These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
News
1 Morning Consult:
Wyden Sees Tricky Path Forward on Energy Tax Credits
2 Fortune:
As a Valley solar startup shuts down, the solar sector booms
3 San Francisco Chronicle:
Solar war heats up - Sunrun wants S.F. Giants to dump PG&E
4 CleanTechnica:
Brace Yourself For Same-Day Rooftop Solar, SolarCity Joins Race To Cut Costs
5 24/7 Wall Street:
Chinese Solar Stocks Set to Rise With Eyes on US Settlement
6 Yale:
A New Vision of The Solar Suburbs of the Future
7 CleanTechnica:
The Dollars & Cents Of Pricing A PV Home
8 Renewable Energy World:
The Solar Foundation to Re-Energize Solar America Cities
9 PV-Magazine:
Vice President Joe Biden wows crowd at SPI
10 Bloomberg:
NRG's GreenCo Plan Echoes Clean-Power Shift in Germany
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
We sometimes complain that China is beating us and most of the time it is political rhetoric but it seems that the Country we always used as an excuse in why we aren’t doing anything about climate change is now beating us. China appears to be ready to announce a cap and trade program in 2017 whereas the US will keep beating around the issue. China is already prepared to provide the most cost effective solar modules to the globe (which we are making more expensive for no reason) and now will take further strides to improve their horrible air quality thanks to many years of overbuilding coal plants.
Yann
News
1 Time:
U.S. and China to Announce New Measures to Combat Climate Change
2 Slate:
How Do You Solve Solar Power’s Nighttime Problem?
3 Renewable Energy World:
A Case Study in Energy-Transition Momentum
4 Grist:
Top 6 takeaways from Rolling Stone’s interview with Obama on climate change
5 Bloomberg:
China's Solar Power Analysts Can't Agree Why Shares Are Plunging
6 PV-Magazine:
Hillary Clinton calls for integrated North American approach to clean energy
7 Greentech Media:
Are Rooftop Solar Companies Doing Enough to Protect Consumers?
8 Vox:
What Germany learned from its war on coal
Opinions:
9 Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush - The Pope Shouldn't Discuss Climate Change Because 'He's Not A Scientist'
Have a great day!
Yann
A MUST READ! This is the most obscene story you will read today, this week and maybe this month. The politician that was supposed to help all 200,000 in the solar industry is Senator Ron Wyden but he is now showing his true colors. According to his interview in today’s story, the only thing that matter is SolarWorld’s factory in Oregon. Everyone else in solar is cheating. It appears that at this point, SolarWorld is willing to sacrifice the ITC in addition to the harm that the company has already done. Senator Wyden has clearly chosen to do the work of the Qatari owned company and is willing to do anything for them. You should be upset and make your opinion heard. This isn’t about jobs anymore, this is dirty politics and the people to blame are clearly labeled.
Yann
News
1 Morning Consult:
Wyden Sees Tricky Path Forward on Energy Tax Credits
2 New York Times:
Senate Democrats Offer Climate Change Bill Aimed Not at Success Now, but in 2016
3 PV-Tech:
India set for ‘massive jump’ in installed PV next year
4 BBC:
Pope Francis urges action on climate change on visit to US
5 PV-Magazine:
Saudi Arabia fires up new Kaco PV inverter line
6 Utility Dive:
As solar cap looms, installers ask CA regulators for interim metering measures
7 Press Enterprise:
EDITORIAL - Can solar shine without subsidies?
8 CleanTechnica:
Brace Yourself For Same-Day Rooftop Solar, SolarCity Joins Race To Cut Costs
Opinions:
9 Renew Economy:
Why Far Right should embrace solar + storage energy revolution
Have a great day!
Yann
Some big news items for your day. Hillary Clinton did the right thing that may actually hurt in some swing states by coming out against the Keystone pipeline. Still the right move so good for her, clearly another donor/Podesta influenced decision. REC Silicon, the poly manufacturer in Washington State, may close the plant after already stopping an expansion. Why? Because China has a tariff on poly imports because we have a tariff on module imports. This directly counters the jobs saved in Oregon by Qatari owned SolarWorld.
Yann
News
1 Time:
Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against Keystone XL Pipeline
2 Fortune:
As a Valley solar startup shuts down, the solar sector booms
3 Bloomberg:
As a Valley solar startup shuts down, the solar sector booms
4 Clean Technica:
Now Solar Power To Meet Evening Peak Load In Hawaii
5 Ozarks First:
Students Build EF -5 Resistant Solar Home
6 Fast Coexist:
In Vermont, A Forward-Thinking Utility Is Helping Customers Share Solar Power
7 PV-Magazine:
REC Silicon may be forced to shutter Washington operations due to trade war
8 PV Tech:
European solar associations appeal for end to Chinese trade duties
Opinions:
9 Huffington Post:
A Key Element for the Forthcoming Paris Climate Agreement
Have a great day!
Yann
