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This is your SolarWakeup for June 30th, 2014

Solar is like a never ending roller coaster. We beat development records, open new markets, start new factories, invent new financial models while trillion dollar industries want to destroy us. Every victory comes with a new battle. Our forecast is sunny, very sunny, after some scatted clouds. Meanwhile Wisconsin Utilities are at it again, with a barrage of filings to eliminate any market presence of solar, more of the same you would say. In the meantime, check out my current state of solar column below.

News

1 SolarWakeup:

Solar Forecast

2 Journal Sentinel:

Growing amount of solar a concern for Wisconsin utilities

3 RenewEconomy:

Utilities move to kick rooftop solar off the grid

4 CleanTechnica:

Off-Grid, Clean Energy Access Market Valued At $12 Billion

5 ABC News:

Illinois Investing in Solar Power

6 Energy Collective:

How Solar Finance is Driving Solar Businesses to Change

7 RE World:

US Ex-Im Hangs in Balance as Chief Defends Bank Against Critics

8 GTM:

Will Homeowners Ever Be More Important Than Power Plants?

Opinions:

9 Bill Gates:

We Need Energy Miracles

Have a great day!
Yann

Top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!

Original Article from SolarWakeup This Week

Original Article from SolarWakeup This Week SolarWakeup: Is Permitting in Solar a Mess or Opportunity? These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week! #1 RE World: Storm Clouds Gathering Over the US Solar Industry #2 New Times: FPL, Duke and Others Squeeze Out Solar; Have They No Shame? #3 Bloomberg: Rooftop solar leases scaring homebuyers #4 CleanTechnica: Solar, Wind, Natural Gas Dominate New US Power Installations #5 Gigaom: SunPower and SolarCity emerge as fierce rivals for solar roofs #6 GTM: YieldCos Could Cut Renewables Costs by 20% #7 Think Progress: Utility Cuts Deal Solar Because It’s The Cheapest #8 RE World: Welcome to the Grid Revolution, Massachusetts-style #9 Forbes: SPWR’s Strategy: Developing Software … Read More →

This is your SolarWakeup for June 27th, 2014

So much in today’s rundown about the same topic that it requires more space. It is a tale of two States, one (Massachusetts) very much embracing solar as part of the energy portfolio, creating thousands of jobs and generating millions in revenues. The other (Florida) has one of the best net metering standards in the Country, because of the work open dialogue solar and utilities enjoyed. As you see in today’s first story, ... continue reading below or click here

News

1 New Times:

FPL and Others Squeeze Out Solar; Have They No Shame?

2 Boston Globe:

Finding common ground on solar

3 CleanTechnica:

Distributed Renewable Energy Under Fire

4 GTM:

Lessons From the Making of the MA Solar Compromise Bill

5 Breaking Energy:

Kauffman talks New Market-Based Energy System

6 RE World:

The US South’s New Clean Energy Hub

7 Kansas Star:

Lawsuit is filed over Missouri’s solar rebate program

8 Daily Caller:

Growing Solar Use Poses Huge Safety Risk For Firefighters

Opinions:

9 Solar Curator:

Q&A With Yingli On World Cup Sponsorship

Have a great day!
Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for June 26th, 2014

News

1 GTM:

YieldCos Could Cut Renewables Costs by 20%, Study Finds

2 PV-Tech:

Clinton Global Initiative launches “Feed-Out” solar funding

3 RE World:

Welcome to the Grid Revolution, Massachusetts-style

4 WHNT:

Better Business Bureau gives guidelines for solar

5 Gigaom:

SunPower and SolarCity emerge as fierce rivals for solar roofs

6 NY Times:

Report Tallies High Toll on Economy From Global Warming

7 Forbes:

Looking To Brussels To Save Spanish Solar

8 MW Energy:

Michigan could expand solar without raising rates

Opinions:

9 Solar Industry:

Tariffs Seem Certain To Hurt U.S. Installation Market

Have a great day!
Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for June 25th, 2014

Downstream solar always gets me excited. When looking through the permitting bill, AB 2188, in California and having a conversation with the Go Solar Broward team during the SunShot conference, it all dawned on me. Permitting is a huge time suck, surely solar contractors, big and small, feel this way. Having just put solar on my house and almost giving up because of the permitting, it may just be the biggest opportunity for growth in the soft cost portion of solar. My article on the topic below.

News

1 SolarWakeup:

3 Ways Permitting Creates Opportunity For Solar

2 Finance & Commerce:

Rooftop solar leases scaring homebuyers

3 Forbes:

Developing Software To Manage Solar And Storage

4 CleanTechnica:

Solar, Wind, Natural Gas Dominate New US Power

5 GTM:

How Texas Could Easily Meet New Carbon Regulations

6 East Valley Tribune:

Local fire departments prepare for more residential solar

7 RE World:

Challenges to Financing Renewable Projects on Military Sites

8 Grist:

How to not lose your shirt when the climate goes bust

Opinions:

9 CleanTechnica:

Will Renewables Cause A Utility ‘Death Spiral’?

