Imagine that, the tariffs for solar modules are going up and the scope is expanding. So here we are, trying to drive the cost of solar down while expanding to new markets and we get a fake increase of costs. We have to reiterate that the lead advocate for the tariffs has some potentially skewed motives that we have covered in the past. I am disappointed but not surprised. The parties have shown a lack of capability to get things done. Reason aside, the best in the business figure out a way to execute, but only the best.
Yann
News
1 NY Times:
U.S. Imposes Steep Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels
2 Breaking Energy:
Where Does Solar Make Sense? New State Study Shows Big Differences and Surprises
3 RE World:
Japan's Prime Minister Re-Election Risks Undercutting Clean Energy Push
4 Solar Industry:
New York Raises Solar Net-Metering Caps As Part Of An Energy Initiative
5 Greentech Media:
Cleantech IPOs
6 CleanTechnica:
Asia Pacific Solar PV Market Set To Reach 10 GW Q4’14
7 E&E News:
Can S.C.'s groundbreaking net metering policy spread in the Southeast?
8 Reuters:
Solar upstarts and utilities head for uneasy truce
Opinions:
9 Energy Collective:
Decoupling and Distributed Energy
Have a great day!
Yann
The team at Mercatus has some great insights. From their perspective they give us a glimpse at the competitive landscape of investing in solar assets. So it is great when they publish some of that information for all of us to see what happens in the back rooms of solar ownership. So with the rise of the famed yieldcos, REITs, hedge funds and pension funds looking at solar, will the new race to the bottom be on the ownership side? Everyone seems to be getting squeezed, but it’s all to the benefit of market expansion it appears.
Yann
News
1 Forbes:
Trends In The Solar Industry
2 RE World:
Spreading the Solar Cheer
3 Greentech Media:
5 Key Stats Reveal Latin America’s Breakthrough Year in Solar
4 CleanTechnica:
A $48 Billion Opportunity For US Electric Customers
5 Solar Love:
950 MW Of Solar For Austin, TX By 2025
6 Motley Fool:
Will Chinese Solar Stocks Go Boom or Bust?
7 Energy Collective:
Valuing Solar Energy
8 Solar Power World:
How Community Partnerships Can Help Get People Who Love Solar To Go Solar
Opinions:
9 AZ Central:
APS should embrace clean energy, shut Cholla
Have a great day!
Yann
The government appears to be averting a shutdown with the giant CRomnibus bill. Solar doesn’t appear to have received anything that it asked for based on talking to those that read these things but the bill made me think of just one more reason of why solar should get their tax credit extensions. The environment sounds like a big loser in this bill which is a shame considering that making sure the air and water my kids get to use is cleaner than what I had as a child. There’s got to come a time when legislators look out for those not lobbying but that’s not reality today.
Yann
News
1 24/7 Wall St:
4 Top Solar Stocks to Buy for 2015 as Demand and Installations Remain Strong
2 Bloomberg:
Solar Power Wins South Carolina on Agreement With Duke
3 PV Magazine:
New Mexican utility proposes rooftop solar tax
4 RE World:
Threatened by Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuel Companies Highlight Their Role in Alleviating Poverty
5 NY Times:
A Climate Accord Based on Global Peer Pressure
6 RenewEconomy:
Households to use solar + storage to trade electricity with grid
7 Think Progress:
Can A Pair Of Republican Congressmen Make The House Fold On Climate Change?
8 Venture Beat:
8 surprising energy stats to remember from 2014
Opinions:
9 Barry Goldwater:
SRP solar fees ruin its reputation
Have a great day!
Yann
These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
News
1 Bloomberg:
Why Elon Musk's Batteries Scare the Hell Out of the Electric Company
2 NY Times:
Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General
3 GTM:
Sharp Still Trying to Sell Solar Developer Recurrent Energy
4 CNBC:
No, cheap oil will not kill solar power
5 Nasdaq:
The Biggest Market in Solar Energy
6 WRAL:
Duke Energy plans to invest $500 million in solar
7 NPR:
Should Homeowners With Solar Panels Pay To Maintain Electrical Grid?
8 Motley Fool:
Solar Players Taking Very Different Paths to Success
9 PV Magazine:
Exxon chief strategist sticks boot in on solar
10 Solar Industry:
Utilities Face Significant Revenue Losses From Growth Of Solar
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
