This is your SolarWakeup for March 2nd, 2018

Your Top Stories, Daily. Every day, SolarWakeup will be giving you a new view that no other platform in solar can give you. Our new senior correspondent, Frank Andorka, will tell you our viewpoint about the article that SolarWakeup most engaged in that morning. Yesterday, the story is about Enphase having to fight off the 201 tariff after getting stuck inside the tariff by accident. Look for this coverage every afternoon from now on. Here is your SolarWakeup View.

Blockchain in Energy. Does blockchain help your business? Keep in mind the definition of the technology as an agent or distributed ledger. I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic.

Green Tea Party. It has been 8 years since the recent version of the tea party gained mainstream popularity. The point of the Green Tea Party is that conservatives should be aligned with solar energy. This isn’t about red or blue but green, meaning money. So as a follow up to the thoughts about educating your congressman, I ask that you invite your congressman to your company’s offices, especially if you make stuff. If you have folks sitting in front of machinery, driving a forklift or operating equipment, you have to bring your elected officials to your office.

Energy Dichotomy. NRG recently announced the sale of its renewables unit which was previously announced. That being said the latest quarter included a $1.2billion write down for a nuclear plant in Texas that makes no money. So a couple of thoughts. If a solar company had an equivalent write down, they would be bankrupt. Imagine the era where solar plants can get the type of investment that results in playing the market in a way where the entire asset is being viewed as a loss.

Weekend. We are heading into the weekend so here are some things to put on your radar. First, you need to buy your ticket to SolarWakeup Live! through this weekend you can get 20% off using code WAKEUP20 which expires on Sunday evening. Second, come see me at COSEIA’s Conference in a few weeks. Third, buy your tickets to Vote Solar’s Equinox. If you buy $1,000 worth of tickets you get to write in this space.

March Madness. Everyone’s dream is to write these words, I know. Now you have two different chances to do that. SolarWakeup is having the 1st annual March Madness bracket challenge and it’s free. Go to ESPN Tournament Challenge and search for SolarWakeup group. The password is GoSolar. The more folks we have, the more fun we will have. The winner gets to write the opening paragraph and promote their agenda, company or cause.

Opinion

 

Have a great day!

Yann