I am on my way to Washington DC to speak on a panel about the future of solar in the future utility system. But before I get on the panel at the DNV/GL conference on Wednesday, I will be having a discussion about solar with Monica Trauzzi of E&ETV. So many times, the solar industry (myself included) preaches to the choir and fails to engage those in the wider energy sector about the successes that our industry has had. Send me the best stats you see about the solar industry and I will look to include them in my discussions.
Yann
News
1 Seeking Alpha:
Solar Investing After First-Quarter Results
2 USA Today:
Solar Impulse plane lands in Japan due to bad weather
3 Post & Courier:
SCE&G, Duke Energy propose new incentives for solar power
4 NBC:
Solar Energy Powered an Entire Community - SDG&E
5 Breaking Energy:
Energy Quote of the Day - Agencies Fail to Keep Up with Renewable Energy Growth, Cost Cutting
6 News & Observer:
How solar could make NC the next Silicon Valley
7 Utility Dive:
What's solar worth? Inside Arizona utilities' push to reform net metering rates
8 Christian Science Monitor:
In quake-prone Nepal, why solar power is an energy solution (+video)
Opinions:
9 Renew Economy:
AGL sees no mass market for battery storage before 2020s
Have a great day!
Yann
Here we go again! Solarworld, under the auspices of competitive markets, is no longer okay with any Asian Country making solar panels. The EU is obliging and opening against Malaysia and Taiwan. Let’s talk about subsidies, specifically for the energy grid in the US, because that is what Solarworld uses but doesn’t want to talk about. Natural gas right of ways and drilling tax incentives, guaranteed infrastructure returns for the utilities and land incentives for hydro plants providing energy to the NW factories they use. Cheap panels are good for solar, let the market decide the price, not a company that can’t find its own value proposition.
Yann
News
1 PV-Magazine:
EU to extend solar trade investigation to Malaysia, Taiwan
2 Tampa Bay Times:
Utilities change their tune on solar power
3 CleanTechnica:
SolarCity’s Solar Panel “Gigafactory” Resembles Tesla’s Gigafactory So Far
4 Renew Economy:
Mega hybrid solar projects ready to take on baseload fossil fuels
5 Greentech Media:
Inside the Minds of Regulators - How Different States Are Dealing With Distributed Energy
6 Think Progress:
‘We’re Not Going To Fake It'
7 Reno Gazette:
Solar-NV Energy compromise heads to governor
8 CNN:
Sun-powered Solar Impulse plane begins marathon Pacific flight
Opinions:
9 Energy Collective:
Will Silicon Valley Take On Clean Energy Access?
Have a great day!
Yann
These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
News
1 The Hill:
Obama administration pumps $32M into solar industry
2 NY Times:
Fire at Giant Apple Plant with Solar in Arizona Quickly Controlled
3 Solar Industry:
Companies Bring Third-Party Ownership To Commercial PACE
4 PV-Magazine:
NV Energy and The Alliance for Solar Choice announce net metering compromise
5 Renewable Energy World:
Quantifying Returns - Does Energy Storage Coupled with PV Offer Big Savings?
6 Renew Economy:
Solar energy needs smart solutions, not dumb economics
7 Huffington Post:
The Economics of Renewable Energy - Falling Costs and Rising Employment
8 Greentech Media:
California’s Major Residential Rate Reform - The Solar-Friendly Alternative
9 Gizmodo:
You Can Take this Little Wind and Solar Powered Home Anywhere
10 Good Magazine:
California Plans to Offer Free Solar Panels to Its Poorest Citizens
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
Traditional energy systems are no longer just stranded assets they are potential financial liabilities. The Norwegian pension fund is divesting from coal and as such is planning on selling its stake in Duke Energy. In a vacuum, it may not be a drop in the bucket of a $52billion market cap, but imagine if more institutionals follow suit. AXA also gave fair warning last week, so the trend is starting to appear. The capital will have to flow somewhere, let’s bring it to solar and with new financing innovations (!!!) more markets will be available.
Yann
News
1 Greentech Media:
Creative Solar Finance Grows the Pool of PV Investors and Customers
2 New Republic:
Hillary Clinton Should Declare Her Own "War on Coal"
3 Business Journals:
Large Duke Energy investor to divest shares over coal
4 PV-Magazine:
EPIA rebrands as SolarPower Europe
5 Charlotte Observer:
Tech giants urge halt to green-energy freeze
6 Bloomberg:
Hong Kong Regulator Says Hanergy Under Probe After Li Denial
7 Utility Dive:
Georgia Power moving into rooftop solar market this summer
8 Clean Technica:
Insane Solar Jobs Boom About To Get $32 Million More Insane
Opinions:
9 San Diego Union-Tribune:
CA struggles to compute value of solar
Have a great day!
Yann
