Gravity Batteries and Illinois Clean Energy Legislation
#60 Are Gravity Batteries the next big thing? How will Illinois' clean energy legislation impact the market?
It's all here on this week's news round up on the Clean Power Hour.
- Reconsilience package seems like it might be signed finally, here’s a list of key high level costs. Includes a 30% solar tax credit, direct pay.
https://twitter.com/ella_nilsen/status/1453710329846849543
- Energy Vault gets an order - Energy Vault signed a $520 million deal to supply 1.6 GWh of energy storage to DG Fuels to produce renewable hydrogen and a variety of fuels. The 500 MW project makes energy pencils out at $325/kWh which is a premium but remember gravity works 24/7.
- Project of the week: BIPV solar called DRAGON SCALES by
The installation of a 14 MW wind turbine - one of the first in the world - weighs 500 tons and that is considered light
https://twitter.com/SiemensGamesa/status/1452918289093566464
Rivian fire at the Normal Illinois factory, plus - Rivian is only building 1 truck per day currently
https://electrek.co/2021/10/27/rivian-small-battery-fire-electric-pickup-truck-factory/
Cool (sorta) video of wind rotor and blades falling into the ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF5w2eWcKjI
Vox interview with Elon Musk
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