Vacation mode in effect. Currently reading Back From The Dead, by the amazing Bill Walton. Back on July 5th with the next SolarWakeup.
From The Readers! Anders in WA writes. In Washington State, we are finalizing a budget that does not include new funding for solar. This is hard in our market and is a big step away from the local dedication to solar, especially given the lack of leadership in DC. Utility prices are going up fast here, but we still needed a little more support to have that safe bridge to cheaper solar and expensive grid power. Rate ranges are $0.035-$0.13/kWh. The industry will continue here, but not at the growth rate that climate change and our industry’s mission requires. We will contract and jobs will be lost this year. It is sad that such a liberal State can let something so important lapse without any public concern or media coverage.
- Vox: Trump wants fossil fuels to dominate. Nevada is betting on solar.
- New York Times: As Beijing Joins Climate Fight, Chinese Companies Build Coal Plants
- PV-Tech: How to predict the future price of PV
- GreenBiz: How Apple is moving its supply chain toward clean energy
- Rocky Mountain Institute: Banking on Renewables – Inside a Milestone Renewable Energy Deal
- PV-Magazine: California considers changes to community-choice-aggregation fees
- Utility Dive: North Carolina passes solar reform bill with 18-month wind moratorium
- East Bay Times: Oakland nonprofit provides free solar systems, job training
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Have a great day!
Yann