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News

• Grist – NRG: Solar should break up with wind, date natural gas, have distributed babies
• Bloomberg – Rooftop Solar Seen Protecting U.S. Power Grid From Attack
• Treehugger – America now has more solar energy workers than coal miners
• Fox Business – Southern Co., Turner Enterprises Buy California Solar Farm
• RE World – Energy for All by 2030: Time to Act
• Mercury News – Solar power company to suspend Portland operations
• Fortune – A Republican senator on climate change: It’s real, we need to fight it
• Greentech Media – Four Must-See Charts on the Future of the Global Solar Market

Opinions

• John Upton – Falling prices for renewables could lead to triple investment

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Yann

News

• Bloomberg – ABB Buys Power-One for $1 Billion to Add Solar
• NY Times – ABB’s Moment in the Sun
• Solar Industry – Renewable Energy Poised For Strong Growth Through 2030
• RE World – Solar PV Module Revenues to Rebound to $32 Billion by 2017
• GigaOm – What you need to know about shopping for solar panels
• Greentech Media – SolarWorld Looking to Qatar for Solar White Knight
• Wunderground – Solar Plane Completes U.S. Test Flight
• Treehugger – Solar project development: There’s an app for that
• CNN Money – Solar jobs outnumber ranchers in Texas

Opinions

• Post Bulletin – Quam is wrong: MN should invest in solar

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Yann

News

• Forbes – World’s Greenest Billionaires 2013
• Domestic Fuel – Report: More Wind & Solar = Reliable Grid
• Sac Bee – California leads U.S. in solar-related jobs
• Biz Journal – Progress Energy among the top in solar generation
• Solar Power World – Will Distributed Generation Banish Utilities Forever?
• Bloomberg – Renewables Investment Seen Tripling Amid Supply Glut
• Solar Curator – Practical PV aesthetics

Opinions

• John Farrell – New Peak Power Capacity Should Use Solar, Not Gas
• Lyndon Rive – Turning Toward the Sun

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Yann

News

• Forbes – 119,000 Reasons Why Solar is a United States’ Success Story
• Greentech Media – California Has More Solar Jobs Than Actors
• RE World – Greenest in the US: Who Uses the Most Renewable Energy?
• Solar Industry – Where Solar Jobs Are: New Map Reveals Nationwide Growth
• Forbes – Relentless And Disruptive Innovation Will Affect US Utilities
• PV-Tech – UL warns of counterfeit certification marks on PV panels
• DC Caller – Show me the Moniz: Senate panel advances Obama nominee
• Greentech Media – Which Country Saw a 20,000% Increase in Clean Energy 

Opinions

• Stephen Lacey – Renewables Aren’t Yet Cleaning Up the Global Energy System

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Yann