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News

• Paul Ryan’s Solyndra fantasy – CNNMoney
• SunShot: DOE Doles Out Millions More For Solar Research – Solar Industry
• Merkel urges China to avoid solar cell clash – Deutsche Welle
• The Solyndra debacle: One year later – Mother Nature Network
• Q-Cells and Hanwha: Solar Geopolitics Gets Messy – RE World
• First Solar Stops Installation At Agua Caliente Project – Bloomberg
• Radically Different Visions for America – Huffington Post

Opinions

• Arno Harris on Mitt Romney’s Energy Policy – greentechmedia
• Exelon Expands Solar Power Assets: Analyst Blog – NASDAQ
• Solar hasn’t dimmed – Toledo Blade

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• @PVTaskForce

Have a great weekend!

Yann

News

• Report: 71,523 Solar, Efficiency, and Other Green Jobs for Massachusetts – greentechmedia
• Hanwha of South Korea Wins Creditors’ Backing to Buy Q-Cells – Bloomberg
• The Romney-Ryan Energy Plan by the Numbers – Huffington Post
• U.S. Trustee joins objections to Solyndra’s bankruptcy plan – Reuters
• Airport controllers complain of solar panels’ glare – NH Union Leader
• Solar Arrays Now Power 70% of IKEA’s US Store Locations – Sustainable Business
• Chinese solar firms sink as bad news rolls in – Bloomberg
• Renewable Electricity Nearly Doubles Under Obama – Think Progress

Opinions

• Another View: Solar bill would shift costs to PG&E customers – Sacramento Bee
• Republicans At Home In The Sunshine State – Huffington Post
• Electricity Forecast: Disruptive, More Decentralized with a Strong Chance of Profits – Forbes
• Feed-in Tariff Success in Los Angeles Results in Full 150 MW Program in 2013 – RE World

@SolarWakeup follower of the Day

• @REphile

Have a great day!

Yann

News

• Energy and the Presidential Race: What’s Real and What’s Politics? – AOL Energy
• Building US Energy Independence on Public Lands – Solar Novus Today
• Q.Cells North America’s Future as Solar Developer and EPC – greentechmedia
• Solar Business Booming in New England – TriplePundit
• Xcel ‘solar gardens’ to be planted statewide – Denver Business Journal
• 1H 2012 US Solar PV Installations Grow 120% – Clean Technica
• Energy Department, IRS want more information on tax provisions of Solyndra bankruptcy plan – Washington Post
• Saving Bankrupt Cities With Solar and Smart Accounting – greentechmedia
• Solar power can help the Texas grid meet power needs – San Antonio Express

Opinions

• Chris Christie’s Gag Order – Huffington Post
• Could solar power save teachers’ jobs? – Discovery News
• 5 Traits of Successful Solar Social Media Community Managers – RE World
• Whither solar power in the US? – Knowledge Problem

Deals

• Renewables M&A value down by half in second-quarter – Reuters
• Isofoton Plans $377 Million Investment in Germany’s Q-Cells – Bloomberg

@SolarWakeup follower of the Day

• @EverybodySolar

Have a great day!

Yann

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News

• Solar legislation opposed by utilities – San Francisco Chronicle
• Which States Have The Most Wind, Solar Or Biomass? New Maps Tell All – Forbes
• Solyndra’s private backers stand to reap tax gains, bankruptcy filing says – Mercury News
• CNN Fact Check: Obama and Romney’s energy policies – CNN
• SolarReserve’s CEO Weighs in on CSP, Policy, Jobs, Election – greentechmedia
• Solar Shakeup: Bidding War for Q-Cells, Suntech Switches CEOs – Sustainable Business
• Business and Political Experiences Pull Romney 2 Ways on Economy – NY Times

Opinions

• The Crowded Field of Solar Project Development –  Renewable Energy World
• Solar power: African Americans may miss the boat, again! – Louisiana Weekly
• A successful story of solar stimulus – Energy Collective
• I had a green job – Fox News

Deals

•  Isofoton Challenges Hanwha Bid for Solar-Cell Maker Q-Cells – Bloomberg
  

@SolarWakeup follower of the Day

• @Solarfred

Have a great day!

Yann