissatisfied regulators
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for January 19th, 2022
Learn how to effectively model, and finance, solar EV charging projects using SCF's free software, the SCF Suite. On January 26th, at 10am PST, Sustainable Capital Finance (SCF) will host the first webinar in its 2022 webinar series, providing an in-depth breakdown of SCF's new EV charging finance solution, how to use the SCF Suite to price projects and integrate EVC finance projects to C&I and non-profit customers. This webinar is recommended for solar developers & installers interested in combined solar+storage+EVC finance offerings. To join this exciting, free webinar, simply Click here
News
1 Bloomberg:
Texas Power Grid Braces for Freeze That Imperils Fuel Supply
2 Utility Dive:
2022 Outlook - Top US power sector trends to watch
3 Reuters:
How the White House hopes to save Biden's Build Back Better bill
4 GreenBiz:
Get it together or keep it apart - Fleet charging and building management
5 New York Times:
Exxon Sets a 2050 Goal for Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions
6 Energy Storage News:
‘Large quantities of energy storage’ can balance the US grid all-year-round, NREL study finds
7 Axios:
Plugging the U.S. fossil fuel revenue gap won't be easy
8 PV-Tech:
Corporate solar funding reached ten-year high in 2021 as M&A activity soared
Opinions:
9 RMI:
Five Things that Rang True for Climate and Energy Experts in Don’t Look Up
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for January 18th, 2022
Opinion
News
1 Utility Dive:
Major energy storage deployment can balance load 24/7, cut emissions - NREL study
2 PV-Magazine:
Department of Justice appeals ITC’s Section 201 ruling
3 The Hill:
California is poised to kill rooftop solar, damaging climate and health
4 New York Times:
Schwarzenegger - We Put Solar Panels on 1 Million Roofs in California. That Win Is Now Under Threat.
5 Axios:
Biden's latest Fed pick signals brewing climate battles
6 PV-Tech:
Renewable energy IPP DESRI files for IPO to raise US$100m
7 Palm Beach Post:
Bill seeking to curb rooftop solar incentive moves forward with bipartisan support
8 Canary Media:
Edward Norton wonks out on solar policy and NYT crossword angers clean-energy fans
Opinions:
9 Reuters:
Shell says electricity to meet 60% of China's energy use by 2060
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for January 14th, 2022
Opinion
News
1 PV-Magazine:
Thousands of Californians protest NEM 3.0 in solar jobs rally
2 Axios:
Congress to take a look at crypto's carbon footprint
3 Los Angeles Times:
Newsletter - Here’s how California plans to spend $37 billion fighting climate change
4 Utility Dive:
SOO Green transmission project faces PJM obstacles - Are grid operators hindering the energy transition?
5 Bloomberg:
Saudi Arabia Seeks $170 Billion of Mining Investment By 2030
6 PV-Tech:
Renewable PPA prices in Europe up 8% due to ongoing energy crisis
Opinions:
7 Canary Media:
Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators. What does this mean for next-gen nuclear?
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for January 13th, 2022
Word Of The Day, Regressive. In another relentless cross-country attack on solar, the word of the day is regressive, i.e. rooftop solar is a regressive tax on consumers based on the unfounded notion that solar shifts costs to non-solar customers when exactly the opposite is true. Both Florida and California are seeing attacks on net metering that have the most traction that we’ve seen in years even though any consumer would find it hard to imagine a future where homes can’t build solar. While this would hurt the growth of the market, the reality is that it would harm the grid most of all and the rate base because consumers will self-sustain with storage and not participate in the energy system at all.
News
1 Bloomberg:
Musk, Movie Stars Join Fight to Protect California Solar Subsidy
2 E&E News:
Fla. eyes rooftop solar clampdown
3 Solar Power World:
White House announces new clean energy plans, including Dept. of Agriculture support of solar in rural communities
4 Canary Media:
California’s Gov. Newsom says ‘changes need to be made’ to the state’s polarizing net-metering proposal
5 Utility Dive:
Midwest power plants face shutdown after EPA proposes denying requests to keep using unlined coal ash ponds
6 Axios:
Global race intensifies for EV raw materials
7 PV-Tech:
Global Infrastructure Partners invests US$500m in BrightNight to fund project development
8 RMI:
Local Governments Are Stepping Up Grid Decarbonization in 2022
9 PV-Magazine:
Lightsource bp closes financing on 135 MW solar project in Arkansas and 345 MW solar project in Louisiana
Opinions:
10 GreenBiz:
How corporate renewable energy purchasing is changing in 2022
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for January 12th, 2022
Opinion
News
1 Bloomberg:
California Governor Wants Changes to Plan to Cut Solar Subsidies
2 GreenBiz:
How to address legacy fossil fuel sites for a clean energy future
3 PV-Magazine:
Grid expert slams NEM 3.0 as “proposed dystopia” in ROTH Capital webinar, offers ten reasons why
4 Yahoo:
Democrats Say It’s Time To ‘Cut A Deal’ And Salvage Build Back Better
5 Utility Dive:
PNM prepares for spring launch of $9M transportation program, anticipates EVs to double in 2 years
6 Solar Power World:
International Code Council to help refine SolarAPP+’s permitting specs
7 Energy Storage News:
LG Energy Solution IPO to fuel manufacturing capacity expansion on three continents
Opinions:
8 Reuters:
Germany must cut energy use by 20-25% to hit 2030 goals
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for January 11th, 2022
Opinion
News
1 Utility Dive:
North Carolina sets goal to sell 50% zero-emission vehicles by 2030
2 New York Times:
Manchin’s Choice on Build Back Better
3 Axios:
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped in 2021
4 PV-Tech:
New TÜV Nord analysis asserts n-type performance benefits over p-type modules
5 Energy Storage News:
Goldman Sachs invests US$250 million in long-duration energy storage provider Hydrostor
6 Canary Media:
GE snaps up Opus One and its operating system for a fast-changing grid
7 PV-Magazine:
Washington renewable energy advocates support community solar incentive bill
Opinions:
8 RMI:
Financing 1.5°C - Five Trends to Watch in Climate-Aligned Finance in 2022
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Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for January 10th, 2022
Opinion
News
1 Utility Dive:
Idaho Power to accelerate coal retirements, add 3.8 GW clean energy
2 Energy Storage News:
FlexGen putting 40MW of battery storage at substation sites for North Carolina electric cooperatives
3 Canary Media:
Here’s where things stand with climate legislation in Congress
4 Axios:
Poll - Investors feel growing pressure to move away from fossil fuels
5 Bloomberg:
Blackstone Invests $3 Billion in Invenergy for Clean Energy
6 PV-Tech:
Luxcara secures financing for 171MWp subsidy-free PV project in Germany
7 PV-Magazine:
New Mexico Community Solar Act receives public comment
Opinions:
8 Vox:
Electric cars aren’t just vehicles. They’re big batteries.
Have a great day!
Yann
