These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
News
1 Quartz:
The real reason Elon Musk is bringing Tesla and Solar City together
2 Greentech Media:
Dow Chemical Sheds Its Solar Shingle Business
3 Business Insider:
Big solar is leaving rooftop systems in the dust
4 Fortune:
Solar Power Is Finding Its Day in the Sun
5 CNBC:
Tesla's delivery miss is bad news for Elon Musk's solar ambitions
6 Greentech Media:
Senator to Introduce Energy Storage Tax Credit Bill Next Week
7 Bloomberg:
MGM Resorts Beats Toys ‘R’ Us With Biggest Rooftop Solar System
8 Think Progress:
This ‘Other’ Form Of Solar Can Run At Night, And It Just Got A Big Backer
9 Greentech Media:
Sungevity’s Reverse Merger a ‘Great Deal’ Considering Bleak Cash Situation
10 PV-Magazine:
Total corporate funding for solar falls to lowest level in three years
The Top 10 is ranked by the number of SolarWakeup.com readers that clicked on the news article during the previous week. It is the poll of the most relevant solar news of the week as judged by your colleagues and competitors.
Have a great day!
Yann
If you don’t follow me on Snapchat, you are missing some great conversations and insight. There is not enough space for us to have a dialogue on here, so make sure you follow here. The corporate funding of solar is down, we knew this was coming and we see it happening. Big solar is shrinking its overhead because platforms don’t have a solid way of funding its business. The issue is that projects cannot get put together if platforms don’t get the funding. How do we solve this? See you all on Monday!
Opinion
News
1 PV-Magazine:
Mercom - Total corporate funding for solar falls to lowest level in three years
2 CleanTechnica:
Los Angeles Revolutionizing Itself With 100% Renewable Electricity Target
3 Renewable Energy World:
What Is Driving the Middle East Solar Market?
4 PV-Tech:
Overwhelming majority of Nevadans support ballot measure to overturn PUC NEM ruling
5 Greenbiz:
Meet the man ramping up renewables at Salesforce
6 Business Journals:
Large majority of Hawaii solar companies reporting job losses
7 New York Times:
Deutsche Bank Pulls Back from Deals in Coal Mining Sector
8 Washington Post:
Wind and solar energy are booming. Do we still need nuclear power?
Opinions:
9 Think Progress:
This ‘Other’ Form Of Solar Energy Can Run At Night, And It Just Got A Big Backer
Have a great day!
Yann
Eric Wesoff from GTM has a great piece this morning about the financial position of Sungevity prior to announcing the merger with Easterly. The 8-K and corresponding presentation have a load of information and the article explains it quite well. What it comes down to is the lack of flow from lead to customer to aggregator (finance platform) and finally to long term owner. Each level of solar development is showing to have too much friction and cost for what the deals can be developed for. Add together the drive to increase volume (which costs money) with the lack of liquidity and you end up with asset rich and cash poor balance sheets. Margins exist, much like the solar unicorn. We shall find him together at Intersolar next week!
Opinion
News
1 Greentech Media:
Sungevity’s Reverse Merger a ‘Great Deal’ Considering Bleak Cash Situation
2 Midwest Energy News:
Utility-backed group divides Illinois solar advocates
3 Rocky Mountain Institute:
Could Net-Zero Energy Schools Improve Children’s Education?
4 PV-Tech:
First Solar ends heterojunction foray - shifts Malaysian plant to CdTe Series 5 assembly
5 Forbes:
California Outshines Other States In Solar Power
6 WFSU:
A Solar Report And Its Shades Of Meaning
7 Bloomberg:
MGM Resorts Beats Toys ‘R’ Us With Biggest Rooftop Solar System
8 Utility Dive:
California dreaming - Utilities uneasy with regulator's vision to remake their business model
Opinions:
9 EDF:
How More Transparent Electricity Pricing Can Help Increase Clean Energy
Have a great day!
Yann
We need to have a chat. There is a lot going on in solar and most likely it is affecting you in some way. I want to hear from you so that we can talk about the most important obstacles that we need to overcome and how we can accomplish that. There is a link on solarwakeup.com that you can use if you want to remain anonymous, you can send an email to me at anytime or you can use Snapchat (add me on this link). Most importantly, let me know if you are at Intersolar next week.
Opinion
News
1 Fortune:
Solar Power Is Finding Its Day in the Sun
2 Greentech Media:
Senator Heinrich to Introduce Energy Storage Tax Credit Bill Next Week
3 Bloomberg:
Japan’s Solar Boom Showing Signs of Deflating as Subsidies Wane
4 Vox:
A flagship “clean coal” plant is a flailing mess. Does that mean the technology is doomed?
5 CNBC:
Tesla's delivery miss is bad news for Elon Musk's solar ambitions
6 Solar Industry:
EU Solar Groups Call For End Of Chinese Trade Measures
7 Business Insider:
Big solar is leaving rooftop systems in the dust
8 Treehugger:
Hanergy's solar-powered electric cars can charge themselves while driving
Opinions:
9 Renewable Energy World:
The Battle of Silo - Connecting the (Policy) Dots on Renewable Energy
Have a great day!
Yann
