Wakeup Thoughts: They say you can make charts look like anything you want.  Without questioning the data behind the BI article below, it surely lacks context as it appears quite ‘off’ from reality.  If someone ventures a response, send it my way please.  This notion of incentives from Fossil vs Renewables is silly and should be stopped.

News

• Solar Industry Borrows a Page from Tupperware – NY Times
• 1.5 Mil Rooftops Ideal for Solar Power – Business Insider
• More Solar Casualties: Global Solar and ISET – greentech solar
• Latest ARPA-E Awards – Solar Industry
• Renewable Power Dispute Heats Up in Europe – AOL Energy
• Why Everyone Is Losing Hope For Green Energy – Business Insider
• A Three-Part Roadmap to Energy – Sec. Bill Richardson

• Blackouts Illuminate the Bright Side of Rooftop Solar – Ben Jervey
• The Solar REIT to Soon Shift from Concept to Reality – Sahiba Chopra
• Will SolarCity IPO Offer Hope for RE Investors? – Harris Roen

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Have a great day!

Yann

These are your top stories of the week! See what your colleagues read the most this week.

#10 Distributed Solar Challenges Utilities – @POWERmagazine

#9 Fracking Companies Embrace Solar to Cut Carbon – @BW

#8 SolarCity IPO before the end of the year? – @KatieFehren

#7 Wave of Solar Built by Electricians and Roofers – @greentechmedia

#6 Most anti-solar reporter in the mainstream media? – @dailykos

#5 Solar power plants burden the counties that host – LA Times

#4 Q. and A.: In a Blackout, Solar Exceptions – @NYTimes

#3 Top Ten PV Projects Under Construction in the US – @greentechmedia

#2 Is Puerto Rico a Myth or the Next Big Solar Market? – @SolarPowerWrld

#1 Who Needs Third-Party Finance? – @REWorld

Have a great weekend!

Yann

Wakeup Thoughts: What is on your plate before the end of the year? This weekend marks the beginning of December, typically the start of the growth of your backlog for the spring/summer.  How does your secured backlog compare to past years?

News

• India Now Investigating Solar Imports From U.S. – Solar Industry
  
• Distributed Solar Challenges Utilities and Regulation – Power Mag
• Solar Roofs Built by Electricians and Roofers – greentech solar
• Fracking Companies Embrace Solar – Bloomberg
• Obama Clears Barriers Holding Up Tribal Renewable Energy – Forbes
• Who Needs Third-Party Finance? – RE World
• Solar panel prices continue their downfall – Biz Journals
• Bill aims to address backlog of PV inspections – KHON

• Nothing shady about solar – Ottawa Citizen
• Time for Renewable Energy to Stand on Its Own – Solar Power World

Have a great day!

Yann

Wakeup Thoughts: At a meeting with an old friend last night we spoke about what the next 6 months in solar will bring.  What do you think is the guiding macro feeling of the sector in your business?  Let us know

News

• Why Solar Makes More Sense In Tanzania – Forbes
• Solar Balance-of-System: To Track or Not to Track – greentech media
• Slump Continues for Chinese Solar Firms – WSJ
• Virginia approve Dominion’s solar demonstration – WashPost
• Rockaway residents, still without power – NY Daily News
• Emerging Markets Predicted To Bring Stability – Plant Eng.
• Top Ten PV Projects Under Construction in the US – greentech media
• Gov. Rick Snyder’s energy speech – mLive

• 5 Inexpensive Ways for Solar Companies to Say Thanks – @SolarFred
  

Have a great day!

Yann