Welcome to gameday! The first Monday of business as usual for 2015, and I am excited to get to work. It’s going to be a great year for all of us and for the solar industry. A new look for us today! Start your year by sharing new content and let everyone know your outlook for the year. Remember, SolarWakeup will publish your content (for free) and connect you to the right people (investors) for your business needs. If we help each other, we all win! Let’s go!
Yann
News
1 Greentech Media:
A Setback for SolarWorld and a Trade Case Win for Chinese Solar Manufacturers
2 Breaking Energy:
Utilities Should Avoid Over-Investing When Integrating Renewable Energy Into Their Grid
3 CNBC:
The Big Apple takes a bite out of solar energy
4 PV-Magazine:
India ups solar investment pledge to $100bn by 2022
5 CleanTechnica:
Renewables Over 13% of US Electricity Production Jan–Oct 2014
6 Biz Journals:
Solar industry welcomes order that leaves N.C. solar regs intact
7 Greentech Media:
The Sol-Wind IPO - Can a Renewable YieldCo Win MLP Benefits?
8 NPR:
Utilities Fight For Revenue Lost To Solar Power
Opinions:
9 NY Times:
Playing Dumb on Climate Change
Have a great day!
Yann
Welcome to 2015! Time to dust off the old and kickstart the new year. On Monday, the homepage of SolarWakeup will have an all new look and an easier access to the news stories. What is your solar resolution for 2015? Let me know, I want to hear from you.
Yann
News
1 Seeking Alpha:
Will Chinese Solar Companies Be Able To Overcome The U.S. Tariffs?
2 CleanTechnica:
17.3 GW Of Approved FiT Solar PV Projects In Japan Being Canceled
3 RE World:
Goodbye to 2014 and 10 Things to Look Out for in 2015
4 NY Times:
Tracing the Roots of Pope Francis’s Climate Plans for 2015
5 Breaking Energy:
10 Renewable Energy Questions for 2015
6 Huffington Post:
States Work To Meet New Renewable Energy Standards
7 Greentech Media:
Grading Rob Day’s 2014 Cleantech Investing Predictions
8 Forbes:
What You Should Know
Opinions:
9 American Thinker:
Obama's Energiewende
Have a great day!
Yann
Welcome to the beginning of the last day of 2014. It’s been a pleasure spending a few minutes of our days together for the past year once again. Today’s top news are actually the top articles of 2014, they represent the collection of trends you found particularly interesting any given day. Expect the ITC to keep up the a trending topic in 2015 and the utility transition to prosumerism (Thank you RWE for the term). I wish each of you a happy and prosperous 2015, see you on the other side on Friday the 2nd!
Yann
News
1 SolarServer:
Obama Administration proposes increased energy R&D spending, big changes to solar tax credits
2 Forbes:
3 Utilities Most Likely To Fall In Death Spiral, According To Morningstar
3 Motley Fool:
SolarCity Is in for a Giant Solar Fight
4 News 12:
Solar panels collapse under heavy snow, ice at Bryant Elementary School in Teaneck
5 Washington Post:
Elon Musk’s five insights into solar energy
6 Grist:
The high cost of the solar middleman
7 Forbes:
Jimmy Fallon Makes the World's Best Argument Against Solar and Wind Energy
8 Motley Fool:
SolarCity Is Eyeing a New Solar Energy Market
Opinions:
9 CleanTechnica:
Solar Storage Scandal In California (In Depth)
Have a great day!
Yann
There is no shortage of irony in solar news. Transcanada, the company behind the desire to export an enormous amount of oil, bought a solar farm in Canada. Don’t get me wrong, solar farms with OPA contracts are great, but another oil conglomerate creating long term revenue through solar assets is ironic. Everyone sees it and is doing something about it but continues to see the business as usual scenario as the most hopeful outcome. Of course, NRG comes to mind as a US based contrarian to that statement.
Yann
News
1 EDF:
Amid Global Efforts, New York Plants Seeds for Energy Reform in 2014 That Will Bloom in 2015
2 Gigaom:
My 14 favorite energy stories of 2014
3 Solar Industry:
Utah's Solar Sector Showing Strong Gains
4 NY Times:
Why the US Will Power the World Economy in 2015
5 PV Magazine:
Motech to merge with Topcell forming 3 GW cell giant
6 Seeking Alpha:
Why Lower Oil Prices Are Positive For The Solar Industry
7 Huffington Post:
Transcanada Buys Ontario Solar Power Plant, Its 8th One In The Province
8 KTUU:
In rainy Southeast Alaska, a village experiments with solar power
Opinions:
9 CleanTechnica:
Tariffs-Smariffs, We Can Already Make the World’s Lowest Cost Solar Modules — Here In The US
Have a great day!
Yann
