Business News | Peak Energy CEO Gavin Adda Speaks at Asia Clean Energy Summit 2024

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PRNewswireSingapore, October 25: Peak Energy, a leading renewable energy developer backed by Stonepeak, announced that CEO Gavin Adda was a featured speaker at the Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES) in Singapore from October 22-24. ACES is one of the region’s preeminent events focusing on clean energy technology, policy and finance. It is also part of Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW).Also Read | Goods Train Derailment in Meerut: 2 Coaches of Freight Train Derail in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaiserganj; No One Hurt (Watch Video).In front of a packed audience, Gavin delivered a keynote address titled “Strategic Entry and Expansion: Unlocking Asia’s Solar and Storage Potential.” In his remarks, Gavin discussed the rapid evolution and immense opportunity in Asia’s energy landscape, driven by surging demand for renewable sources. He highlighted how collaboration and partnerships are key trends fueling the adoption of solar and storage solutions across the region’s diverse markets. Gavin also shared actionable insights for stakeholders looking to capitalize on the explosive growth in these sectors.”Asia is experiencing staggering growth in renewables, with over 50% of the world’s solar and storage growth over the next decade expected to come from this region,” said Gavin. “Peak Energy, with the backing of Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm with $70 billion in assets under management, is ideally positioned to help countries and companies across Asia achieve their sustainability goals. It was a pleasure to engage with industry and government leaders at ACES on how we can work together to accelerate the energy transition.”Also Read | Ratan Tata Will: From Butler Subbaiah to Dog Tito and Mentee Shantanu Naidu, List of Those Mentioned in Late Industrialist’s Will and What They Might Inherit.Gavin also participated in a panel discussion on Shaping the Future of Investments and Financing in Solar and Storage. The panel explored critical challenges and opportunities in harnessing clean energy, including grid strengthening, supply chain constraints, the commercial viability of battery storage, technical advancements, and the evolving financing ecosystem.Peak Energy has established itself as a renewable energy leader in Asia Pacific, with major solar and storage assets operating or in development in South Korea, Japan, Australia and other key markets. The company’s landmark projects include:* Haesolar: A 100MW solar park in Jeollanam-do, South Korea. One of the country’s largest operating solar facilities.* A 28MW solar project in Kumamoto, Japan.* A 291MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) under construction in Adelaide, Australia, which will be one of the largest storage facilities in Asia Pacific upon completion.Peak Energy takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to renewable procurement, offering tailored solutions ranging from utility-scale solar and storage plants to onsite commercial & industrial installations. With a 5.5GW development pipeline across six countries, Peak Energy is poised for continued growth and leadership as Asia’s clean energy transition accelerates.For more information on Peak Energy, please visit https://www.peakenergy.asia.About Peak EnergyPeak Energy is headquartered in Singapore and is an Independent Power Producer that develops, owns, and operates renewable assets across Asia. Peak Energy’s activities encompass the whole specter of renewable energy business models such as utility-scale development, off-site PPAs, onsite PPAs and energy storage applications, in order to position itself as the one-stop partner for corporates seeking to decarbonize their operations in Asia Pacific. Peak Energy has nearly 300 MW of operating solar projects across Asia. Peak Energy is wholly-owned by Stonepeak.(ADVERTORIAL DISCLAIMER: The above press release has been provided by PRNewswire. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of the same)(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

Inaugural Crozet Book Fest is all familiarity and no formality

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The inaugural Crozet Book Fest starts Friday with book-related trivia at Starr Hill Brewery and ends on Saturday with a spirited dramatic reading of crowd-sourced Mad Libs in the same place. From painting pumpkins with children to toasting s’mores around the campfire, this isn’t your grandfather’s ultra-formal collection of genteel readings.Then again, “we always joke that it’s not your grandmother’s bookstore,” Flannery Buchanan, owner of Bluebird & Co. bookstore in Crozet, told The Daily Progress. The shop’s community focus and support of homegrown talent are giving the new festival its own fall flavor.

All events are within walking distance of Bluebird & Co., the festival’s host and home base, at 5792 Three Notch’d Road. Buchanan said overflow parking is available at the nearby Crozet United Methodist Church at 1156 Crozet Ave.

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“We’ve always wanted to do it, but it was a 2025-2026 thing, and we thought we’d try a smaller one first,” Buchanan said while returning from an errand to pick up folding tables for the festival. “We have a really nice network of local authors that we’ve grown close to; friends of friends sounded like a safe way to start.”

Flannery Buchanan poses for a photo at her bookshop Bluebird & Co. in Crozet on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.

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Starting small and strollable and keeping the focus on local authors and the readers who enjoy discovering them helps the new festival stay informal and welcoming. A homegrown book deserves the same embrace as a handmade work of art.“A book signing sounds very stuffy and niche,” Buchanan said. When a reader loves a book they can’t put down, “you appreciate the work so much more when you know the person. It’s a whole other layer of appreciation.”Plans for the fest started to form around Memorial Day, when organizers realized that there were so many book releases scheduled for autumn that a larger gathering made sense.The festival kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday with “Bookish Trivia” at Starr Hill, at 5391 Three Notch’d Road.Saturday’s festivities start at 9 a.m. with the family fun of pumpkin decorating with Hannah Barnaby at Mudhouse Coffee Roasters at 5793 the Square.

