SEIA is attempting to take a page out of Henry Kissinger’s playbook and make peace in the solar trade war.  With a global reach, the solar trade schemes reach beyond the US borders.  The key will be to make the peace process a global discussion on what is best for the solar market, the participants and most of all those buying solar energy.

News

• Bloomberg: U.S. Solar Group Offers Peace Plan to Avert Trade War
• Greentech Media: Civil War Between Utility-Scale Solar and Rooftop Solar?
• Solar Industry: New York Streamlining Solar Permit Process
• Reuters: Italy court to seize solar farms of Suntech’s investment fund
• Greentech Media: Fight Over Battery-Backed Solar in Southern California
• Forbes: Four Ways The Solar Boom Has Rattled Utilities
• PV-Tech: IHS refutes ‘fabless’ business model for PV industry

Opinions

• Media Matters: WSJ Debunks WSJ’s Renewable Energy Myths
• Breaking Energy: FERC Uproar: Nominee for Chairman Stirs Controversy

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Yann

On Friday, the Obama administration announced the upcoming regulations on CO2 emissions for power plants, with an obvious target of coal generation.  With almost all power plants on deck being natural gas and not coal, the impact may not necessarily be on future plants but speed up the replacement of the existing portfolio.  What impact will this have on energy rates, or societal benefits calculation for ratepayer impact?

News

• WSJ: Utilities Want Solar Customers to Pay More
• Motley Fool: Does Your State Support Solar Energy?
• Bloomberg: Four Numbers Say Wind and Solar Can’t Save Climate
• CleanTechnica: Wicked Green: MA CleanTech Grows 11.8% To 80,000 Jobs
• Energy Collective: Which City Leads in Energy Efficiency?
• LA Times: Designing bright ideas: Solar Decathlon 2013
• Omaha Herald: Steyer helps dedicate ‘clean energy’ barn in pipeline’s path

Opinions

• NY Times: An Important Step on Global Warming
• WSJ: Six Myths About Renewable Energy

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Yann

FERC is reporting over 500MW of large-scale solar in August as well as the EIA reporting most residential solar is 3rd party owned.  What’s going to help the projects in between residential and large-scale?

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News

• CleanTechnica: Solar Power & Wind Now Cheaper Than Coal Power In US
• NY Times: Germany’s Effort at Clean Energy Proves Complex
• PV-Tech: FERC: US connected 578MW of large-scale PV in August
• Breaking Energy: MA Has Double the Jobs in CleanTech That PA Has in Gas’
• Greentech Media: Yelling ‘Fire’ in a Crowded Solar Marketplace
• The Nation: Beating Swords Into Solar Panels
• EIA: Most new residential solar in CA program are not owned by homeowners
• CleanTechnica: Cost Of Solar Power 60% Lower Than Early 2011 In US

Opinions

• Grist: Help indie rockers buy solar panels for a cool L.A. nonprofit

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Yann