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📣 amleng

What are some good longform newsletters about solar power?


I'm just starting to take a deeper dive into the area and have had a hard time finding things more on the practical/technical side (e.g. reporting on FERC rulings, bills introduced or new papers)

Certainly I don't expect there to be one source that covers everything, but I've had a hard time finding any sources which felt like they covered things in sufficient depth/detail

  👤 solardev Accepted Answer ✓
You've probably heard of NREL? They're the national government funded lab for renewables research, and they produce a lot of analysis and reporting. It's usually annual or so though, not live news coverage, but they're generally thorough, we'll-researched, and readable.

Greentech Media used to be really good but they got bought out by some market intel firm and now everything is hidden behind a consultancy. Sad.

I mostly just have a bunch of a keywords on Google News, and look up papers on Scholar if they're mentioned.

Would also be interested in more "push" based sources like newsletters if there are any out there.

(Worked in solar on and off for a decade+, but mostly doing web dev. Don't keep up with the research much.)

👤 toomuchtodo
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/

https://www.utilitydive.com/

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/index.php?tg=electricity

👤 sova
This is a really cool ask, and I want to know more about what you want to know. Are you looking for a specific way to get caught up on solar and only solar?