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- “Last year, renewable technologies eclipsed fossil fuels — once the darling of Beijing’s overseas developments — in all the power projects completed under the BRI, according to analysts at Wood Mackenzie” ?China’s foreign infrastructure push is greener than ever (Semafor)
- “The ripple effect on the global demand-supply balance will involve further downward pressure on energy storage prices”? China scraps energy storage mandate for renewable energy plants (PV Magazine)
- This is still early but it shows that if the US is dropping out of a leadership role, others will step in? UK and China restart meaningful climate change dialogue (Press Release)
- “As a first step, EPRI, alongside consortium members NVIDIA and Articul8, developed a set of domain-specific generative AI models for electric and power systems”? EPRI launches consortium to wrangle the ‘Wild West’ of power sector AI (Latitude Media)
- Rio Tinto in Australia signs a deal for solar and battery storage to provide firming power for aluminum smelters and refineries? Solar battery deal for giant smelter is a stunning game-changer for Australian energy (Renew Economy)
- I guess it’s worth a shot? Want Cheap Power, Fast? Solar and Wind Firms Have a Suggestion. (New York Times $)
- Here’s another suggestion on how renewables and gas could be combined to support data center loads in the US? A new way to power data centers: pair clean energy and peaker plants (Canary Media)
- This seems a few years late but it’s timely given the Moss Landing battery fire? California PUC approves battery storage safety rules (Utility Dive)
- While the claim is “BYD's new battery and charging system can provide nearly 300 miles of driving range in 5 minutes” one wonders about getting the electrical infrastructure in place to support it? BYD charging breakthrough is another sign of China's EV lead (Axios)
- One way to look at this is it shows that AI use for utilities is still in its early days? National Grid Partners Commits $100 Million in AI Startups Advancing the Future of Energy (T&D World)
- But here’s a utility use case for AI that looks like a good fit? ALiEnS-SOC launched for cybersecurity of Slovenia’s energy sector (Smart Energy International)
- Pilot showed that half of the charging peak could be shifted to the evening? Dutch EV charging trial shows peak congestion shift potential (Smart Energy International)
- Essentially a surcharge on corporate renewable energy credits used to fund community solar Massachusetts-based company launches program to fund community solar projects (Commonwealth Beacon)
- Interesting corporate moves
- NIO and CATL form new partnership to build the world’s largest battery swap network (Electrek)
- The grid edge is about to get an AI makeover thanks to new Itron partnerships with Microsoft and NVIDIA (Factor This)
- Schneider Electric, NVIDIA, ETAP collaboration set to advance data center efficiency, operations (Utility Dive)
- EnergyHub and Ameren Illinois Partner on Residential and Commercial EV Managed Charging Pilots (Press Release)
- Hawaiian utility contracts for solar-plus-storage projects from AES (Utility Dive)
- Nuvve wins $400 million V2G, EV charging contract in New Mexico (Electrek)
- Siemens slashes its worldwide EV charging workforce by 35% (Electrek)
- More good news for clean energy
- Europe Set to Save 20 Million Tonnes of CO2 This Year Thanks to Switch to EVs (CleanTechnica)
- Leading solar, wind developers plan to add over 98 GW to US grid by 2029 (S&P Global)
- US storage up 33% in 2024 (Latitude Media)
- Pakistan’s net-metering solar capacity hits 4 GW (PV Magazine)
- Morocco could hit almost 3 GW of solar by 2028, says SolarPower Europe (PV Magazine)
- Australia adds 3 GW of rooftop PV capacity in 2024 (PV Magazine)
- Utility energy efficiency investment hit record $8.8B in 2023: ACEEE (Utility Dive)
- EIB loans €500m to Stedin amidst struggle with Dutch grid connections (Smart Energy International)
- EU approves Spain’s €700m energy storage subsidy plan (PV Magazine)
- The Trump Administration Helped a Solar Farm (Heatmap)
- New Zealand Heads for 100% Renewables! (CleanTechnica)
- Rooftop solar saved California ratepayers $1.5 billion last year, finds report (PV Magazine)
- Oregon, nine other states hit 2013 goal of getting 3.3 million electric vehicles on roads by 2025 (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
- South Korea just opened its largest EV charging hub (Electrek)
- California unveils first state plan to unleash heat pumps (Canary Media)
- New York state offers $5M for existing building energy innovations (Utility Dive)
- And some headwinds for clean energy
- Carney kills consumer carbon tax in first move as prime minister (CBC)
- Feds pull environmental permit from New Jersey offshore wind project (Daily Reader)
- Northern Ireland doubles solar curtailment in 2024 (PV Magazine)
- The good and the bad for clean energy
- China's oil slowdown is a global wild card (Axios)
- Three years into the Ukraine war, is Europe’s energy system cleaner? (Canary Media)
- Solar surge: the US solar industry shatters records in 2024 (Wood McKenzie)
- C&I solar grows 18% in the United States in 2024 (PV Magazine)