Have a great day!
Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for June 24th, 2014

News

1 AZ Central:

Political advocacy group jumps into debate on taxing leased solar

2 Solar Server:

Share of third-party solar in residential U.S. market to peak

3 Nat'l Journal:

Julian Castro is Obama's Newest Climate Denizen

4 Solar Power World:

Solar O&M Tools for the Solar Investor

5 Daily Breeze:

CA law would fast-track residential solar panel installations

6 PV-Tech:

California property tax exemptions for PV systems extended to 2025

7 Energy Collective:

Equity at Stake in Solar Energy Ownership Debate

8 RE World:

Storm Clouds Gathering Over the US Solar Industry

Opinions:

9 NY Times:

The Big Green Test; Conservatives and Climate Change

Have a great day!
Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for June 23rd, 2014

News

1 CleanTechnica:

Will You Take The Solar Pledge?

2 GTM:

Best Path to a Low-Carbon Future Includes Plenty of Wind and Solar

3 Motley Fool:

How Obama's Climate Policy Could Create $1.3 Trillion in GDP

4 RE World:

Awakening the Potential of Clean Energy Bonds

5 Think Progress:

Utility Deal For 20 Years Of Solar Because It’s The Cheapest

6 Desert Sun:

Demand for solar water-heating rising

7 Grist:

Celebrate solar power at a solstice event this weekend

8 Solar Novus:

Seismic Guidelines for PV Installations

Opinions:

9 Hank Paulson:

Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession

Have a great day!
Yann

Top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!

These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week! #1 GTM: Here’s Why SolarCity Plans to Build a 1GW Solar Factory #2 Forbes: Understanding Solar Yieldcos #3 Al Gore: The Turning Point: New Hope for the Climate #4 USA Today: U.S. solar projects get lift from online tool #5 Solar Power World: What Will Be Best Way In 2015 To Fund Solar Projects? #6 Think Progress: Texas Utility Says It Will Be Coal-Free By 2016 #7 NY Times: Buying Into Solar Power, No Roof Access Needed #8 GTM: Will Batteries and PV Create an Unstoppable Hybrid Force? #9 Business Week: AES Selling Solar-Power Venture Stake to SunEdison #10 Grist: Kochs are cooking up a new … Read More →

This is your SolarWakeup for June 20th, 2014

GTM has put a price tag on the newest set of tariffs levied on Chinese modules. While the tariffs are unfortunate and blatantly dumb there is no greater threat to solar than the fights happening in State regulatory commissions across the Country. It used to be the big fights about net metering at the legislature. Incumbent monopolies have no desire allow property owners to exercise their rights to generate their own solar energy. And they will go to extraordinary lengths to keep our economy in the last century.

News

1 RE World:

Plug-and-Play Solar Systems

2 Bloomberg:

Solar Tariffs to Boost Prices for Chinese Panels by 14%

3 Solar Industry:

MA Group Unhappy With Proposed Incentive Changes

4 NY Times:

Buying Into Solar Power, No Roof Access Needed

5 Nation Swell:

How Burning Man Spawned a Solar ‘Gold Rush’

6 PV-Tech:

Italy’s proposed retroactive FiT cuts ‘illegitimate’

7 CleanTechnica:

Socio-economic Benefits of Solar and Wind Energy

8 Solar-USA:

Interview With Georgia PSC Commissioner Bubba McDonald

Opinions:

9 GTM:

Why Jim Rubens Stands Out From All Republicans Running for Senate

Have a great day!
Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for June 19th, 2014

The politics of climate change continues to evolve. Former Vice-President Gore writes a compelling piece in Rolling Stone about where we stand today. As the President continues to rely on EPA rules to stem the tide of climate change, power plants and therefore solar is impacted. If you are particularly fond of climate change debate, look up yesterday's speech from Senator Bernie Sanders on the issue.

News

1 Al Gore:

The Turning Point

2 Solar Industry:

U.S. Codes And Standards Reflect Solar's Rising Importance

3 Business Week:

AES Selling Solar-Power Venture Stake to SunEdison

4 Biz Journals:

Strong N.C. solar industry lags in private installations

5 LA Times:

L.A. councilman wants to put ground-based solar on pause

6 Biz Journals:

Xcel to reopen its solar incentive program in Colorado

7 PV-Tech:

PV equipment bookings in recovery mode

8 SJ News:

SolarCity follows Tesla's 'Gigafactory' path, builds panel factory

Opinions:

9 RE World:

Tip of the Iceberg

Have a great day!
Yann

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