Canary is coproducing new, original weekly podcasts with two renewables influencers: Stephen Lacey and Shayle Kann. The Carbon Copy is a narrative news program while Catalyst with Shale Kann is a long-form interview show. The podcasts will look at “how the carbon-based economy is getting reworked into a clean economy in real time.” First episodes debut next week.
SOLV Inc and Swinerton Renewable Energy are merging and rebranding as SOLV Energy. SOLV Energy will offer EPC and O&M services in the US. They also plan to branch out into construction management services and tech applications plus continue current work in advocacy.
Community solar is a rare renewables solution that both parties can get behind. Particuarly, conservatives like that it’s available to a host of traditionally Republican constituents like farmers and other rural residents who benefit from leasing their land for community solar projects. This attitude is a sharp contrast to their feelings about incentives based legislation for rooftop systems.
Aurora has launched an article series on things their platform can do (that you didn’t know about). #10 talks about how it handles code and setback requirements to avoid aggressive design and change orders and #9 covers the important horizon shading factor during system design (particularly re accounting for losses during early morning and evening).
Concerns about battery storage and its components are apparently unfounded. Lithium and cobalt supplies will more than meet market needs, and developers are actively pursuing solutions that will replace challenging raw materials like cobalt in batteries. Plus EV batteries can be repurposed as stationary batteries.
Leadership and followership have the potential to make changes in how countries around the globe address climate change. There are four mechanisms that can help empower leaders all along the global system as well as non-state actors around this: certification schemes, demand aggregation, climate-aligned finance and national alliances.
