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The trend continues of having European utilities working to broaden their horizons and going solar. This time it is RWE, one of the largest utilities in Europe, buying Belectric Solar. Belectric had a US partnership with Smart Energy Capital before it was acquired by NextEra a few years ago but it also has a global platform. RWE and its main competitor, EON, announced last year that they would split the central generation from the consumer generation (read renewables) to let shareholders make their choices of business model to support. Innogy is that consumer centric unit for RWE and is the unit acquiring Belectric. EON already has partnerships and investments into Sungevity and Greensmith. They also announced the entry into Belgium with Sungevity yesterday.
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News
1 PV-Magazine:
RWE to acquire PV and storage specialist Belectric Solar & Battery
2 NBC:
Virginia’s first community solar project launches
3 CleanTechnica:
Countries With Pro-Nuclear Agenda Making Slower Progress On Climate Change
4 EDF:
2 Ways El Paso Just Upped Texas’ Solar Game
5 Renewable Energy World:
How Medium And Small Firms Can Join The Renewable Energy Rush
6 Bloomberg:
GCL-Poly to Buy SunEdison’s Material Business for $150 Million
7 Grist:
Solar is nearly 10 percent cheaper than it was a year ago.
8 Vox:
It’s not just solar panels. Electric cars can be contagious, too.
Opinions:
9 SolarWakeup:
Why The Mainstream Media Keeps Getting Solar Wrong
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Yann
Last week you were able to see what comes out of the solar industry. Through the United States of Solar podcast, solar pros are able to bring to life the current events in solar and show how it affects their work. On Friday, we published a fantastic interview with Julia Pyper which you have to make sure to listen to. The purpose of this podcast is to give you a channel to tell the rest of us your opinion on what is going on in your part of the industry. So if you have a story to tell, working on a great idea, or simply need to get your opinion on a current topic out, reach out by hitting reply or filling out the form online.
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News
1 SolarWakeup:
Rate Design Part 2, With Julia Pyper (And A Cool Haiti Project, Too)
2 PV-Tech:
JinkoSolar becomes global solar module shipments leader in 1H 2016
3 CleanTechnica:
Renewable Energy Projects Secured $6 Billion From Multilateral Banks In 2015
4 USA Today:
Ask the Captain - Are solar and biofuel jets coming soon?
5 Solar Power World:
What kind of software do solar contractors need?
6 Renewable Energy World:
Colorado Launches First Low-income Rooftop Solar Project
7 GreenBiz:
How to find energy-efficient commercial space
8 Energy Collective:
25 Interesting Facts You Need to Know About Solar Power
Opinions:
9 Seeking Alpha:
Why The Solar Industry's Struggles Will Persist
Have a great day!
Yann
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