This is your SolarWakeup for April 26th, 2016

Sunedison may have filed bankruptcy but the saga is just beginning. We get the first glimpse at the suppliers that are owed money. What is not yet entirely clear is if the creditors are global or just the US. Regardless, it is disheartening to see growing startups like NEXTracker and Grid Alternatives owed millions and taken advantage of. I can see the immediate reverberation in the sector coming in the forms of supply terms being tightened up.

Wakeup Highlights – David Crane, former CEO at NRG, has joined Pegasus Capital Advisors. A high profile addition for the mid-market private equity firm, maybe a sign of the sector they are targeting. Utilities apparently spent $400million in political influence. Nobody ever said that monopolies are cheap to maintain…

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Have a great day!

Yann