Bluebird & Co. is located at 5792 Three Notch’d Road in Crozet.

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It’s followed by “So You Want to Be a Writer?” at 10 a.m. at Bar Botanical at 2025 Library Ave., where Elle Cosimano, Kathryn Erskine, Bruce Holsinger and Jo Piazza will take part in a question-and-answer session about what it’s really like to be a writer. Books will be available for purchase and signing.“Sliding Doors,” at noon Saturday at Bar Botanical, will feature authors Audrey Ingram, Rachel McRady, Sara Read and Johanna Copeland in a discussion of the forks in the road one can encounter in writing and life in general. Samantha Koon Jones will serve as moderator.Jones, who is the The Daily Progress’ book critic, said she looks forward to sharing not only the authors and their works with audience members, but also the supportive book-loving community Buchanan has created through her Crozet shop.“I think Saturday’s event is just about celebrating the written word and celebrating authors and celebrating local authors,” Jones said, adding that Bluebird & Co. is “approachable, too. I think that’s important.”

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“Flannery has formed a great community. It’s got a great girl-power vibe to it. I feel like Lucy Ricardo getting ready for this.”Next is “Building Empathy,” which explores the power of fiction to help instill empathy in readers. It begins at 1:30 p.m. at Mudhouse.“Stories and S’mores,” set for 2 p.m. at the Yellow Mug at 1260 Crozet Ave., offers readers a chance to hear readings by authors of books for readers in middle grades and young-adult selections while sampling s’mores around a campfire. By Tuesday, there already were more than 40 reservations for the event, Buchanan said.“That’s a really hard demographic to reach,” Buchanan added.Next on the schedule is “C’ville Fantastic” at 2:30 p.m. at Mudhouse. That’s where James Blakey, Tim Freer, Kurt Johnson, Deidra Whitt Lovegren, Karen M. Kumor and Catherine Simpson will talk about the new compilation of fantasy stories they’ve set in and near Charlottesville.At 3:30 p.m., “Planning the Perfect Murder,” also at Mudhouse, will feature authors Olivia Blacke, Elle Cosimano, KT Nguyen, Katharine Schellman and Polly Stewart, who’ll speak with Johanna Copeland.The final event, at 5 p.m. at Starr Hill, is “Mad Libs with Audiobook Narrators.” Marni Penning will present dramatic readings of crowd-created Mad Libs, bringing the first fest to a close with some fill-in-the-blank fun.Every event is free, but reservations are requested for “Building Empathy,” “Stories and S’mores,” “So You Want to Be a Writer?” and the pumpkin decorating for planning purposes. Make reservations online at bluebirdcrozet.com.
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Greenfield mini-golf business to offer inside entertainment for winter

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When it opened in Greenfield in August 2023, Holey Mackerel became one of Milwaukee County’s newest mini-golf locations.The venue also offers features such as an arcade, batting cages and a bar with a daily happy hour.But with winter around the corner, Holey Mackerel is giving guests an opportunity to have fun by shifting its focus to indoor activities.On Monday, Nov. 4, Holey Mackerel will debut SipNShanty, a seasonal indoor adventure that will offer guests cocktails and various food options, according to Holy Mackerel’s owner, Tipper Duval.”SipNShanty is what Holey Mackerel will become all winter long,” Duval said.He said it will consist of fun nostalgic cocktails, an ice fishing/ice shanty theme, and food from Holey Mackerel’s new food truck ShortFin.”It was created because while Holey Mackerel is a super fun summer spot, we want to create a fun food and beverage-focused spot that you can only find under our roof.”Before it changed hands, the property had been closed every winter for the last 30 years, so Duval wants people to know the business will be open during the cold weather months.”We want people to know we are open, and make it worth their time to come see what we have going on,” said Duval.ShortFin food truck will provide Korean chicken sliders, steak tacos, loaded fries, cheese curds and moreIn addition to SipNShanty, guests can enjoy ShortFin ― a food truck that has permanent residency at Holey Mackerel ― named after the shortfin squid, which is known to be eaten by mackerels.”While small and adorable, the squid is known to be able to change color and adapt to its surroundings,” Duval said. “That felt like a perfect description for how our truck will operate.”While the food truck isn’t seafood-specific and won’t be serving up fresh squid, it will offer food items such as Korean chicken sliders, steak tacos, loaded fries, cheese curds and more.Duval said the food truck is in the development stages, but is hopeful to have it in full action soon.He also said there would be plenty of options for kids and that they are also developing a Friday fish fry and other unique specials that will correlate with sports and holiday-themed ideas, such as a Grinch-themed holiday pop-up that is planned to debut in December.Guests have complimented Holey Mackerel, according to DuvalDuval said some of Holey Mackerel’s best compliments from guests have been about changes they notice at the business.”Some of my favorite comments from people have been about how happy they are to see the constant upgrades, and being able to drive by and see all the changes and how hard we are working, and how good it all looks,” Duval said.He also noted that he loves to hear about how much people enjoy the drinks and food they can get at Holey Mackerel because they never expect the quality and overall deliciousness to come from “a mini golf course.”When asked how it feels to be an established business owner, Duval, who also owns the Lost Whale in Milwaukee, said he’s so busy that he never has enough time to think about it.”All I can do is be thankful that people choose to come hang out at Holey Mackerel or Lost Whale and give enormous credit to Maria and Dan at Lost Whale, the whole crew at Holey Mackerel, and (to) Jes and my kids who are beyond patient and supportive of me. It’s hard, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”Winter hours at Holey Mackerel expected to begin Nov. 6, depending on the weatherCurrently, Holey Mackerel’s hours are Tuesdays from 3 to 9 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3 to 10 p.m., Fridays from 3 to 11 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Winter hours are expected to begin on Nov. 6 depending on the weather. Those hours will be Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 4 to 11 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m.Duval said those hours could be adjusted.”If the business is there, we will consider opening earlier on weekends in the colder months so families can still come enjoy the food truck and arcade,” he said. “And of course throughout all of SipNShanty, we will have lots of family-style events for all ages and not just the grownups.”For more information on Holey Mackerel, visit their website or follow them on social media.Contact Adrienne Davis at [email protected]. Follow her on X at @AdriReportss.

