Wakeup Thoughts: Today’s theme is energy storage.  Three major news outlets cover the future of storage in unrelated stories.  Two stories could be a coincidence, three is a theme…what are you doing about storage?

News

• Solar Companies Seek Ways to Build Oasis of Electricity – NY Times
• The Psychology of Small-Scale Solar – AOL
• Solar power when the sun has set – CNN
• Week of Woe for China’s Solar Panel Manufacturers – RE World
• Could Going Solar Save Teacher Salaries? – Forbes
• Preparing For “Cheaper Than Grid” Solar Electricity – Clean Technica
• San Francisco Announces Commercial PACE Retrofit – Forbes
• Solar for the 75% – Energy Collective

• Sandy Should Push Us Down Clean Energy Path – Courant
• Unlocking Renewable Energy in Texas? – NPR

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• @kenergysolar
  

Have a great day!

Yann

Wakeup Thoughts: Today’s Wakeup features a top ten for the DOE Secretary job by Eric Wesoff from greentech media.  Hats off to him because if he guessed right on any one of them, I would be a very happy person.  There are some incredible names on the list linked in today’s Wakeup.

News

• WHAT’S WORKING, WHAT’S NOT & WHAT’S NEXT – IREC
• Who Will Succeed Secretary Steve Chu at DOE? – greentech media
• This Company Thinks It Can Get You To Pay For Solar – Fast Co.
• Rooftop Solar Stood Up to Sandy – IEEE Spectrum
• Floating New Ideas to Build Solar Energy Projects – Energy Biz
• Subsidies offer hope to China’s solar industry – MarketWatch
• Lake Worth joins ‘green’ financing program – Palm Beach Post
• The Water-Energy Nexus: Utilities – AOL
• Gas drilling boom presents Obama with historic choice – Wash. Post

• 3 Things Congress Can Do to Support Clean Energy – Pew
• The Power Mess on Long Island – NY Times
  

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• @HighStarSolar
  

Have a great day!

Yann

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

#10 Balance-of-System Costs are 68% of PV System – greentech solar

#9 A Rise Of Poorly Made PV Modules? – RE World

#8 Combine EVs And Solar to Build Distributed System – Solar Power World

#7 Georgia Power challenges solar utility plan – Augusta Chronicle

#6 U.S. hesitates, California pours billions into green energy – NBC

#5 Four Ways We Can Drive More Distributed Generation – Think Progress

#4 Solar Power: The Killer App – AOL

#3 Why Obama’s win won’t help renewable energy – CNN

#2 Aerial Photos of Giant Solar Farm Caught in Energy Debate – Wired

#1 State-by-State SREC Market Analysis – greentech solar

Have a great weekend!

Yann

Wakeup Thoughts: Solar Jobs have shown to be growing strong in this week’s coverage of the solar jobs census.  Not only did the industry hire faster than the overall economy, it also pays well.  Poll after poll shows that solar is not a red or blue issue, but instead an issue about the economy and a vital part of the energy strategy our Country needs.  Keep up your work!

News

• Solar Power: The Killer App – AOL
• Latest Solar Jobs Census Shows Strong Growth – Solar Industry
• Balance-of-System costs are 68% of System Pricing – greentech solar
• A Rise Of Poorly Made PV Modules? – RE World
• For Solar Power Employment, Think Installer – greentech solar
• California Schools Are Going Solar – KCET
• Would Solar Power Have Helped Us During Sandy? – Sustainablog
• Georgia Power to buy more solar from businesses – Atlanta Journal
• China’s Solar Industry Is Bankrupt – Motley Fool

• Renewable Energy Over Keystone XL Pipeline By 4-1 – Think Progress

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• @CarbonFreeSolar
  

Have a great day!

Yann