BloombergNEF

also referred to as: bloomberg nef

12 statements across 6 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Dec 1, 2022 by Jenny Chase · said 32 times in 14 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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brought up most by Shayle Kann (16), Corey Cantor (5), Nat Bullard (3), Jesse Jenkins (2), James Frith (2), Shanu Matthew (1), Sarah Golden (1), Gnevamir Fleece (1)

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Dec 1, 2022
Assertion Supported
Jenny Chase: Global solar capacity recently surpassed one terawatt
“We just went over a terawatt.”
Jenny Chase Dec 1, 2022 ▶ 41:18 Unpopular solar opinions, 2022 edition
Dec 1, 2022 bullish
Prediction Held up
BNEF Forecasts Global Solar Installations to Exceed 251 GW in 2022
“We are forecasting officially 251 gigawatts of build this year, up from 182 last year. So that's pretty strong growth, and I wouldn't be surprised if it comes out at higher than 251 gigawatts.”
Jenny Chase Dec 1, 2022 ▶ 6:42 Unpopular solar opinions, 2022 edition
Dec 1, 2022 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Jenny Chase: Indonesia will build more solar than forecasted as costs undercut coal
“I strongly suspect that there will be more solar in Indonesia than we forecast. Solar will get cheaper than coal there. It will find places to ease in. The government will probably even change its policy.”
Jenny Chase Dec 1, 2022 ▶ 42:42 Unpopular solar opinions, 2022 edition
Feb 23, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Bullard: Lithium-ion battery pack prices rose 7% in 2022
“The weighted average pack price for lithium ion batteries went up year on year last year. So 20, 21 actually came very, very close to going up. If you hadn't used full year data, it would have been close. But last year, the weighted average pack price was up a…”
Nat Bullard Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 32:21 2023 trends: biomass, ESG, batteries and more
Jun 22, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
BNEF: Economic build models overestimate U.S. solar by 10-20 GW annually
“If in a world in which you just dispatch whatever's cheapest, you know, the solar numbers would be, you know, 10 to 20 gigabyte 10 to 20 gigawatts higher per year of stuff that the, that our model sort of spits out. And that's where human beings have to get in…”
Ethan Zindler Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 12:31 Building out a U.S. solar supply chain
Jun 22, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Zindler: Chinese Solar Module Prices Have Dropped to Around 20 Cents
“In our latest you know, our latest market outlook, we're saying we're seeing module prices now down to somewhere around 20 cents on a, You know, Chinese module, and that's down from, I think it was 28, 29 cents, sort of a year or two ago”
Ethan Zindler Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 34:05 Building out a U.S. solar supply chain
Jun 22, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Zindler: BNEF projects massive solar oversupply with 600 GW silicon capacity
“Our middle range forecast for global installations this year is about 350 gigawatts. There's roughly our best estimate about, I think, about 600, the equivalent of 600 gigawatts worth of silicon manufacturing”
Ethan Zindler Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 35:56 Building out a U.S. solar supply chain
Feb 1, 2024 neutral
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Cantor: BNEF projects roughly 32% US EV sales growth in 2024
“So we just released our year ahead at the end of December, and we see about 32% growth.”
Corey Cantor Feb 1, 2024 ▶ 30:30 What’s really happening in the U.S. EV market?
Feb 1, 2024 bullish
Assertion Supported
Cantor: US EV sales grew nearly 50% in 2023 to 1.45M
“By the end of twenty-twenty-three, according to our data, EV sales were up almost 50% year on year from 2022 to about 1.45 million in total, up from about 971,000. Now we're counting both BEV and PHEV in our kind of EV metrics, but impressive nonetheless.”
Corey Cantor Feb 1, 2024 ▶ 5:22 What’s really happening in the U.S. EV market?
Feb 1, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Cantor: December was highest US EV sales month in 2023
“But when you're looking at the actual monthly sales data, it was really only October and November that we saw in our preliminary data where there was any type of dip. In fact, December was the highest month we had for all of 2023, again, based on preliminary d…”
Corey Cantor Feb 1, 2024 ▶ 6:52 What’s really happening in the U.S. EV market?
Oct 10, 2024
Assertion Supported
Frith: Normalized US LFP cell production is 8% costlier than China
“For a LFP cell produced in China, 35 gigawatt hour facility you're looking at around kind of 68 dollars per kilowatt hour. So this isn't kind of optimized for these super low prices that we we're seeing today, but Assumes a kind of LFP material costs of about …”
James Frith Oct 10, 2024 ▶ 25:54 Unpacking China’s cheap battery costs
Oct 16, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Rathi: Sodium-ion batteries are overhyped due to massive lithium-ion cost declines
“Given the pace at which lithium ion chemistries have fallen in price, and the amount of manufacturing capacity that's been built around the world, if I look at Bloomberg NEF projections, sodium ion will make an impact, but such a sliver, even after 2030 years,…”
Akshat Rathi Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 32:26 Calibrating hype with Akshat Rathi
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