These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
News
1 CNBC:
The sleeping giant of the solar industry - Florida
2 Slate:
The Real Solyndra Scandal
3 Wall Street Journal:
Filed Sunrun IPO Plans Close to Emerging Publicly
4 Forbes:
Minnesota Is Where You Will Find The New Solar Gold Rush
5 IREC:
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for North Carolina Solar
6 Marketwatch:
High-tech solar projects fail to deliver
7 Business Journal:
Tesla snaps up former Solyndra building in huge Fremont expansion
8 Clean Technica:
Dear Hawaii - Read Your Mail Before Your Utility Sells Out
9 The Vatican:
Encyclical Letter, Laudato-Si, of the Holy Father Francis
10 Jim Rogers:
Making the business case for solar in NC
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
This is your SolarWakeup for June 19th, 2015
The Pope has come out with Laudato Si, the encyclical calling for care of our common home. It is an impressive document rooted in reality of our times. I highlight the most relevant items related to energy but I recommend a read.
News
1 The Vatican:
Encyclical Letter Laudato SI' Of The Holy Father Francis On Care For Our Common Home
2 Huffington Post:
Laudato Si' and Water - The Vatican's Encyclical Letter and Global Water Challenges
3 Fortune:
China is utterly and totally dominating solar panels
4 The National:
Dewa set to award consultancy contract for latest solar park phase
5 Utility Dive:
Inside the renewable energy battles shaping North Carolina's future
6 Renew Economy:
Rooftop solar to cut total grid demand to zero in South Australia
7 PV-Magazine:
Mercom tips 2016 global PV market to reach 57.4 MW
8 Huffington Post:
Wind and Solar Power Are Taking the Lead
Opinions:
9 EDF:
Pennsylvania Gives Clean Energy Not One, but Two Boosts
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 18th, 2015
We knew it was coming and it’s big news. The Sunrun S-1 IPO filing has found its way into the hands of the Wall Street Journal. It was confidentially filed earlier this year and now the 2nd largest residential solar company will make its rounds to the investors that will buy the company stock when it goes public. With almost twice as many contracts as Vivint Solar, Sunrun makes the case for an ever expanding residential solar market, most recently announcing its entry into South Carolina. Notably, SolarCity and Sunrun have the most amazing public policy teams and can be credited for many of the net metering victories that keep solar alive around the Country. Best of luck to the Sunrun team and stay tuned for more as the news comes out
News
1 Wall Street Journal:
Filed Sunrun IPO Plans Close to Emerging Publicly
2 Breaking Energy:
Mobilizing $4 Billion In Private-Sector Support For Clean Energy Innovation
3 IREC:
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for North Carolina Solar
4 Utility Dive:
Report - Telecoms investing heavily in distributed energy
5 Forbes:
Minnesota Is Where You Will Find The New Solar Gold Rush
6 Energy Collective:
6 Reasons Why Penetrations of Renewable Resources are Becoming Attainable
7 Grand Forks Herald:
N.D. utility regulators reject Xcel Energy’s solar energy application
8 Think Progress:
India Just Upped Its Solar Target Five-Fold, Will Install More Solar This Year Than Germany
Opinions:
9 Arizona Daily Star:
TEP’s solar plan hurts working class
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 17th, 2015
It has been fun watching certain political candidates explain their way around the climate change debate since the Pope has come out with rather strong words warning about climate impacts caused by society. Rick Santorum actually said we should listen to scientists and not the Pope about climate change. Jokes aside, what is becoming more common is deflecting the debate of whether it is man-made or not and discussion how to deal with adaptation which could make climate change a discussion about solutions instead of doing nothing. A step in the right direction…
News
1 NY Times:
Pope’s Views on Climate Change Add Pressure to Catholic Candidates
2 Grist:
This power plant slurps up water for Arizona — and burns 15 tons of coal a minute
3 Utility Dive:
Most states on track to meet EPA Clean Power Plan, but political & legal contention remains
4 Think Progress:
Opposition Is Piling On A Proposal To Increase Access To Solar Power In Florida
5 Greentech Media:
Survey - 1 in 3 Corporate Investors Plan to Back Their First Solar Project in 2015
6 Renewable Energy World:
EU Raises Concern That UK, France Won't Meet Renewables Goal
7 CleanTechnica:
California Becomes First US State To Surpass 10,000 MW Solar Mark
8 PV-Magazine:
NREL partnerships to help the grid accommodate more renewable energy
Opinions:
9 Forbes:
Two Scenarios That Could Lead To Significant Upside For Trina Solar's Stock
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 16th, 2015
Every time a power plant is brought by a regulated utility to the public service commission, a full life cycle cost analysis needs to be presented. In the case of natural gas power plants for example, the utility has to include a cost curve for natural gas fuel costs looking out many years. It doesn’t actually have to pre-purchase the natural gas (the price would be too high) but it has to present a forecast. Since solar offers a guaranteed fuel cost, wouldn’t it make sense that natural gas power plants also have to shelter ratepayers from ALL deviations from the fuel cost forecast and the investors of the utilities should bear the risk?
