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Ep175: Developing in the C&I Space
Brett Phillips, vice president at Unico Solar, joins us to discuss the company and how it is developing projects in the C&I space. We get into the type of
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Ep174: Building Better Batteries
Rick Luebbe, CEO of Group14, joins us to discuss how the company brings new performance capabilities to lithium-silicon batteries. We get into how Group14’
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Potential “game-changing” interconnection and transmission developments underway
FERC is addressing transmission reform for the first time in roughly a decade, and Congress is helping to relieve legal congestion.
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August 2021
IN THIS ISSUE Carbon border adjustments As the United States debates whether to impose a carbon border adjustment, it might be instructive to understand ho
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June 2021
IN THIS ISSUE Tax equity snapshot The tax equity market is wrestling with a number of issues this year, including constrained capacity for ITC deals, tax-l
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April 2021
IN THIS ISSUE Infrastructure plan: Outlook in Congress President Biden proposed a massive infrastructure plan in late March. Four veteran Washington observ
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February 2021
IN THIS ISSUE Tax credits for carbon capture The market is showing early signs of a stampede to install carbon capture equipment at power plants and indust
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December 2020
IN THIS ISSUE Emerging opportunities in the hydrogen market The first bankable green hydrogen projects will involve three types of customers. Another five
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How the US Election Will Affect Renewables
Keith Martin gave a market update on November 18 that is largely an analysis of how the US election results will affect the renewable energy market, but th
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October 2020
IN THIS ISSUE SPACs gain in popularity Some renewable energy companies are thinking about special-purpose acquisition companies — called SPACs — as a possi
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FERC Upends Nearly 40-Years’ of Precedent on Determining QF Size | Norton Rose Fulbright
In 1981 FERC held that the size of a qualifying small power production facility (“QF”) is measured by the amount of capacity it can “send out” to the grid
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August 2020
IN THIS ISSUE Disappearing tax equity Tax equity is emerging as a potential major choke point for the US renewable energy market. PURPA overhauled Independ
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Landmark federal energy storage order upheld
A landmark order passed by FERC in 2018 paving the way for energy storage deployment has been upheld in court.
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Trump Executive Order: Impact on Energy Storage
On May 1, President Trump issued an Executive Order banning the use of certain unspecified grid equipment manufactured by foreign adversary countries. The
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June 2020
IN THIS ISSUE Trump bulk-power system order: Market reaction Market reaction to the Trump bulk-power system order has been mixed. Some tax equity investors
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