Ramanathan: Expanding manufacturing will unlock new geographies for renewable power projects
Shalini Ramanathan · How will we power all those green factories? · May 22, 2023 · at 11:02
Clean infrastructure investor Shalini Ramanathan discusses with host Stephen Lacey how co-locating new manufacturing facilities with renewable generation solves transmission grid bottlenecks.
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“What's exciting about expanding the manufacturing base in the U.S. Is that you know, you now can perhaps site renewable power projects in locations that you couldn't before, because there was no economic activity there before, and you were taking the risk that you could produce low-cost power But there was no one that you could really sell it to, which, you know, isn't a great business decision. So I think it really unlocks a lot of exciting opportunities in terms of location, and in terms of a diversification of generation so that, you know, we don't have all the renewable power developers, I've done it too, all chasing the same number of projects, you know, outside of the Dallas, Texas area, you know, just because that's clearly a load pocket.”
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