News
1 CleanTechnica:
Dear Hawaii - Read Your Mail Before Your Utility Sells Out
2 EDF:
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly When Oil Giants Shift to Natural Gas
3 PV-Magazine:
US - 16 GW of 32 GW utility-scale solar pipeline to be completed by ITC deadline
4 Grist:
You probably missed this climate change promise hidden in Clinton’s speech
5 Vox:
Every country is now pledging to tackle CO2 emissions. It's still not enough.
6 Business Journal:
North Carolina holds on to fourth place in new solar construction for Q1
7 Utility Dive:
How utilities are finding new revenue streams to combat stagnant load growth
8 Bloomberg:
JA Solar Forms Committee to Evaluate CEO’s Buyout Offer
Opinions:
9 Jim Rogers:
Making the business case for solar in NC
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 15th, 2015
Every Saturday, Bloomberg New Energy Finance sends out a newsletter commenting on a current highlight in the energy space. This Saturday, I was very much surprised with the message contained in the newsletter. I have asked for clarification and don’t fully understand what the basis for the commentary is but here is the key comment that I am very much at odds with; "Archaic net energy metering (NEM) policies in the US are currently overgenerous for distributed generation.” With the consensus on the topic from impartial 3rd parties being that solar net metering is a financial benefit to all ratepayers, I fail to understand what is meant by the statement. More to come…
News
1 Slate:
The Real Solyndra Scandal
2 CNBC:
The sleeping giant of the solar industry
3 Vox:
This Nevada company wanted to break up with its electric utility. The government said no.
4 Utility Dive:
Florida utilities, AG want state Supreme Court to block solar ballot initiative
5 Business Journals:
Exclusive - Tesla snaps up former Solyndra building in huge Fremont expansion
6 Marketwatch:
High-tech solar projects fail to deliver
7 Energy Collective:
Energy Storage is Critical Issue at Utility Industry's Conference in New Orleans
8 Quartz:
Japan is building huge solar power plants that float on water
Opinions:
9 Grist:
Can the pope move the needle on climate change?
Have a great day!
Yann
These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
News
1 Forbes:
Tesla's Battery May Not Destroy Utilities, But Utilities May Destroy Tesla
2 Energy Collective:
The IMF Just Destroyed the Best Argument Against Clean Energy
3 Motley Fool:
Solar Boom - Why Residential Rooftops Are Only the Beginning
4 Sacramento Bee:
How much will solar dim after tax credits expire?
