Morning Brief: Biden’s energy transition team, BlackRock CEO backs mandatory climate reporting
Also in the brief: The Solar Foundation and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council are merging, Trump administration removes scientist in charge of assessing climate change, Cypress Creek closed a seven-year, $200 million debt financing, and solar-powered butter.
Saul Griffith wants to electrify everything and rewire America
That’s going to take a lot of jobs, which is great news at a time when we have more unemployment in America since the Depression.
Energy Transition Jobs at Trina Solar, LevelTen Energy, NREL, Fluence, Sonnedix, SEPA and FERC
Executive jobs and job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance.
Equipment auction sounds the final note for Hanergy-owned Alta Devices, high-efficiency PV pioneer
If you’re interested in some lightly-used MOCVD and PVD thin-film solar cell production equipment, have we got a deal for you.
Morning Brief: Six Midwest utilities to spend $15B to deploy 4 GW of solar, 3.6 GW of wind and 1 GW of battery storage
Also in the brief: A rural Virginia county grapples with the pros and cons of a proposed $200 million, 149 MW solar farm, Utah’s solar advocates plan to fight decision by state regulators.
Choosing the Energy Secretary in a Biden administration: Research or deployment?
Jigar Shah from years ago: “We need a ‘deployment’ Energy Secretary. One who understands how entrepreneurs move from research to revenue. One who understands the difference between venture capital and project finance.”
Morning Brief: Five consequences of a Biden administration for US energy, 150-MW solar project in Wisconsin is complete
Also in the brief: The first of presumably many items on solar-powered turkey farms.
In major shift, the MISO territory has 57 GW worth of big solar projects in its interconnection queue
MISO’s renewables mix is set for a potential shift from wind to solar — if it can confront the challenge of transmission costs.
FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee, open to carbon pricing and renewables, is demoted by Trump
Important FERC orders that initiated energy storage and DER markets happened on Chattejee’s watch.
Morning Brief: Highview breaks ground on cryogenic long-duration storage, Recurrent starts construction on 186-MW solar project
Also in the brief: Cypress Creek Renewables completed a tax equity buyout and refinancing of project-level debt for 92 MW of its solar energy portfolio
