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The large load Irish goodbye | Factor This Brief

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By Paul Gerke Verified
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Image art by Paul Gerke via Gemini. It’s 7:56 am on a Wednesday morning. As you pour a second cup of coffee, somewhere in Northern Virginia, a mechanical failure forces a 230-kV line out of service. Then, unexpectedly, nearly 4 gigawatts (GW) of data center load gives the PJM grid an Irish goodbye and switches to backup generation. The grid, and the people who help it run smoothly, aren’t thrilled.
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Solar, storage, and staying ahead: OCI Energy’s growth story

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By Paul Gerke Verified
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U.S. solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage developers are well positioned to serve unprecedented electric load growth spurred by data centers, putting the people and companies who spearhead power projects in the driver’s seat- or so you’d think. The reality is a little more complicated than that.
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Can Trump’s new solar tariffs help the domestic supply problem? — This Week in Cleantech

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By Paul Gerke Verified
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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey. This week’s episode features special guest Mark Chediak from Bloomberg, who breaks down Trump’s new 15% tariffs and price floors on imported polysilicon and its derivatives, including wafers, cells and modules. This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is Kumo Sharma, founder of Arkaya Energy.
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