Gravity Batteries and Illinois Clean Energy Legislation

#60 Are Gravity Batteries the next big thing? How will Illinois' clean energy legislation impact the market?It's all here on this week's news round up on the Clean Power Hour.Reconsilience package seems like it might be signed finally, here’s a list of key high level costs. Includes a 30% solar tax credit, direct pay. https://twitter.com/ella_nilsen/status/1453710329846849543Energy Vault gets an order - Energy Vault signed a $520 million deal to supply 1.6 GWh of energy storage to DG Fuels to produce renewable hydrogen and a variety of fuels. The 500 MW project makes energy pencils out at $325/kWh which is a premium but remember gravity works 24/7. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/10/27/gravity-based-energy-storage-tower-developer-notches-a-customer-order/Project of the week: BIPV solar called DRAGON SCALES by https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/10/26/watch-dragon-scale-solar-tiles-installed-on-google-buildings-in-silicon-valley/The installation of a 14 MW wind turbine - one of the first in the world - weighs 500 tons and that is considered lighthttps://twitter.com/SiemensGamesa/status/1452918289093566464Rivian fire at the Normal Illinois factory, plus - Rivian is only building 1 truck per day currentlyhttps://electrek.co/2021/10/27/rivian-small-battery-fire-electric-pickup-truck-factory/Cool (sorta) video of wind rotor and blades falling into the oceanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF5w2eWcKjIVox interview with Elon Muskhttps://www.vox.com/2018/11/2/18053424/elon-musk-tesla-spacex-boring-company-self-driving-cars-saudi-twitter-kara-swisher-decode-podcast  Support the showConnect with Tim  Clean Power Hour  Clean Power Hour on YouTubeTim on TwitterTim on LinkedIn Email [email protected] Review Clean Power Hour on Apple PodcastsThe Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Contact us by email:  [email protected] sponsors who share our mission to speed the energy transition are invited to check out https://www.cleanpowerhour.com/support/The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America’s number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com