Wakeup Thoughts: SolarCity has filed for their $200mm IPO, I wish them all the best in this transition and China continues to work through the current state of their solar industry.

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• Who Wants Solar Just About Everyone – Get Solar
• China may soon stop handing out solar panels for everyone – Washington Post
• Loan Recipient Abound Solar Under Investigation – The Foundry
• Where Tortoises and Solar Power Don’t Mix – Bloomberg
• Sun Sets on China’s Solar Industry – Forbes
• LA Chooses Clean Energy Over Coal – Huffington Post
• Phoenix reps testify against U.S. solar tariffs – Business Journal
• A major victory for solar power in Minnesota – Examiner
• Solar Panel Company Plans a Stock Offering – New York Times
• Elon Musk’s SolarCity Plans IPO, Supported by Solar Slump – Bloomberg
• SolarCity Files $201.25 Million Initial Public Offering – Forbes

• Presidential Candidates Give Little Focus to Energy Policy in First Debate – HuffPo
• Will Oremus: Romney declares thriving electric-car startup a ‘loser – Cap Times

@SolarWakeup follower of the Day

• @jillolsen

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Yann

Wakeup Thoughts: Governor Romney clarifies his clean energy failure debate comments and ITC holds hearings on solar trade tariffs.

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• A closer look at Obama’s “$90 billion for green jobs” – Washington Post
• Mitt Romney keeps Solyndra canard alive – CNN Money
• FactCheck: Romney’s Clean-Energy Whoppers – Philadelphia Inquirer
• Glut of Solar Panels Poses a New Threat to China – New York Times
• Solar Industry Leaders Testify before ITC on PV Subsidies – CleanTechnica
• CalSTRS will invest in solar power plant – Sacramento Bee
• EPIC: PV industry growing strong – Photonics
• EPIA report anticipates a PV future for Europe – pv magazine
• Clean energy showdown in Arizona – grist
• Solar Installers: Tangled Up in Red – greentech solar

• What the solar trade dispute against China has accomplished: nada – GIGA OM

@SolarWakeup follower of the Day

• @boonesk

Have a great weekend!

Yann

Wakeup Thoughts: Solar, green economy and energy were on the forefront at last night’s presidential debate.  Coverage includes commentary on the assertion that 50% of loan and stimulus recipients failed and what was included in the $90 billion.

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• Fact check: Are half of ‘green’ energy firms helped by stimulus failures? – CNN
• Romney zinger: Obama backs ‘green’ energy losers. Is he right? – Science Monitor
• Romney’s $90 billion green jobs attack – Washington Post
• Debate: Obama Backs Green Energy, Romney Backs Black – Environment News
• Romney’s Solyndra accusations – Washington Post
• Footnoting the debate! – Washington Post
• U.S. Solar Manufacturers Optimistic As Court Nears Decision – Huffington Post
• Why Everyone Is Losing Hope In Solar Power – Business Insider

• A Tug of War Over Solar Tariffs – New York Times
• Book Review: ‘Rooftop Revolution’ A Valuable Primer For Rooftop Solar – KCET
• Endorsement letters: Michigan needs more renewable energy – mLive

@SolarWakeup follower of the Day

• @bstorax

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Yann

News

• Polls: Voters back clean energy, climate policies – USA Today
• Americans Love Solar — More than Any Other Energy Source – Clean Technica
• SolarWorld confident as U.S. nears decision on Chinese solar panels – Reuters
• Solar and Energy Loan Fund breaks records in August – TC Palm
• Report: Billions spent on more than 1,500 solar projects – Daily Caller
• Obama, Romney Differ On Best Way to Meet Nation’s Energy Needs – NJ Spotlight
• Chamber chapters urge Obama, Romney to support for clean energy – The Hill
• What’s Ahead for New Jersey’s Solar Sector? – WNYC
• 14 Colorado schools ‘flipped the switch’ on 5,000 solar panels – examiner

• Mitt Romney’s Position On Solar Energy, Per His Website – Solar Power World
• Clean energy showdown in Arizona – grist

@SolarWakeup follower of the Day

• @CltCap

Have a great day! Yann