Historic SPI. Solar, solar, solar. And solar pros. According to insiders, SPI 2019 drew 19,000 to Salt Lake City which handled the crowd quite nicely. I found manoeuvring the traffic on the scooters quite easy and able to get through the week without much pain. Definitely easier on the body when SPI is in SLC instead of Vegas. The booths were nice, some actually made me step back and appreciate the attention to detail and overall design, but I saw those dollar signs as well. Now get back to work!
The Energy Bearhug. If you didn’t get it from the name change, the team that is producing SPI added a bunch of other things to the show creating the show known as North American Smart Energy Week. When this publication came out to question this decision the defence was an old fashioned bearhug. SEPA came out in defence of the name change saying “Smart Electric Power Alliance & Solar Energy Industries Association have expanded our show to be Smart Energy Week, it’s because – as critical as solar is – no one technology can get us to carbon-free.” The truth is that the name change wasn’t a unanimous decision and the benefit of it is still being debated.
A Call To Commit. All of the above is noise in a world where we need to get an ITC extension. While SEIA is actively fighting and pushing for it, educating and lobbying legislators, something it is able to do as a 501(c)6, SEPA has historically stayed out of this education afraid to endanger its 501(c)3 status. Hoping to get $500k into the ITC fight, I am calling for the organizers of SPI to give $500k towards the ITC extension efforts. Why? SETS makes money by producing trade shows like SPI and the regional shows. Those shows depend on paid attendance, exhibitors and sponsors. When the ITC reduces and disappears, so do the show profits. SETS will make north of $10million this year and 5% for this fight is a minimal effort by the organization. This is not a novel idea, here is SEIA proposing this exact idea.
My Takeaway. The Smart Energy Week name change was a bust. This show was all solar, even the energy storage messaging centred around solar. The East Bay CCA signed a massive solar plus storage deal at the sPower booth because solar is what people want. Putting the SPI logo side by side, the same size, with hydrogen and microgrids is a slap in the face of solar. This idea was a fail and needs to end permanently. Who knows, if this editorial can’t stop it, maybe nuclear and biomass join the party next year too? Speaking of solar, I commend SEIA for doing a great job on their part. Their team was on me with messaging all week long, working the floor, raising money and trying to grow membership. When I walk the floor I see SEIA members everywhere, this really has become an SEIA show. Speaking of, it also seems to be a show filled with profitable companies or some well on their way towards them.
- Greentech Media: Smart Energy Week Recap – Notes From the Show Floor
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- PV-Magazine: Los Angeles still has a feed-in tariff. And it’s growing.
- Colorado Public Radio: Pueblo Steel Plant Plans Large Solar Project
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Best, Yann
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