5 Think Progress:
Why You Should Be Paying Attention To The ‘Other’ Form Of Solar Power
6 Renewable Energy World:
The Real Price of Free Solar
7 Denver Post:
Cost of solar power vexing to Colorado system owners, electric co-ops
8 Fortune:
The U.S. solar industry is shifting toward consumers
9 CNBC:
Elon Musk's biggest challenge yet - Recharging Buffalo, NY
10 Think Progress:
Lindsey Graham Calls Out Fellow Republican Candidates Over Climate Change Views
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
This is your SolarWakeup for June 12th, 2015
We are hitting some nice milestones here at SolarWakeup. This month, we are now tracking to reach over a million views in the next year. When I started this newsletter it originally went out to 30 of my colleagues and today is read by thousands every day of the week. Some of you read every day, some come for the blurb and most for a quick glimpse at today’s news. You can find SolarWakeup on Twitter @SolarWakeup and Facebook. So keep on sharing with your friends, coworkers and your boss but most of all keep advocating for solar. Thanks to all of you for being part of the SolarWakeup family.
News
1 CNBC:
Elon Musk's biggest challenge yet - Recharging Buffalo, NY
2 EDF:
Residential Electricity Pricing in California - We Need an Overhaul, not a Tune-Up
3 Utility Dive:
Inside Georgia Power's move into the residential solar market
4 Renewable Energy World:
The Real Price of Free Solar
5 PV-Magazine:
Solar PV could reach 12% of total EU electricity production by 2030
6 Huffington Post:
Solar Jobs - Growing at the Grassroots
7 Grist:
McKibben to Obama - You still have time to be a climate champion — but not much
8 Bloomberg:
Can Solar Panels Help Solve California's Drought?
Opinions:
9 Yale:
Despite Hurdles, Solar Power in Australia Is Too Robust to Kill
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 11th, 2015
Picking sides isn't hard to do but playing the middle is rarely a good idea. Too often in solar, we try to be everything to everyone hoping not to have to say no. Same goes with customers that are pitched solar, they leave many of us in limbo regarding their intentions to move forward. So today we have two great stories that show where the industry needs to pick a side. Where are you with committing to fight for an ITC extension? And where do you stand with supporting companies that fight for global solar mayhem through tariffs? When you pick a side, do your best to work with like minded companies and your goals will be reached. We have the numbers, we need the conviction...
News
1 Sacramento Bee:
How much will solar dim after tax credits expire?
2 PV-Magazine:
Intersolar Europe - SolarWorld exits SolarPower Europe trade body
3 Think Progress:
Why You Should Be Paying Attention To The ‘Other’ Form Of Solar Power
4 Sun-Sentinel:
Sides square off in fight over solar sales ballot initiative
5 Vice:
Thieves Are Looting Germany's Solar Farms
6 Bloomberg:
Duke Skipping Carolina Solar Fight as Apple, Google Pick Sides
7 24/7 Wall Street:
SunPower, First Solar Joint Venture Yieldco Sets IPO Terms
8 EDF:
What do Uber and Airbnb Have in Common with Clean Energy?
Opinions:
9 Renewable Energy World:
A Closer Look at Fossil and Renewable Energy Subsidies
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for June 10th, 2015
I am sitting here in NYC for some meetings and I can’t help to think of an old joke while reading the coverage of the EEI conference. The joke is about a man lost at sea who turns down a raft, boat and helicopter sent to save him because he believes that God will save him. I am not comparing Musk to God but imagine a room full of utility executives studying the future of the business. For the first time in history of electric utilities, the competitor isn’t solar or self generation, the competition is the gas station on the corner. Every home will have an electric car in 5-10 years, how utilities miss this is way beyond me, don’t pass up the helicopter!
News
1 Forbes:
Tesla's Battery May Not Destroy Utilities, But Utilities May Destroy Tesla
2 Utility Dive:
EEI 2015 - Why Elon Musk thinks the future is bright for utilities
3 PV-Magzine:
IRENA roadmap calls for 150 GW of battery storage by 2030
4 Fortune:
The U.S. solar industry is shifting toward consumers
5 Vox:
Here's what it would take for the US to run on 100% renewable energy
6 Think Progress:
BREAKING - Court Throws Out Challenge To Obama’s Climate Change Rule
7 The Guardian:
Record boost in new solar power continues massive industry growth
8 Politico:
Republican pledges $175 million to push party on climate
Opinions:
9 EDF:
Cracking the Code on California’s Clean Tech Leadership
Have a great day!
Yann
