This is your SolarWakeup for July 29th, 2014
Of course the blowback of the recent trade case is starting to come. I join all of those voices that call for the end of the tariffs. But the realist in me doesn't see a negotiated alternative outcome. SolarWorld (Owned by Qatar) had a decent quarter and can now get perpetual tariffs added to competitors that do it better and cheaper. Why would they want to change that? Why would they want another alternative strategy? Maybe if the market stops supporting SolarWorld product, they would come to the table.
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 28th, 2014
To begin, I am back from a fantastic vacation which was made better with the help of Glenna Wiseman, who graciously stepped in for me last week. I hope you found her commentary as great as I did. You can always find her online at identity3.com, @GlennaWiseman or @Women4Solar!
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 25th, 2014
The US Department of Commerce finds cause to levy new duties on solar products manufactured in China and Taiwan ranging from 26% to 58%. Dumping margins occur when the Department of Commerce find products solar below fair value.
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 24th, 2014
Hot spots (pun intended) for solar development head up our solar stories today. U.S. solar footprint news highlights solar progressive states now experiencing battles to curtail solar development. Yesterday we saw headlines pointing to contention in Arizona, today its North Carolina. Out of Florida headlines call attention to the sunshine state’s solar potential and the roadblocks being thrown in the way of massive deployment there. On the technology side, Google is lighting a fire under the inverter market with a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) to collapse the size of a solar inverter. $1 million is the contest prize with the juicier win being a potential alignment with Google’s “Bottom up Grid” project and/or an investment by the internet giant who is carving out a huge piece of the clean energy industry pie. With the recent acquisition of Solectria Renewables by Japanese machinery maker, Yaskawa Electric Corp., Google’s race for innovation puts even more pressure on an already hotly contested inverter market.
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 23rd, 2014
Get the feeling we are “running just as fast as we can, holding onto one another’s hands?” Adrenaline junkies need look no farther than a participatory role in the solar industry for a speed based rush. Agility, quick response time and synchronized team work are necessary arrows in the modern solar company’s quiver, no matter what role the firm plays in the supply chain or calls home on the planet. Evidence of a swiftly changing landscape include today’s look at 2Q 2014 funding, PV supplier manufacturing and the playing field of microgrids and utilities. Need more evidence? Check out Jennifer Runyon’s piece on energy storage. Heady stuff in our fast paced solar race. While Tommy James & The Shondells captured sentiments in 1967 relevant to the solar revolution today, we are certainly not alone anymore.
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 22nd, 2014
See more on the Suniva manufacturing announcement that follows the SolarCity/Silevo manufacturing announcement a few weeks ago. Expect that Suniva will be up and running in the near future on this plant however.
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 21st, 2014
The yin and yang of solar related messages in our highlighted headlines is intriguing and points to the industry’s growing clout. “We couldn't figure out why not to do it.” “It’s a no brainer.” Consumer voices heard in mainstream media are mirrored by financial recommendations for buying into the solar sector. Swinging to a perceived dark side of the solar value proposition is angst about glare from California's Ivanpah installation causing problems with area flights and leasing contracts stymieing home sales. We as an industry are not on the sidelines of energy generation any longer. We are in the proverbial “ring.” As Ucilia Wang reports in Forbes, it’s a bullish outlook for the U.S. solar market. With the limelight of becoming a major player, we also shoulder the insults and incoming tomatoes. Let’s make sauce.
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This Week’s SolarWakeup Original Intersolar North America, 3 levels of solar trends These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week! #1 Motley Fool: SolarCity Is in for a Giant Solar Fight #2 CleanTechnica: Huge Legal Victory For Rooftop Solar Power #3 Espresso Pundit: APS Finally Goes Too Far #4 HuffPost: Hypocrisy and Cronyism in the ‘Sunshine’ State #5 RE World: The Good, the Bad, and the Oops! of Intersolar 2014’s Event Marketing #6 NY Times: W.T.O. Rules Against U.S. on Tariffs Placed on Chinese Products #7 CNBC: US violates trade rules in imposing import tariffs on solar panels from China #8 NRCA: Roofing Industry Conducts Survey on Distributed Rooftop Solar … Read More
This is your SolarWakeup for July 19th, 2014
Our solar opponents often want to get solar to get sidetracked by answering their asinine commentary from paid for legislators. More importantly, they hate good news like the IPO for a solar specific yieldco, TerraForm, released by SunEdsion. SunEdison has come a long way from its start thanks to working with new management and activist investors. This success led to raising the range of the IPO price, and that's great news for everyone in solar.
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