Kate Bush: Little Shrew review – this devastating film will make you weep at war’s violence against children

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All of Kate Bush’s sense of wonder, and how she tempers it with not just melancholy but outright sorrow, is threaded through her devastatingly moving new animated short film, Little Shrew.Bush hasn’t performed live in a decade, or released new music since 2011 – and there’s an initial twinge of disappointment on discovering that this film isn’t built around a piece of new music. (In a BBC Radio 4 interview promoting it, she hinted that she will begin writing new material again soon.) Instead, it’s soundtracked by an edit of Snowflake, the opening song from that 2011 album 50 Words for Snow – a duet between Bush and her son Bertie.Bush has long wrung stunning material out of family dynamics. Cloudbusting is full of the boyish admiration sons have for their fathers long after we become men; This Woman’s Work, about a crisis amid childbirth, is so stricken with awe at new life; Aerial was full of this material, from the maternal study of A Coral Room to a wonderfully guileless song about Bertie himself.Snowflake continues that tradition, as Bertie takes the form of a snowflake, whirling in the night, and Bush hopes to catch him: “The world is so loud / Keep falling / I’ll find you.” Once again it gets to the heart of parenthood: its bewilderment, and how desperate it makes us to shelter our children in the world’s blizzard, snowblinded by love. There is perhaps a hidden wisdom, too, unspoken in the song – if we grip our children too hard, they could melt away from us.It always felt bigger than Kate and Bertie, but Bush adds a terrifically powerful new dimension by making it, in Little Shrew, a lament for children affected by war, particularly in Ukraine (the film was made in collaboration with the charity War Child). As Bush says of Bertie in an accompanying essay: “I think his performance is extremely moving and although I’d originally written the song to capture his beautiful descant voice before he entered adolescence, it has taken on a haunting new meaning within the context of this animation.”Bush writes and directs the film, storyboarded from her own sketches. These were drawn up by Jim Kay, the illustrator best known for Patrick Ness’s A Monster Calls (which inspired Bush) and pictorial editions of the Harry Potter series, and then animated with the studio Inkubus.Little Shrew follows a Ukrainian pygmy shrew, captivated by a ball of cosmic light emanating from deep in the solar system. The creature scurries out of its cosy spot in the top pocket of a coat – and the animation coolly pans back to show that this is the corpse of a soldier sitting against a tree. The shrew makes its way through a war-torn landscape, and into the melee of Russian strikes, fired from under the chillingly blank face of an unmanned drone. Bush dwells on the gaping maw of a bombed building, animated from a photo by Maksim Levin, a Ukrainian photographer killed in the conflict.View image in fullscreenBush writes that she originally considered a child as the protagonist, and some might find this exquisitely adorable mammal, nose twitching with worry, to be a sentimental and even nauseatingly cutesy choice. But for me it allows Bush to actually intensify the horror. Watching its sinewy little body, twisting in fear and rent by the force of an exploding bomb, is close to unbearable; a similar sequence of a child could have felt exploitative or overdone.And as a symbol for children caught in the conflict, the shrew has such potency: children move through wars with the confusion and vulnerability of animals, often without even having language to give shape to the trauma of hearing explosions or seeing corpses. They are as innocent as shrews, too – and, as both Ukraine and Gaza have shown, as unheeded by the aggressors.Bush undermines the sentimentality all the more by writing an ambiguous ending. She herself is perhaps that orb of light, asserting once more: “The world is so loud / Keep falling / I’ll find you” – a moving reminder to the children of Ukraine that they are not forgotten, intensified by this song suffused with such ardent, active love for her own son. But the shrew is seen tumbling through blackening space, never landing. Bush underlines there is no end in sight for children affected by war, except for an ending forced on them. This film made me weep for every one.

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