Carter Maddox

Digital Roles Update - USA ☀️ - Director, Sales Strategy & Operations ☀️ - Business Development Manager, Solar SaaS Carter Maddox are currently partnered with one of the most influential Solar companies in the world. We are searching for a BDM with Solar Tracking experience to service the US market. The ideal candidate will have experience in selling to large scale solar PV plant developers, owners and EPCs within target markets. We are also searching for a Director of Sales Strategy and Operations. The ideal profile will have 8+ years experience in managing global teams of sales analysts across the U.S, facilitating complex multi-million-dollar opportunities through the sales process. If you are interested in having a confidential discussion about this these opportunities, please contact me directly on LinkedIn or via email at rufus@cartermaddox.com. #solar #solarenergy #renewableenergy

#Batteries have taken a huge leap forward in California this spring, soaking up #solar during the day and discharging it when it's needed in the evening. There are two main consequences of the duck curve: ➡️ Lots of solar being exported to the grid in the middle of the day reduces minimum grid demand to very low or even negative levels. ➡️ As the sun sets and generation from solar drops off, there is a steep evening ramp as the grid needs to kick in to meet the evening peak. Batteries have been setting various records in California this spring and are fixing both these issues. ✅ Afternoon charging is soaking up some of that solar, adding load so demand doesn't plunge to such low levels. ✅ Evening discharging is reducing the ramp rate required from other generation and also reducing the magnitude of the evening peak. The grid that originally coined the term "duck curve" is once again leading the world - in showing how to fix it. Let's see if the curve flattens further in 2025... Batteries will play an important role in the decarbonised grid of the future, but are yet to make significant inroads into the mix in most places. In Australia we have just over 2 GW of battery capacity, and they still represent only a small (but growing) fraction of the mix. With continued improvements in battery energy density and cost, as well as new chemistries, more and more batteries will be deployed to support the grid, whether as stationary storage or as EV batteries via V2X. We are just on the cusp of much more widespread adoption. Onwards and upwards! #energy #sustainability #renewables #energytransition

For all our Spanish connections 🇪🇸 Sam Carter and I are in Madrid this week with some of our Solar, Energy Storage and Software customers We still have some availability on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th May, so if you want to meet and explore how we help build highly skilled, high performance teams for some of the worlds fastest growing Renewable Energy companies - send me a message on here and let's meet Open for morning coffees, afternoon tapas and evening sangria's ☕️ 🥘 🍷 If you're a business experiencing delayed, drawn out hiring processes or lack of top talent - we have an average 2 week placement cycle If you are open to exploring your next move in the Renewable Energy industry in Spain - we can help you advance your career faster than you think See you soon #solar #software #energystorage #spain

An overlooked milestone of maturity: cumulative stationary battery #energystorage installed worldwide is set to overtake pumped hydro next year. Why does this matter? Because #batteries are still sometimes viewed to be a drop in the ocean. An often cited statement (I read this most recently in Prof. Mark Jacobson's book 'No Miracles Needed') is that PHES makes up 97% of installed grid storage. This was true just a few years ago in a MW sense but has been quickly outdated by exponential mathematics: In 2020 17.6GW BESS vs 159.5GW PHES (90% PHES) In 2021 27.3GW BESS vs 165.0GW PHES (86% PHES) In 2022 44.9GW BESS vs 175.0GW PHES (80% PHES) In 2023 89.2GW BESS vs 185.5GW PHES (68% PHES) In 2024e 156.6GW BESS vs 196.6GW PHES (56% PHES) In 2025e, the balance tips forever. By 2030, BloombergNEF recently projected in their 2024 H1 energy storage outlook that 782GW of batteries to be online with an annual capacity addition rate of 137GW/445GWh, and these deployment rates continue to accelerate into the 2030s and beyond. That being said, the roles of BESS and PHES are largely complementary, generally operating most economically respectively in the <10hr and >10hr duration space (this also means the GWh installed tipping point will come later). Both have important roles to play. My intent here is only to correct a misconception of just how significant a role BESS is already playing in world power grids. BESS is now arguably just as mature and bankable asset class as PHES which has long been considered an energy storage gold standard of maturity. The difference for me is that as a technology class, BESS still has an exciting learning rate still ahead of it. Continued cost, density and performance improvements over time are guaranteed as it continues to scale, hence the hockey stick growth! 🏑