Wakeup Thoughts: Last night’s debate offered little in energy policy outside of reducing foreign oil imports combined with a slam on Tesla.  EVs combined with solar energy present a perfect opportunity to electrify our transportation and achieving the goal of reducing oil imports.

News

• Romney, Obama go last round in debate on clean energy – The Hill
• 1mm Solar Roofs: Angelenos Can’t Get Enough Solar – cleantechnica
• Obama’s alternative energy bankruptcies – CNN
• Solar energy officials see bright future – Tucson Sentinel
• Solyndra Wins Court Approval of Bankruptcy Exit Plan – Bloomberg
• Three Signs America is Losing the Clean Energy Race – Forbes
• The solar saga continues: Siemens flees solar market – GigaOM
• New Hampshire’s renewable grants show a surplus – UnionLeader
• Ikea More Than Doubles Renewable-Energy Spending – Bloomberg
• Obama & Romney ignore climate, could learn from Clinton – grist

• The Attack on Green Energy – Huffington Post
• US Solar Market Insight Speaker Profile: David Arfin – greentech solar
• Clean Energy Is Good for Business’ – Huffington Post
• Billboards Urge L.A. Mayor to Up City’s Renewable Energy – KCET

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Have a great day!

Yann

Wakeup Thoughts: Tonight is the third and final debate between the Presidential Candidates with focus on foreign policy.  With being tough on China a topic, will the President use the solar tariffs as a show of force?

News

• Agencies look to award more renewable-energy ESPCs – Federal Times
• Siemens Exits Solar, Desertec in Green Portfolio Setback – Bloomberg
• Study Shows Solar Installations Are Contagious In Neighborhoods – Solar Industry
• Fox Smears Another Solar Company: Satcon Edition – Media Matters
• Can a “Value of Solar Tariff” Replace Net Energy Metering? – Prometheus Institute
• Obama, Romney offer different visions of the nation’s energy future – Mercury News
• When It Comes to Government Subsidies, Dirty Energy Still Cleans Up – Bloomberg
• Paul Ryan Slams President on Energy – ABC News

• Global Solar Industry Failing Because We’re Subsidizing The Wrong Side – KCET
• Why I’m voting for renewable energy – Detroit Free Press
• Washington Post Sees Solar Duties for What They Are: Self-Flagellation – Cato

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• @AustinSolarEner
  

Have a great day!

Yann

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

#10 A Sad Green Story – New York Times

#9 SolarCity becomes focus of US Treasury investigation – PV Magazine

#8 The new solar bottleneck – PV Magazine

#7 Satcon Technology files for bankruptcy – Reuters

#6 Photovoltaics overcapacity ‘to be solved’ – China Daily

#5 Another taxpayer-backed green energy company files for bankruptcy – Fox News

#4 180 Solar Panel Makers Will Disappear By 2015 – Forbes

#3 IRS to Rule on Status of Solar PV Owned by REITs – Forbes

#2 Romney vs. Obama on Energy, Side By Side (Watch Videos) – Solar Power World

#1 Obama parries Romney on latest green bankruptcy – The Hill

Have a great weekend!

Yann

Wakeup Thoughts: The founder and inventor of Uni-Solar, Stanford Ovshinsky, has passed away.  I remember walking the halls of Uni-Solar in 2007 and hearing how everything in the building had its roots from Stanford Ovshinsky.  Stanford’s legacy will live on in many of his inventions and innovations.

News

• Energy Coalition Calls for PUC to End drag on Solar Regulations – Dallas Observer
• Another taxpayer-backed green energy company files for bankruptcy – Fox News
• A crackdown on solar panels threatens U.S.-China trade – Washington Post
• Photovoltaics overcapacity ‘to be solved’ – China Daily
• Solar mentioned in second U.S. presidential debate – SolarServer
• The new solar bottleneck – PV Magazine
• Stanford R. Ovshinsky Dies at 89, a Self-Taught Maverick in Electronics – NY Times

• A Sad Green Story – New York Times
• Hot Air from David Brooks on Clean Energy and Global Warming – Business Insider
• The Economic Case for Renewable American Energy – York Daily Record

@SolarWakeup follower of the Day

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Have a great weekend!

Yann