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.
Clean Energy Accelerator odds increase on Biden win, US net-zero grid goal
The Clean Energy Accelerator, as envisioned in legislation introduced earlier this year and late last year, pairs each public dollar with multiple private dollars to expand clean energy’s reach in the US.
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.
What can President-Elect Biden get done on energy in his first 100 days?
Biden has made a long list of promises and commitments to the environment and future of clean energy if elected. Which of these promises could we see immediate action on and which are years down the line?
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.
Tales from the frontlines of the solar and storage interconnection struggle in California
How California got template single line diagrams for solar and energy storage interconnection.
Proposed $16B project combines world’s largest PV farm, largest battery, longest undersea HVDC cable
Here’s a high-level cost estimate of what transmitting solar power underneath an ocean might cost for the proposed $16 billion Australia–ASEAN power line.
