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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza

@torsolarfred.bsky.social
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Tor Valenza, aka "@SolarFred" on X, is the founder of solar PR agency UnThink Solar and chief storyteller of Probably True Solar Stories, a very odd solar fiction podcast. Listen: www.probablytruesolar.com/ Get solar PR: www.unthinksolar.com

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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 7h
Aramco Suffers ‘Extensive Damage’ in Houthi Missile Strike on HQ #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/am/hout...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 8h
Tech giants want clean energy in N.C. Is Duke finally ready to help? #energysky -- via Canary Media:
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Tech giants want clean energy in N.C. Is Duke finally ready to help?
In North Carolina, the utility seems ready to advance a bring-your-own-clean-energy proposal after years of inaction. Advocates say regulators need to see…
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 9h
New South Wales BESS earn nearly AU$6 million as two-hour ‘extreme’ price event sweeps Australia’s energy market #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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New South Wales BESS earn nearly AU$6 million as two-hour 'extreme' price event sweeps Australia's energy market
BESS in Australia’s NSWearned an estimated AU$5.63m in two hours on 12 October, as wholesale electricity prices peaked at AU$23,107/MWh.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 9h
New Zealand PM opens South Island’s largest solar PV plant at Christchurch Airport #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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New Zealand PM opens South Island's largest solar PV plant at Christchurch Airport
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has opened a 168MWdc solar PV plant that is now the largest on the country's South Island.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 10h
Large-scale renewables projects hit record levels of investment sign-offs in September quarter, Bowen says #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 11h
The hidden transition: Businesses are quietly dumping gas for electric in big shift to industrial heat pumps #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 11h
Australia solar investment decisions reach record 3.5GW in 2026 #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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Australia solar investment decisions reach record 3.5GW in 2026
Australia's solar financial investment decisions (FIDs) have hit a record 3.5GW in 2026, with the total a highest recorded over a year.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 11h
High Court coal mine ruling factors in exported emissions. Why isn’t federal Labor doing the same? #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 12h
Chile: Engie commissions 802MWh BESS, Grenergy finances 1,769MWh #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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Chile: Engie commissions 802MWh BESS, Grenergy finances 1,769MWh
Power group Engie has put an 142MW/802MWh BESS project in Chile into operation, while IPP Grenergy has secured financing for the fifth and final stage of its Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage project.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 13h
HoloSolis appoints former rail executive Henri Poupart-Lafarge as CEO #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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HoloSolis appoints former rail executive Henri Poupart-Lafarge as CEO
French solar manufacturer HoloSolis has appointed former rail executive Henri Poupart-Lafarge as its new CEO.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14h
Sungrow patches cloud vulnerability affecting solar inverters #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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Sungrow patches cloud vulnerability affecting solar inverters
Sungrow has patched an iSolarCloud vulnerability that reportedly allowed unauthenticated access to platform accounts, according to reports.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14h
A new class of batteries helps data centers play nicely with the grid #energysky -- via Canary Media:
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A new class of batteries helps data centers play nicely with the grid
Startup ON.Energy says its new AI UPS system protects data centers from grid power surges and grids from data center disruptions.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15h
What's up with Pennsylvania's hydrogen hubs? #energysky -- via Canary Media:
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What's up with Pennsylvania's hydrogen hubs?
With backing from the federal government, Pennsylvania’s hydrogen projects were supposed to create jobs and slash emissions. Now, under Trump, they’re in…
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15h
Voltus raises US$225 million in Series D funding round to expand VPP service in US and Canada #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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Voltus raises US$225 million in Series D funding round to expand VPP service in US and Canada
DER platform Voltus has raised US$225 million in an oversubscribed Series D financing round and is looking to expand in the US and Canada.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 16h
Pisgah Energy installs solar on third building for craft furniture maker #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
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Pisgah Energy installs solar on third building for craft furniture maker
Pisgah Energy has finished a third solar project for Vanguard Furniture, continuing a multi-year partnership between the North Carolina-based businesses.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 16h
“Can’t wait for the next catastrophe:” State hazards research body faces funding cliff as giant El Niño looms #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 17h
ASEAN Centre for Energy, IEA say Southeast Asia’s battery storage adoption barriers are mostly regulatory, not technical #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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ASEAN Centre for Energy, IEA say Southeast Asia’s battery storage adoption barriers are mostly regulatory, not technical
ACE and the IEA say the main obstacles to battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment in Southeast Asia are policy and market rules.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 17h
Aligned Climate Capital, Nexamp secure finance for community solar projects #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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Aligned Climate Capital, Nexamp secure finance for community solar projects
Aligned Climate Capital and Nexamp have secured finance for their respective community solar portfolios in the US.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 18h
Solar Insiders Podcast: Is ultra-cheap PV still within reach? #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 18h
Electricity Prices Technically Dropped in September. Don’t Get Too Excited. #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/energy/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 19h
221 distributed solar policy actions were taken in Q3 all across country #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
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221 distributed solar policy actions were taken in Q3 all across country
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) today released its Q3 2026 edition of "The 50 States of Solar" report. The quarterly series provides
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 19h
Solar imports from India, Indonesia, Laos to be tariffed beginning in November #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
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Solar imports from India, Indonesia, Laos to be tariffed beginning in November
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has found that the domestic solar panel manufacturing industry has been harmed by unfairly priced imports
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 20h
PV Chart of the Week: TOPCon to lead solar cell production in India this year #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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PV Chart of the Week: TOPCon to lead solar cell production in India this year
This week's PV Chart of the Week looks at India's solar cell capacity and production growth from 2022 to 2026.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 20h
Anza Power signs second Fonterra PPA for 110MWac Karioi solar PV power plant in New Zealand #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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Anza Power signs second Fonterra PPA for 110MWac Karioi solar PV power plant in New Zealand
Anza Power has signed a second long-term PPA with Fonterra for its 110MWac Karioi solar PV power plant in New Zealand.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 20h
ARENA launches AU$250 million third Solar Sunshot round targeting large-scale solar PV plants in Australia #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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ARENA launches AU$250 million third Solar Sunshot round targeting large-scale solar PV plants in Australia
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched a third round of its Solar Sunshot programme, offering up to AU$250 million.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 21h
Australia’s Waratah Super Battery gets extended term and new revenue model as trading profits flow to consumers #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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Australia’s Waratah Super Battery gets extended term and new revenue model as trading profits flow to consumers
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has remade two revenue determinations for the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 22h
Trump Is Undermined By His Own Energy Policy #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/daily/t...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 22h
An Unexpected Beneficiary of the Permitting Bill: Mini Marine Power #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/climate...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Nuclear-powered data centers? It’s a tough sell in Utah coal country. #energysky -- via Canary Media:
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Nuclear-powered data centers? It’s a tough sell in Utah coal country.
