This is your SolarWakeup for July 14th, 2017

Have a great weekend! Back to normal next week with daily summaries while I am in New York. Of course a Happy Bastille Day to all our French readers and a Happy 7th Birthday to my son! (though he’s not a subscriber)

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This is your SolarWakeup for July 13th, 2017

An ice shelf goes rogue, NRG has to shed solar, and DOE keeps funding.

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This is your SolarWakeup for July 12th, 2017

What’s your takeaway from Intersolar? Let me know

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This is your SolarWakeup for July 11th, 2017

No Intersolar for me this year, as I am still on vacation and soon en route to New York. Hope you are all enjoying yourselves and make sure to support CalSEIA with an awesome event at AT&T Park.

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This is your SolarWakeup for July 10th, 2017

Energy Road Show Finale in NYC. Next week will be the end of the energy storage tour. After three successful trips through California, a lot of takeaways that guide a strong guidance on where energy storage is going in the solar industry. Next week, I will be in New York to discuss with capital providers what the next steps are to get more capital into this market and the path for energy storage needs to take to scale in solar.

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This is your SolarWakeup for July 7th, 2017

Have a Great Weekend! Solar Powers America. Who is this group and who is behind them? Link

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This is your SolarWakeup for July 6th, 2017

Happy Thursday! Not for utility execs and regulators in Arizona though…

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This is your SolarWakeup for July 5th, 2017

I Love This Story. Oklahoma Gas and Electric gets downgraded by Moody. Yes Sir!

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This is your SolarWakeup for July 3rd, 2017

Vacation mode in effect. Currently reading Back From The Dead, by the amazing Bill Walton. Back on July 5th with the next SolarWakeup.
From The Readers! Anders in WA writes. In Washington State, we are finalizing a budget that does not include new funding for solar. This is hard in our market and is a big step away from the local dedication to solar, especially given the lack of leadership in DC. Utility prices are going up fast here, but we still needed a little more support to have that safe bridge to cheaper solar and expensive grid power. Rate ranges are $0.035-$0.13/kWh. The industry will continue here, but not at the growth rate that climate change and our industry's mission requires. We will contract and jobs will be lost this year. It is sad that such a liberal State can let something so important lapse without any public concern or media coverage.

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This is your SolarWakeup for June 30th, 2017

Have a great weekend. I will be on vacation over the next few weeks but the daily newsletter will continue to come in. Expect a reduction in daily thoughts however. If you have an interesting recap of the day, feel free to send it along and it may make the headline.
Solar In Texas In Jeopardy. It’s a shame that the ultimate free market State in the US could be undone by protectionism. For years, legislators on the right have said, solar must compete on its own based on price and not subsidies. Now that it competes in a deregulated energy market, Trump could swoop in and cause a reversal of fortunes, artificially inflating the cost of solar. Texans should be up in arms and sitting in Cruz and Cornyn’s offices, fighting against a protectionist agenda.
Getting Storage To Work For You. One of the common questions on the energy storage road show was the usefulness of the ITC for storage on existing solar plants. An interesting overview from legal experts on how adding storage after a solar asset is in place can still qualify. The key is that the energy that goes into the battery comes from the solar plant. This is a technical and software issue that is best solved by connecting the battery on the DC side. I’d like ot hear your thoughts on this.
Here Comes The Scale. 10 more gigafactories! That’s a whole new level of scale that will drive the price down in a big way.

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