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4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 11, 2022 by Astrid Atkinson · across every show →

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Mar 11, 2022 bullish

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Atkinson: Kit Carson Co-op will achieve 100% daytime solar in 2022

“Kit Carson Electric Cooperative that serves the area around Taos in New Mexico. Set a goal to get to a hundred percent of their daytime energy usage generated from local solar by 2022. And they are, they're making that goal. They're going to be there within a …”

Astrid Atkinson Mar 11, 2022 ▶ 28:32 What the grid can learn from the internet

Aug 5, 2022 positive

Assertion Supported

Jenkins: Tax credits dropped solar and wind costs up to 90%

“The investment tax credit and production tax credit that helped, along with policies in other countries, drive the cost of solar power down by about 90% since 2009 and wind power down by about 70% since 2009.”

Jesse Jenkins Aug 5, 2022 ▶ 13:42 What the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would mean for climatetech

Mar 2, 2023 bullish

Assertion Supported

Bullard: Solar projects average 1% cost overruns compared to large infrastructure

“The mean cost overrun for solar power is one percent, and only two percent of solar projects ever have a cost overrun of more than 50%.”

Nat Bullard Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 29:45 More 2023 trends: EVs, onshoring, and the three ages of decarbonization

Feb 15, 2024 negative

Assertion Supported

Bullard: California solar curtailment exceeded 600 GWh in April 2023

“That we curtailed more than 600 gigawatt hours of solar in I think it was in April of twenty-twenty-three, up from in twenty-twenty, like, half that much.”

Nat Bullard Feb 15, 2024 ▶ 20:56 More 2024 trends: ESG, carbon certifications, curtailment, and AI

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