I always seem to roll my eyes when an article comes out along the lines of "solar beats/matches coal/nat gas etc." In every case the comparison takes into account the upfront cost or LCOE calculation. I'd like the next person to show me a fixed price PPA for a natural gas power plant, or a contract that has no assumption for future cost of fuel increases. Also, when are we going to value water? Water is going to be more valuable than natural gas, or it may already be...
Yann
News
1 PV-Tech:
Solar crucial to avoid water-related conflict
2 GTM:
As Securitization Grows, Is the Solar Ready for Wall Street’s Scrutiny?
3 Motley Fool:
How Solar Energy Is Taking Over the U.S.
4 Boston Globe:
DPU chief crafts bill that aids son’s firm
5 PV Magazine:
Long-awaited French energy bill puts renewables center stage
6 Solar Industry:
Germany’s PV Experience Represents Lessons For Solar Adoption
7 RE World:
SunPower Planning New 700-MW Factory as Demand Swells
8 VentureBeat:
How Tesla’s ‘Gigafactory’ could change everything — not just EVs
Opinions:
9 Sun-Sentinel:
Solar energy column missed the mark
Have a great day!
Yann
These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
News
1 AZ Central:
APS wants to put free solar panels on 3,000 homes
2 GTM:
SolarCity Quietly Moving to Loans and Customer-Owned Solar
3 Boston Globe:
Solar energy bill hanging in the balance
4 Mass Live:
Massachusetts House lifts cap on solar projects
5 GTM:
APS Enters the Solar Business
6 NY Times:
Solar Industry Is Rebalanced by U.S. Pressure on China
7 Forbes:
SolarWorld Wins, Americans Lose, As Commerce Fixes Tariffs
8 Forbes:
Six Reasons Solar Needs To Stop Whining About Chinese Tariffs
9 CS Monitor:
How many solar panels would it take to power Earth?
10 RE World:
Panel Prices Expected to Rise in the US Due to New Tariffs
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
EIA drops some chartastic data on us today. Non-hydro energy production is overtaking hydro. A testament to the renewable energy production increase and the hurdles that the southwest has had with recent droughts. Moreover, many EIA datasets do not include distributed generation. Just wait to see how this replicates in hydro dominated markets around the world....
Yann
News
1 EIA:
Nonhydro renewables now routinely surpass hydropower generation
2 Mass Live:
Massachusetts House lifts cap on solar projects
3 GTM:
Proof That a $10 Minimum Bill Is Better Than a Fixed Charge
4 Solar Industry:
N.Y. Creates Database Of 10K Solar Projects
5 CleanTechnica:
Solar May Become Cheaper Than Wind In 5 Years
6 Bloomberg:
Brazil Development Bank to Allow Solar Imports Until 2020
7 RenewEconomy:
US solar giant quits Australia due to policy uncertainty
8 Forbes:
Arizona Utility To Pay Consumers For Rooftop Space For Solar
Opinions:
9 Red, Green, and Blue:
Xcel Has More Faces Than Eve
Have a great day!
Yann
Lots of coverage of the APS proposal to own 20MW of residential solar rooftops. Let us be clear about one thing. APS wants to own solar, put it into the ratebase (make customers pay for it) and then turn around and say that solar has no demand value. Thus requiring more power plants to be built. Utility owned generation, UOG, is the newest ploy by billion dollar corporations to get rid of the solar industry.
Yann
News
1 GTM:
APS Enters the Rooftop Solar Business
2 PV-Tech:
Con Edison chooses storage over billion-dollar substation project
3 CleanTechnica:
Renewables Pushing Utilities & Grid Operators To Invest In FACTS
4 KCET:
L.A. Using Only a Fraction of its Rooftop Solar Potential
5 Bloomberg:
China Solar Exports Increased 18% in First Half of 2014
6 RE World:
MA SREC Clearinghouse Auction Underway — What You Need to Know
7 Quartz:
How solar energy storage could make Tesla much more than an automaker
8 Forbes:
Six Reasons Solar Needs To Stop Whining About Chinese Tariffs
Opinions:
9 PR Watch:
Utility Trade Group Funds ALEC Attack on Americans Using Solar
Have a great day!
Yann
