SEIA released a list of requests re policies and executive actions for the new govt: aggressive clean energy goals plus a comprehensive carbon policy; modern infrastructure support and the dev of the workforce to support it; access for clean and competitive energy markets.
Four sessions you can access for free from Smart Energy Week 2020 are Can Energy Management Alone Replace Batteries?, The Changing Face of Power, Hydrogen – Upcycling Waste To Produce Renewable Hydrogen, and Crafting A Comprehensive EV Roadmap.
Biden’s clean energy promises that will happen more quickly include rejoining the Paris Agreement and investing in research and innovation while slower ones include smart infrastructure investments and creating enforcement mechanisms with milestone targets.
IEA reports that renewables, in contrast to all other areas of the global power sector, remain robust in the face of Covid. While global energy is “experiencing its worst year since the Second World War,” 90% of global energy growth is coming from renewables.
QuickBOLT on how their offerings save time during solar installs: their Microflashing avoids the need to lift shingles (30 sec install time), the Dual Drive Shoulder Screw for the QB2 helps you avoid special tools, and their mounting systems are roof/racking system versatile.
The Solar Foundation, creator of research, ed, and capacity building programs, and Interstate Renewable Energy Council, a clean energy org that addresses regulatory, workforce, and economic barriers, merged to create a nonprofit focused on rapid adoption of clean energy.
Top US rooftop installer Sunrun has pulled out of its Q2 contraction due to Covid with a 2% install increase over its 2019’s Q3. Their storage biz showed more growth than rooftop solar with 13,000 BrightBox solar-charged battery systems installs (3,000 more since May).
The legislation that pairs each public dollar with multiple private dollars to promote clean energy, The Clean Energy Accelerator, is looking more likely with the Biden win. It’s a kind of financing that could mean a massive boost to the US solar and storage markets.
PV Evolution Labs has tested 1 GW worth of solar projects impacted by natural disasters using services called on-site electroluminescence imaging. It pinpoints unseen damage that undermines system performance over time for insurance claims and module replacements.
Yotta Energy has scored $5 million to place batteries under roof-mounted PV panels for commercial use. Yotta believes this heralds the beginning of batteries moving to module-level micro-storage, ala the booming module-level panel electronics market in the US res sector.