Have you ever checked the properties on a word file? All sorts of information can be tagged into the file including the author’s name. This is particularly awkward if you are a Congresswoman and send a request to a Federal agency and ask them to investigate a matter you find important. In this case, Yvette Clarke (D-NY) from Brooklyn, sent a complaint to the FTC and asked the agency to investigate solar sales tactics. The problem is that the letter was written by EEI, the utility trade association that earlier this year hired a crisis communication firm to fight and rebrand its attack on solar. EEI is clearly showing its intent across the board and a clear dividing line between solar and EEI needs to be drawn.
Opinion
News
1 Grist:
Why is this liberal congresswoman spreading anti-solar arguments?
2 PV-Tech:
Nevada PUC - Upcoming NEM cost-benefit study ‘won’t win the day’
3 GreenBiz:
Why Apple's new energy business should scare utilities
4 Bloomberg:
Yingli Green Says Some Banks Agree to Modify Loan Payments
5 Energy Collective:
Europe Can Retrieve its Lost Clean Energy Leadership by Moving Away from Subsidizing Renewables
6 Utility Dive:
Hawaii officials plan changes to struggling renewables program
7 Greentech Media:
Will Virtual Net Metered Projects Survive Under Massachusetts’ New Solar Policy Regime?
8 Tech Insider:
SolarCity's CEO told us solar energy will reach a tipping point in just 5 years — here's why
Opinions:
9 MIT:
Virtual Power Plants Get Around Solar Power’s Intermittency Problem
Have a great day!
Yann
The BNEF Energy Outlook came out early yesterday and it has about 60 pages of good news. Some of the highlights include 30% of energy by 2040 will be wind and solar so get ready for the hockey stick curve going forward. More importantly, even in a declining cost environment, over $7 Trillion in capital deployment for wind and solar. Storage also makes some gains and matches some aspects of solar by 2028. Getting all of that energy into the grid will require some serious development work which means that development platforms will have to be put to work in a big way.
News
1 Grist:
Renewables are poised to put global fossil fuel investment to shame
2 Think Progress:
Harvard Study Finds $38 Billion Economic Benefit From EPA’s Carbon Rule
3 Rocky Mountain Institute:
Usage-Based Segmentation Can Create Value in Electricity Markets
4 GreenBiz:
3 reasons the clean energy transition will be a bumpy ride
5 Renewable Energy World:
Energy Storage Market to Equal Rooftop Solar by 2028
6 Bloomberg:
Cheapest Solar in Africa Comes to Zambia Through World Bank Plan
7 Utility Dive:
Net metering talks break down in Arizona
8 The Hill:
Net metering for solar power sounds simple, but is it fair?
Opinions:
9 MIT:
Wind and Solar Will be the Cheapest Way to Generate Power by 2040
Have a great day!
Yann
Apple joins Google to set up a FERC regulated subsidiary meant for renewable power. Being a regulated power company doesn’t mean more than being Apple being able to market its power production beyond the wholesale markets but my guess is that there is so much more where that can go. Google doesn’t appear to have done much with its regulated power company. I do see the potential given that both companies have more consumer data than pretty much anyone (except Facebook perhaps).
I want to send my thoughts to the victims of the attack in Orlando yesterday. I live in Florida and so often these senseless acts of violence are so far away but this hit close to home. Take that extra moment with your loved ones tomorrow.
News
1 PV-Tech:
Apple starts a company to sell excess solar power
2 CleanTechnica:
US Carbon Tax “Close To Inevitable,” Conservative Leader Proclaims
3 Renew Economy:
Australian solar market rebounds as battery storage interest grows
4 Grist:
Donald Trump once backed urgent climate action. Wait, what?
5 The Verge:
Boeing wants in on the solar airplane craze
6 New York Times:
Dear Conservatives, You Can Go Green Again
7 Greentech Media:
Texas Regulators Saved Customers Billions by Avoiding a Traditional Capacity Market
8 Wired:
The Lonely Transatlantic Journey of a Self-Sailing Solar Ship
Opinions:
9 Motley Fool:
U.S. Solar Industry Sets Record in Q1 2016 but Questions Remain
Have a great day!
Yann
These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
News
1 Business Journals:
The 20 highest-paid Bay Area executives under 40
2 New York Times:
NRG Shifts Focus Away From Empowering Consumers
3 Motley Fool:
The Next Solar Shakeup - Death of the Solar Lease
4 Grist:
John Kerry just cannot with Donald Trump’s climate plan
5 AZ Central:
The bigger electricity subsidy no one talks about
6 Huffington Post:
Why the Next Five Years Will Determine Our Clean Energy Future
7 Greentech Media:
Solar Will Replace Nearly All Retiring Coal in Texas
8 MIT:
Finally in Sight, $1-a-Watt Solar Milestone Shows Long Road Ahead
9 PV-Magazine:
North American solar investors concerned about H2 oversupply
10 Solar Industry:
Groups Call On N.Y. Regulators To ‘Put Community Solar Back On Track’
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
