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BlackRock | January 27, 2020

The world’s largest asset manager has a new multibillion-dollar renewable energy fund in the works, and a good chunk of it may go to batteries. Long a major global investor in wind and solar energy, BlackRock has more recently begun buying into energy storage projects — including its acquisition last year of GE’s distributed solar and storage business. Looking out over the next few years, energy storage is one market “where we’ll see the opportunity set expand,” said Martin Torres, managing dire...

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Rivian | June 20, 2022

Rivian announced plans for a large-scale wind turbine at its Normal manufacturing campus that is intended to provide clean energy to enable new R1 vehicles to be powered by renewables for their first charge. Earlier this year, at the plant’s outbound charging yard, Rivian installed a 783-kilowatt solar canopy that is scheduled to begin generating electricity later this summer. The wind turbine project supports the company’s long-term renewable energy vis...

pv magazine USA | April 07, 2020

The Invesco Solar ETF, a fund that tracks solar stocks, has outperformed the broader market in recent years as investors flocked to companies propelled by falling equipment prices, exploding valuations in the technology sector, policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and, recently, surging interest in ESG issues. Then the calendar turned to March. With equity markets roiled by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and an oil price war, losses suffered by the Invesco Solar ETF an...

Tesla | January 29, 2020

Four years ago, Tesla installed its first ever Powerwall battery pack in an Australian household, and now the residing Pfitzner family has revealed just how much of an impact the energy-saving measure has made. When combined with a solar panel system, Powerwall allows users to store any excess energy generated by the panels in order to use it at times when the sun alone can’t provide the necessary power. While this effectively allows a home to operate self-sufficiently, there is a still a need ...