Federal policy aside, clean energy investors are still keeping the US solar industry afloat.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/28/200-million-more-for-clean-energy-here-there-everywhere/

#cleanenergy #greenenergy #distributedgeneration #DERs #communitysolar #rooftopsolar #behindthemeter #investing #investors #finance #energytransition #usenergypolicy #energy #electricity #electrification

https://www.techoregon.org/event/tao-energy-innovation-summit

(with #Alphabet and #Amazon as major partners: low expectations for the actual future human aspects as a consideration)
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economics of #AI and its growing energy footprint: role of #datacenters in regional development and #sustainability
#microgrids and #distributedgeneration as #resilientinfrastructure solutions
#EnergyStorage innovations and #gridmodernization

Me, thinking: We have all these #renewables, #batteries and EVs that input and output #DC, our #grid needs renewing to connect all these things because we're electrifying and moving to #distributedgeneration, DC is way more efficient at transmission and uses less cabling. Wouldn't it be great if we converted our distribution grid to DC?

Wait, someone has already thought about all this and produced a super geeky report!

Medium Voltage DC Distribution Systems CIGRE (pdf)
https://www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/userfiles/file/Medium%20Voltage%20DC%20Technical%20Brochure%2C%20CIGRE.pdf

Great @TransitionShow episode 189 on Financing Energy Transition in emerging markets, role of #RooftopSolar for Commercial&Industrial customers

#DistributedGeneration Projects are very profitable, payback in 2-5 years. But recent years saw very little progress in developing countries despite years of Multilateral Development Bank support. Financing is channeled through local banks, unprepared for DG as asset class and #DueDiligence causes delays and bureaucracy.
https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-189-financing-the-transition/