How can we ease stress on the grid?
Interchange Recharged
Wood Mackenzie
4.8 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Strategic solar for a stronger grid
The solar industry is at a turning point, shifting from niche investments to a cornerstone of America’s clean energy future. With renewable energy investment soaring and energy needs intensifying, solar's role has never been more crucial.
Sylvia Martinez, Principal Analyst at Wood Mackenzie, and David Banmiller sit down with Gregg Felton, CEO of Altus Power, to explore how commercial and community solar are driving the U.S. toward its decarbonisation goals. Gregg shares his journey from investment management to leading a renewable energy powerhouse, detailing how solar has evolved into a viable asset class due to falling costs and rising electricity prices.
The pair discuss Altus Power’s strategy of building solar arrays near consumption hubs to ease grid stress and meet rising energy demand. Gregg emphasises the role of state support, partnerships, and incentives in driving growth, as well as the need for stakeholder education for broader solar adoption.
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| 0:43.4 | The Inflation Reduction Act has increased interest and investment in renewable energy, |
| 0:48.2 | particularly solar at an exponential rate. |
| 0:50.9 | But how is solar faring, really, and how will the technology grow in the coming years? |
| 0:55.0 | Welcome to the Interchange. |
| 0:57.0 | Hi everyone, welcome to the Interchange. I am Sylvia Liva-Martinez, principal analyst I |
| 1:05.0 | with McKenzie, and I will be hosting the show over the next few episodes with David. It's a pleasure to be here with you today. |
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| 1:38.5 | power producers to tackle the industry's biggest challenges. |
| 1:42.8 | From navigating life after tax credits to capturing the |
| 1:45.8 | load growth boom, discover how the energy mix is evolving and how the U.S. is going to meet that |
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