Headline News:

• “Low-Cost Community Solar Keeps Growing Despite Tide Of Negative Federal Policy” • The community solar movement has emerged as a significant source of new generating capacity in the US. Last year the sector passed the 10-GW mark, and an 8-GW development pipeline of new projects is already in the works. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. [CleanTechnica]

Community solar on a rooftop (Dimension Energy image)

• “Europe’s Energy Problem Isn’t The Transition; It Is That Europe Never Finished It” • Europe made a mistake, but it was not moving too quickly on clean energy. It was moving halfway. We invested in renewable generation, but underinvested in the grids, storage, flexibility, and electrification required to make the system work efficiently at scale. [OilPrice.com]
• “Uruguay Is Building The Biggest Solar Power Plant With Capacity Of 100 MW” • UTE, the state-owned power company of Uruguay, started construction of a 100-MW solar power plant, which will become the largest facility of this type in the country. Uruguay already produces almost all of its electric energy with renewable sources. [The Global Energy Association]
• “How Strait Of Hormuz Volatility Impacts Soybean, Corn, And Dairy Farmers: What It Means For US Consumers” • Farmers across the country are in peak planting season, but with some pivotal means of agriculture production such as fertilizer and fuel supplies impacted by the war in Iran. Fuel and fertilizer prices have soared. [ABC News]
• “Hydropower Is Making a Global Comeback” • Hydropower has long played a major role in global energy production, with several countries around the globe relying on the power of water to provide vast amounts of clean energy. And the IEA’s Executive Director, Fatih Birol, has suggested that hydropower is often overlooked. Now it is getting attention. [OilPrice.com]

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