Electrify everything! I’ve been saying it for years and I’ll say it again. Solar needs to let utilities fight with the oil lobby and step out of the way. Once electric cars tick up the demand, solar will be there to fill the need.
Who pitched it? I hate this story with a passion. It was pitched by someone with an agenda enough with data to make the New York Times run with it. Last year, the same reporter ran a bad story about net metering in California and now this. The anti-Elon Musk lobby is real and here you see it in action.
SunEdison C&I is revived. Mitsui has acquired the team from SunEdison. Glad to see that happen and looking forward to see how those things progress.
- Vox: How electric utilities could revive their sagging fortunes and decarbonize the country
- New York Times: SolarCity’s Ties to Foreclosure Cases Raise Questions on Vetting Policies
- Greentech Media: Mitsui Acquires SunEdison’s Commercial Solar Team to Create a ‘Platform’ for Its C&I Energy
- PV-Tech: Vivint Solar officially reaches 100,000 serviced customers
- PV-Magazine: New York solar grows 795% in five years (with charts)
- EDF: Texas Should Get Its Head in the New Solar Market Game
- CleanTechnica: Japan’s Marubeni Reveals Plans For 1.18 Gigawatt Solar Project In UAE
- Business Insider: Tesla’s Model 3 and new solar roof are on track to arrive this year
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Have a great day!
Yann