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Clean energy VC funding roundup: Nuclear fusion, utility-solar foundations, electric trucks, smart metering

Investors continue to invest and clean energy entrepreneurs continue to innovate — despite global setbacks. Here are four companies that won more than $45 million in funding in recent days — ranging across the cleantech spectrum. Plus $1.9 billion for Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Morning Brief: 5 GW of solar coming to Africa, the pressing need for panel recycling

Also in the brief: Pennsylvania has its first project using Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy financing, Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana has signed two executive orders to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance coastal resilience and more.

Twitter predicts the US Department of Energy Secretary in a Joe Biden administration

If Biden wins and if Twitter is accurate, the next DOE secretary will be…

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Morning Brief: PV plant providing grid ancillary services in Chile, Capital Dynamics to develop nine batteries

Also in the brief: Global Energy Generation’ proposed 4,500-acre Mammoth Solar project in Pulaski County, Indiana, may have a role to play in Winamac’s revitalization efforts, Dominion Energy acquired a solar power project in Orange County, the laws that prevent carbon cutting and more.

Morning Brief: GAF Energy and Sunnova partner to offer roof-integrated PV and solar services

Also in the brief: Western Australia’s largest operating solar project, California’s recent grid woes

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Adding long-duration storage to the gas fleet lets the grid absorb more solar and avoid brownouts

Bill Conlon, founder of Pintail Power, believes hybridizing the existing gas turbine fleet with long-duration molten salt storage can help balance today’s complex grid and absorb more now-curtailed solar.

Energy Jobs: Vote Solar has a new programs director, plus Primergy, Ginlong, Leidos, Aypa Power, Prologis, US Bank

Executive, career and boardroom moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy VC — plus some select job openings.

Morning Brief: Texas solar hits a turning point, new round of coal plant retirements

Also in the brief: Recurrent Energy has begun construction on the 144 MW Pflugerville solar project, Ion Energy chosen by EsVolta to improve the operational efficiency of its utility scale battery energy storage

Morning Brief: Tuesday will be a challenging day for the California grid – here’s a CAISO load forecast

Also in the brief: CATL aims for EV batteries free of cobalt or nickel, rolling blackouts in California stump power experts, record U.S. wind installations

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California’s fossil fuel plants failed us, not solar

In order to prevent more of California’s grid emergencies, what’s needed is more solar-charged batteries, not more peaker plants

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