To power two new data centers, companies are planning a giant gas plant and 456 small nuclear reactors in Carbon County. Locals are pushing back.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Australia home battery installations surge 52% to 276,011 in H1 2026, outpacing rooftop solar growth #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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Australia home battery installations surge 52% to 276,011 in H1 2026, outpacing rooftop solar growth
Australians installed 276,011 home battery storage systems in the first half of 2026, 52% more than in the previous six months.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Nominate the Rising Stars of US solar #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
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Nominate the Rising Stars of US solar
For the last few years, Solar Power World has highlighted the work of individuals making a difference at not only their employers but in the larger U.S.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“Playing catch-up:” Sunshot targets cheaper construction in quest for ultra-low cost solar #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Becquerel: AI and robotics can deliver 3-4% energy yield improvement in solar PV projects #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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Becquerel: AI and robotics can deliver 3-4% energy yield improvement in solar PV projects
The Becquerel Institute has released a segment briefing on the potential impact that AI and robotics can have on solar PV installations.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
BESS Industry Buzz: Optimisation and curtailment in GB, deal-making and revenues across Europe #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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BESS Industry Buzz: Optimisation and curtailment in GB, deal-making and revenues across Europe
Another edition of our BESS Industry Buzz, taking a look at what’s got people talking in the corridors of social media. 
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Long lead times for syncons, gas turbines complicate energy market transition, major supplier says #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Trump Reopens the Fight Over Orsted’s Revolution Wind #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/am/revo...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
How to Sue an Energy Project After the Permitting Bill #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/politic...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Why the old tradie business model won’t deliver all-electric homes | SwitchedOn Australia #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
South Africa pursues 4.6GW of battery storage deployments in Integrated Resource Plan #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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South Africa pursues 4.6GW of battery storage deployments in Integrated Resource Plan
South Africa’s government has put battery storage and power-to-gas at the heart of national long-term electricity strategy.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Australia’s data centre boom: where AI demand, grid capacity and renewables converge #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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Australia’s data centre boom: where AI demand, grid capacity and renewables converge
Australia ranks second to the US for data centre investment, driving demand for solar power and battery storage.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Webinar: Hard-earned lessons for BESS operators – warranties, diagnostics, and contract design #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“Stunning example of market working:” Households embrace free power offer, causing major spike in demand #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Europe’s system integrators move quickly on sodium-ion with CATL: ‘surprised if we aren’t deploying it next year’ #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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Europe’s system integrators move quickly on sodium-ion with CATL: ‘surprised if we aren’t deploying it next year’
Intilion, Alfen and Merus Power are all partnering with CATL to deploy its sodium-ion battery storage product in Europe.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Pexapark: September 2026 PPA prices rise 5% across Europe #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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Pexapark: September 2026 PPA prices rise 5% across Europe
The prices of European renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) rose by 5.0% in September, according to figures from Pexapark.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Illinois school district invests in solar on three school buildings #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
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Illinois school district invests in solar on three school buildings
Allied Facility Partners, a design-build and performance contracting firm serving K-12, municipal and public-sector organizations across Illinois and
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Commissioning starts on what will be state’s biggest battery – but not for long #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Checking back in with Greenlight America #energysky -- via Volts/David Roberts: www.volts.wtf/p/chec...
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Adelphi University covers sports facility with new roof and solar project #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
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Adelphi University covers sports facility with new roof and solar project
A 295-kW rooftop solar system is now producing power at Adelphi University in Long Island, New York. Along with its commercial operation, the school
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
How one Chicago program is diversifying the solar workforce #energysky -- via Canary Media:
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How one Chicago program is diversifying the solar workforce
Founded by a former public-housing resident, the 548 Foundation provides training, stipends, and support to build Black generational wealth through clean…
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Gas networks want Victoria to stall electrification. Households and industry should hope it doesn’t oblige #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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