This is your SolarWakeup for June 30th, 2017

Have a great weekend. I will be on vacation over the next few weeks but the daily newsletter will continue to come in. Expect a reduction in daily thoughts however. If you have an interesting recap of the day, feel free to send it along and it may make the headline.

Solar In Texas In Jeopardy. It’s a shame that the ultimate free market State in the US could be undone by protectionism. For years, legislators on the right have said, solar must compete on its own based on price and not subsidies. Now that it competes in a deregulated energy market, Trump could swoop in and cause a reversal of fortunes, artificially inflating the cost of solar. Texans should be up in arms and sitting in Cruz and Cornyn’s offices, fighting against a protectionist agenda.

Getting Storage To Work For You. One of the common questions on the energy storage road show was the usefulness of the ITC for storage on existing solar plants. An interesting overview from legal experts on how adding storage after a solar asset is in place can still qualify. The key is that the energy that goes into the battery comes from the solar plant. This is a technical and software issue that is best solved by connecting the battery on the DC side. I’d like ot hear your thoughts on this.

Here Comes The Scale. 10 more gigafactories! That’s a whole new level of scale that will drive the price down in a big way.

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Have a great day!

Yann