Drew Philpot
Site Selection to Minimize Interconnect Costs - Small/Medium Utility-Scale Projects
Recently, the focus of many renewable energy developers in the United States has been on large scale projects over 200 MW. As I discussed...
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Drew Philpot
Jul 5
Solar and Hail Damage - Increasing Operations and Maintenance Costs
Stories of hail damage make solar developers and O&Ms cringe because every incident makes project insurance harder to find and more...
Drew Philpot
Jun 28
Land Use Permit Denials - Difficult Existing Zoning
This is my first post in a series on common issues that cause renewable energy projects to be denied land use permits and what developers...
Drew Philpot
Jun 21
Land Use Permit Denials - Local Leadership Against Renewables
Continuing from my last post, another reason why renewable energy projects are denied land use permits is due to difficult local...
Drew Philpot
Jun 14
Land Use Permit Denials - Neighbor Opposition
Most renewable energy developers who have been in the business long enough have a story about neighbors being opposed to one of their...
Drew Philpot
Jun 7
Site Selection to Minimize Interconnect Costs - Core Problems Driving the Infrastructure Need
FERC 2023 and other recent reforms are encouraging steps to help the US power grid adapt to the energy transition. However, the risks to...
Drew Philpot
May 31
Site Selection to Minimize Interconnection Costs - Large Scale Projects
Last week, I posted about the core reasons why new investment in the transmission grid is needed. I’m continuing with a series of posts...
Drew Philpot
May 24
Houston Faces Critical Inflection Point amid Energy Transition
In 1914, Winston Churchill faced a difficult decision. Over two decades before his first term as Prime Minister during World War 2, he...
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