Attending Projects & Money 2025? Join Adam Hise, Managing Director of Storage Risk Solutions, for his panel today on Cutting-Edge Financings & Offtake Strategies in the Post-IRA Landscape.

Connect with our team to speak with an expert 👉 https://okt.to/ybpc0M.

Last call to secure your spot for Ascend's January 30th live webinar covering data center energy markets 👉 https://okt.to/MA7r2T.

Don't miss the opportunity to hear from Ascend experts Paul Saferstein, CFA, Robert A. LaFaso, and Gary Dorris, Ph.D.

Key topics include:

• Data Center market trends and opportunities for renewable and storage development
• Locational attributes of data centers and implications for renewables and storage
• Data center implications to utility IRP outcomes
• Data center impact on grid queue, development viability, and valuation
• Power marketing and origination to serve data center load

Battery development will continue to thrive in 2025. The big question: to whom will they deliver the most value?

🔋Competitive pressures and falling battery costs will keep tolling prices lean and limited to more regulated markets, but larger balance sheets and risk-taking capacity will play a significant role in merchant markets with competitive electric retailers.

Tolls will serve as the bellwether for market sentiment, indicating where the storage market may head next and the role of corporates.

Over the next few weeks, we'll spotlight trends from the Ascend 2025 Energy Transition Predictions. Join the conversation and speak to an expert 👉 https://okt.to/sG4uwd.

As ERCOT meets its match, the spotlight shifts to SPP as a low-cost contender primed for the future of AI-powered growth. Are energy developers and utilities ready to seize the opportunity?

Over the next few weeks, we'll spotlight trends from the Ascend 2025 Energy Transition Predictions. Join the conversation and speak to an expert 👉 https://okt.to/wp60Rx.

AI, crypto, and cannabis, oh my! 👉 https://okt.to/0TwtgF


Over the next few weeks, we'll spotlight trends from the Ascend 2025 Energy Transition Predictions. Today, we're asking: Are cannabis farms the new data centers?

AI and crypto load growth are getting the headlines, but don’t ignore cannabis farms as another energy-hungry player competing for resources. The Biden administration’s recent efforts to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, further endorsed by Trump, could pave the way for increased production and expanded financing opportunities if passed, accelerating industry growth.

As energy-intensive indoor cannabis farms drive load growth, utilities may want stronger infrastructure, special interruptible rates, and clean energy to meet demand.