We need to talk about water more often. A few years ago, while talking about the ratepayer impact of solar, I thought that water reduction (on a per kWh basis) should be included in the financial value of solar investments. Every gallon of water saved in energy, is an extra gallon available to farmers, ranchers and the environment which is an obvious economic and societal benefit. If we continue with the status quo, you can see a future where utilities have to scale back central power due to lack of water resource, it’s happening more and more…
Yann
News
1 Tea Party Tribune:
Nevada’s Latest Import? Energy Corruption
2 Quartz:
The electric grid’s latest threat? Rooftop solar cells
3 PV-Magazine:
US poised to hit 1994-levels of CO2 emissions this year, says BNEF
4 Scientific American:
Gas-Happy Texas Goes Solar
5 CNBC:
No oil needed! This solar stock is on fire
6 Utility Dive:
How Wellinghoff, Rabago, and other grid reformers would design their own electricity markets
7 Grist:
The bright side of California’s drought- More solar power
8 EDF:
"Australia (and possibly Texas) Undoes Best Strategy for Water Conservation - Clean Energy"
Opinions:
9 NRDC:
Going solar should be no more difficult than getting cable TV
Have a great day!
Yann
It’s been about a year since I put solar on my house and there has been some discussion recently about the value of residential solar O&M. I work in solar so I look at my production almost daily (through my awesome iPhone app) but I was shocked to see how bad the dirt, dust and salt had covered my panels. So my next step is to figure out a way to clean my panels (and troubleshoot the two underperforming panels). Solar is my entire career, so this should be easy for me but imagine how this impacts the everyday homeowner. O&M is crucial and is surely more than 20 years of repairs…
Yann
News
1 SolarWakeup:
Solar Asset Management - 4 Best Practices From The Experts
2 PV-Magazine:
Abdul Latif Jameel completes FRV acquisition
3 Inside Climate:
Bloomberg Pours $30 Million More Into Fighting Coal
4 Business Spectator:
Solar and wind 'now cheapest in UAE'
5 Standard Examiner:
Report - Big shift from electricity to solar power
6 Fox:
Utah man sent to ‘casual’ roundtable meeting gets a shock - Obama is sitting there
7 Utility Dive:
Developer scraps Maryland wind project due to local political opposition
8 NY Times:
If We Dig Out All Our Fossil Fuels, Here’s How Hot We Can Expect It to Get
Opinions:
9 RE World:
Making Residual Value Real - Where is Solar's Emilio Estevez?
Have a great day!
Yann
Thank you to the smart folks down under. Apparently Australians enjoy the benefits of cheap solar energy and don’t mind if the Chinese are willing to sell modules at the best price possible. So while the findings showed there was dumping of solar modules it found little injury to the Australian PV industry. If only the US commissions had used similar reasoning, maybe we would have realized that the solar industry would have been better off.
Yann
News
1 PV-Magazine:
Australia - Module dumping causes negligible injury
2 Hartford Courant:
Report - Solar Plus Batteries Means Tough Future For Utilities
3 Think Progress:
White House Announces Plan To Tackle The Health Threats Of Climate Change
4 Utility Dive:
PPL, Peco join list of utilities seeking big fixed fee hikes
5 Breaking Energy:
In New Survey, Even Republicans Love Solar
6 Solar Server:
PV in the U.K. - No large-scale solar for next financial year
7 Seeking Alpha:
China's And India's Increasing Impact On The Solar Industry
8 Daily Caller:
Arizona Solar Customers Complain About Deceptive Marketing Practices
Opinions:
9 Network World:
A better way to store solar power for data centers
Have a great day!
Yann
The yield-co game of chess is upon us. My favorite part about it is that nobody really knows what it means. Everyone is talking about yield-cos buying everything which in some part is true but can most people explain it? We know the buzzword, feeding the beast, but do we know who is getting the better bargain? What does it mean when one potential yield-co sells to another potential yield-co? And what is the value of a yield-co without a development platform, will it be able to stay competitive on pricing?
Yann
News
1 Motley Fool:
It's Official - Solar Is Taking Over in California
2 Climate News Network:
Water crisis pushes Brazil towards solar power at last
3 Forbes:
Solar Eclipses Are Slowly Disappearing, And There's Nothing We Can Do To Stop It
4 Greentech Media:
The Best and Worst Employee Reviews of America’s Top Solar Companies
5 Solar Love:
Integrated Utility Services Proposal In Colarado
6 RE World:
Rethinking the Grid - Personal Power Stations in Your Garage
7 Utility Dive:
Duke Energy Florida proposes 500 MW of utility-scale solar
8 CleanTechnica:
Another Big Blow For Big Coal- Solar PPAs Coming To China
Opinions:
9 Energy Collective:
Has Renewable Energy Finally Ended the Great Clean Energy Stagnation?
Have a great day!
Yann
