Eric Wesoff
Executive Director and Board Member, Canary Media. On 1 show, 4 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Eric Wesoff co-founded Canary Media in 2021 to cover the clean energy transition, climate tech investing, and grid modernization. He previously served as editor-in-chief of Greentech Media and senior editor at pv magazine, establishing a career reporting on solar energy and decarbonization.
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1said about them ↓ Everything Eric Wesoff said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Wesoff: Tesla Solar Roof will never be profitable outside ultra-high-end
“Every job is a custom job, and there's no way that this is ever going to be profitable except for super, super, super high-end applications.”
Wesoff: Legacy automakers would never launch major EVs without Tesla
“Toyota is launching 16 EVs in the coming years. That would never have happened without Tesla, and I think that's applicable to Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and the rest of the automakers.”
Wesoff: Most 'new' advanced reactor designs date back 60 years
“Many of the new advanced reactor designs are not exactly new. They date back to 60 years to the Manhattan Project and the early development of nuclear. So things like fast breeder reactors, gas-cooled reactors. We have experience with all of these for many, ma…”
Wesoff: Russia supplies 46% of world enriched uranium; US buys $1B annually
“Russia supplies 46% of the enriched uranium in the world, and we buy about a billion dollars worth, the United States buys about a billion dollars worth of enriched uranium from Russia”
Wesoff: Nuclear industry has unprecedented financial and government backing
“The nuclear industry has never had more financial or spiritual support from the U.S. Government or our populace whether it be the IRA's investment tax credit and production tax credits that are aimed towards the nuclear industry, whether it be the Bipartisan i…”
Wesoff: Turkey Point has approved licenses for two unbuilt reactors
“Florida, Turkey Point in Florida is, is, has a license granted for two new reactors, but they're not building them because they're flinchy about the cost.”
Wesoff: Global grid added only 4 gigawatts of nuclear in 2023
“The nuclear industry grid-connected About four gigawatts of nuclear to the grid this year.”
Wesoff: DOE has shifted from basic science to commercial project financing
“It's not the intense science-based Department of Energy of Ernest Moniz or Stephen Chu. The DOE is being helmed by Business people and industrialists like Jigar Shah, like David Crane, like Elaine Shea, and many, many others, and so we, we've gone away from a …”
Westhoff: US Solar Industry Employs Four Times More People Than Coal
“It's gone from a couple of hundred million dollars a year to being a 10 or twelve billion dollar a year market that employs 200,000 people. That's four times as many as is employed by the coal industry.”
Westhoff: US Solar Manufacturing Capacity Is 7 GW Versus China's 300 GW
“Just to give you an idea of the scale, the United States has a capacity of about seven gigawatts of solar manufacturing, whereas China has a manufacturing capacity of about three 300 gigawatts of solar manufacturing. One company, Longi Solar, has a manufacturi…”
Westhoff: US Accounts for Only About 10% of Global Solar Industry
“The United States is not the only game in town when it comes to the solar industry. We are only maybe 10% of the global industry, so China has plenty of other customers to sell solar to.”
Wesoff: Tesla is an EV company with a clean energy hobby
“However, the automotive leg is 95% of the company, and the energy storage and the solar are only five percent of the company. So his initial vision, Tesla is an EV company with a hobbyist Business in solar and energy storage.”
Wesoff: China has 22 nuclear plants under construction and 70 planned
“China has 22 nuclear plants under construction today. 22. And 70 planned.”
Wesoff: US nuclear capacity factor grew from 50-60% to over 90%
“We've gone from, you know, the nuclear reactor fleet has this amazing on-time capacity factor. It's at over 90%. It's 92% or something of that nature. It hasn't always been like that. In fact, 30 years ago or 4030 years ago, it was at 50 or 60%.”
Wesoff: Global solar additions will exceed 400 gigawatts in 2023
“There's been some recent stories about what the global total for solar will be in twenty-twenty-three, and the number's over 400 gigawatts”
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