Our solar opponents often want to get solar to get sidetracked by answering their asinine commentary from paid for legislators. More importantly, they hate good news like the IPO for a solar specific yieldco, TerraForm, released by SunEdsion. SunEdison has come a long way from its start thanks to working with new management and activist investors. This success led to raising the range of the IPO price, and that’s great news for everyone in solar.

Programming note: I will be taking off from SolarWakeup next week, but you will be not miss any solar news action, but that is why you’re getting a bonus edition today. Glenna Wiseman of Identity3, SolarChat and Women4Solar will be pinch hitting for me. She will pick the stories and write the blurb. You can still email stories my way and I will pass them along.

News

• NY Times: TerraForm Power, Operator of Solar, Prices I.P.O. at Top of Range
• Solar Power World: Who Won The Solar Battle Of The Bands?
• Business Daily: Solar Power Play: Why Homeowners Are Leasing Panels
• Sun-Sentinel: Solar technology still needs subsidies
• Des Moines Register: Iowa forfeits solar grant after utilities lobby state
• Guardian: Why the UK lags behind in commercial solar installation
• CleanTechnica: What Does Solar Energy Mean To Germany’s Big Utilities?

Opinions

• GTM: Does Yaskawa’s Purchase of Solectria Make Sense?
• PV-Magazine: Five takeouts from Intersolar North America

Have a great day!

Yann

There are good days in solar, today is a good day. SEIA jumped on the EIA study that says solar can take a leading role in the US Energy profile. Most importantly, SEIA has publicly stated the important need of the ITC extension something that has circulated quietly and privately in the past, now it is a stated policy and that is a great thing for everyone. An ITC extension should be required by all in DC, because a vote against solar is a vote against jobs.

News

• Forbes: Now Is A Good Time To Invest In Manufacturing and Marketing In The U.S.
• PV-Magazine: US federal government tips solar for leading energy role, SEIA
• CleanTechnica: 12 Mainstream American Corporations Want More Renewable Energy
• PV-Tech: Solectria Renewables becomes subsidiary of Yaskawa Electric
• Solar Industry: Xcel Energy Offers Solar*Rewards ‘Bridge’ For Colorado Solar
• Business First: NYSERDA pumps $1M into clean-energy program
• IEEE: Mining Big Data to Make a Point about Solar
• Think Progress: Massive Interest-Free Loan Program Announced For Solar In India

Opinions

• RE World: It’s Really All About Renewable Energy Projects

Have a great day!

Yann

Florida is the 3rd largest electricity market in the Country. Investor owned utilities sell almost 80% of the load to their ratepayers. They send 1 lobbyist to the State capitol for almost every 2 legislators according to the Huffington Post (first article). Yet, solar is a very very small piece of the energy pie. Protectionism doesn’t start or end with trade wars, it happens when dynasty corporations seek to protect the status quo instead of adapting…

News

• HuffPost: Hypocrisy and Cronyism in the ‘Sunshine’ State
• CleanTechnica: Solar Trade Conflict & Negotiation — China, EU, & US Open Talks
• Breaking Energy: The U.S. grid is the worst in the industrialized world
• PV-Tech: Bankrupted Solyndra’s modules make comback in post-subsidy Europe
• Grist: In Iowa, solar is fighting back against utilities and winning
• PennEnergy: IREC: Solar power becoming vital to US economy
• GTM: How the NY and MA Solar Markets Differ, and How They’re the Same
• PV-Magazine: Solar propelling distributed power to new heights, finds report

Opinions

• GTM: 1.2 Billion More Reasons Why Resiliency Is a Big Deal for the Power Sector

Have a great day!

Yann