This is your SolarWakeup for March 10th, 2014
More good news for solar innovation. Solarbridge, the manufacturer of microinverters, raised $42mm in new financing. The interesting market impact is that Constellation ventures was a major part of the funding. Utility companies are shifting from being against solar all of the time to understanding the opportunities in the market. Don't mistake utility holding company actions for those of regulated entities however.
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Vote Solar Equinox VIP Guests: Governor Jerry Brown Mayor Ed Lee Former CPUC Commissioner Mark Ferron An group of solar friends from across the Country Get your ticket now! These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week! #1 Solar Server: Obama Administration proposes big changes to solar tax credits #2 SolarWakeup: Why Does The Solar Industry Keep Hitting Itself? #3 GTM: This Is What the Utility Death Spiral Looks Like #4 GTM: Residential PV: Sungevity Moves to CPF, Vivint Fund , Mosaic Loan #5 Fox News: SolarCity’s skyrocketing stock dependent on government #6 Forbes: Who Is Funding Energy Storage And Why #7 Time: A Bright Year … Read More
This is your SolarWakeup for March 7th, 2014
Batteries, net metering, securitization, natural gas, ITC and so much more happens every day in solar. Just look at today's news rundown and a plethora of issues happen at any given moment in solar. As a member of the Vote Solar Equinox host committee it is my honor to invite you to attend the event, as a member of the solar industry it is my pleasure to tell you that my flight is booked and ticket purchased to be in San Francisco in two weeks. Do your part and come on out!
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This is your SolarWakeup for March 6th, 2014
Solar had a great year, last 18 months exceeded last previous 30 years. Almost 20% more solar jobs with over 140,000 solar workers. All of this still amounts to an industry that is politically struggling. State level policies are going strong, our industry's grassroots has been phenomenal but one look at the Obama budget showed a lack of respect for our national presence. SEIA stepped up and rebuked the proposal, as an ITC extension should be the requirement as long as oil and gas maintain their tax credits and subsidies.
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This is your SolarWakeup for March 5th, 2014
Tipping points are reached through innovation and customer adoption. The convergence of the key tipping point for solar is when financing is available to a customer class. We saw it first in utility and large commercial scale solar. Then residential took off and is creating new financial products. The next leap comes in small and medium commercial solar and storage.
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This is your SolarWakeup for March 4th, 2014
Ever since getting into the solar industry, friends and strangers all have the same statement when they find out I work in solar; "things must be booming!" While things are always in a state of progress, the last few months have appeared to show a tipping point, something I see is taking root as a sentiment. IPOs, consolidation, yield-cos, acquisitions and start-ups are doing amazing work to advance solar.
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This is your SolarWakeup for March 3rd, 2014
Last week CASE asked SolarWorld to explain if and how much of the company is owned by Qatar, the middle eastern oil and gas exporting Country. SolarWorld has called this legitimate question, "twaddle" and in case you are wondering, the definition of "twaddle" is below. No comment or all of our major shareholders file as required would have been appropriate, twaddle on the other hand shows that this question is worth pursuing. See below for a story on the topic and more to come...soon!
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In 2013, Vote Solar: Intervened in 28 dockets to improve solar regulations Launched Project Permit, a campaign to reduce soft costs Led net metering fights in 6 States Get your ticket now! These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week! #1 Lowell Sun: Darkening prospects for Mass. solar? #2 PV-Tech: SolarCity considering alternative PV module supply #3 Solar Power World: Is Vertical Integration The Only Way to Scale Residential? #4 NY Times: Solar Industry Jump-Starts a Revival in California #5 RE World: North Carolina’s Duke Energy Plans Attack on Solar #6 HuffPost: Two New Trends Redefine Residential Solar’s Potential #7 GTM: Solar Paired With Storage … Read More
This is your SolarWakeup for February 28th, 2014
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This is your SolarWakeup for February 27th, 2014
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