These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
News
1 Forbes:
Jimmy Fallon Makes the World's Best Argument Against Solar and Wind
2 Fortune:
Vivint Solar CEO
3 Mother Jones:
Obama's Deal With China Is a Big Win for Solar, Nuclear, and Coal
4 BoldRide:
Amsterdam Gets World’s First Solar Bike Path
5 PV Solar Report:
Which States Have the Strongest Solar Policy?
6 Fox News:
World's largest solar plant applying for federal grant to pay off federal loan
7 Gigaom:
SunPower wants to be the Dell of solar
8 Bloomberg:
First Solar Slides on Decision to Avoid Forming Yieldco
9 KTVU:
Customers complain of dangerous problems from BP Solar panels
10 Guardian:
Drawing back the panel
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
Obviously the big news of the day is the Climate Change compact betweet US and China. In my view the details are almost secondary to the headline, that two incredibly large polluters have made an agreement to do something about it. Is it binding? Probably not. Will it work? Who knows. But it signals that big government is working on climate issues that affect their populations and that is big news.
Yann
News
1 Motherjones:
Obama's Deal With China Is a Big Win for Solar, Nuclear, and Clean Coal
2 Grist:
5 more things to celebrate besides the big new climate deal
3 Solarlove:
Solar Panels + Energy Storage For German Market
4 Breakingenergy:
Infographic
5 PV Magazine:
Residential storage market to increase to 900 MW by 2
6 Bloomberg:
China Hunger for Clean Energy to Leave No Rooftop Behind
8 Greentechmedia:
Illinois
Opinions:
9 Forbes:
Jimmy Fallon Makes the World's Best Argument Against Solar and Wind Energy
Have a great day!
Yann
Solar has 143,000 jobs in the US currently and probably 190k or more in 2016. I like the position that Vivint CEO is taking in the interview and it’s great to have solar in the Term Sheet. That being said, I would like solar to be more political because playing the “market condition” is silly. No industry in America sits back and watches Congress do whatever they think is best without lobbying their best interest. On the other hand, some industry players tend to take a back seat on some political discussions.
Yann
News
1 PV Tech:
Expanded US solar trade case could cost American jobs, congressman warns
2 Fortune:
Vivint Solar CEO
3 RE World:
The Rise of Retail Clean Energy Investing
4 Jsonline:
Solar executive says We Energies case could cost jobs
6 Solarindustrymag:
Getting Solar Customer Data From Utilities Should Not Be Hide & Seek
8 Theguardian:
Drawing back the panel
Opinions:
9 Forbes:
Thermal Solar Energy - Some Technologies Really Are Dumb
Have a great day!
Yann
Congrats to the team at Solarbridge, with the very deserved good news and acquisition of the company by Sunpower. I was asked why Sunpower may be interested in integrated inverters for their modules. Couple of reasons come to mind. 1. Sunpower needs a tech platform for their high efficiency modules so they can compete. 2. Sunpower dealers do really well in residential and micro inverters do well in residential. 3. You can foresee a sell, install and commission scenario for residential systems with this package. My 2 cents.
Yann
News
1 Gigaom:
SunPower snaps up microinverter startup SolarBridge
2 Greentechmedia:
Are Housing Regulators Quietly Dropping Their Opposition to PACE?
4 Huffingtonpost:
How Solar Permitting Reform Can Help in the Fight Against Climate Change
5 Theenergycollective:
Can Buildings Help Regulate the Power Grid and Integrate Renewable Energy?
6 PV Magazine:
French PV market grows during Q3 2014, but new applications slow
7 Berkeley:
Study says California solar boom makes the state a national leader
8 NY Times:
A Tricky Transition From Fossil Fuel
Opinions:
9 Sacbee:
Next PUC chief must be independent advocate for clean energy
Have a great day!
Yann
