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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Top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
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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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This is your SolarWakeup for July 18th, 2014
There are good days in solar, today is a good day. SEIA jumped on the EIA study that says solar can take a leading role in the US Energy profile. Most importantly, SEIA has publicly stated the important need of the ITC extension something that has circulated quietly and privately in the past, now it is a stated policy and that is a great thing for everyone. An ITC extension should be required by all in DC, because a vote against solar is a vote against jobs.
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 17th, 2014
Florida is the 3rd largest electricity market in the Country. Investor owned utilities sell almost 80% of the load to their ratepayers. They send 1 lobbyist to the State capitol for almost every 2 legislators according to the Huffington Post (first article). Yet, solar is a very very small piece of the energy pie. Protectionism doesn't start or end with trade wars, it happens when dynasty corporations seek to protect the status quo instead of adapting...
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 16th, 2014
During Intersolar, I had the privilege of becoming the President of RISE and leading the Board for the next few years. RISE is an important complement to the work NABCEP and their Board have done for solar. With a shift towards rooftops, particularly commercial rooftops, doing solar installations properly is vital. Please take a moment and do the survey for distributed rooftop solar listed below.
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 15th, 2014
Solar is getting complicated for sure and it is apparent in the news trends. Today is a good example, you have trade issues, utilities & batteries, EV and solar collaboration and the State battles. That's why it was good to see and hear so many partnerships during my time at Intersolar (don't miss my story), because going it alone is almost impossible.
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 14th, 2014
Fantastic day! Germany is the world cup champion! It is my son's 4th birthday and I leave for vacation today. Not to worry, after a week at Intersolar, the SolarWakeup will continue on without too many interruptions from regular scheduling. If you want to contribute to make my work a bit easier while away, please feel free to send me articles that are SWu worthy!
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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!
These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week! #1 Toledo Blade: Solar-panel maker shuts down #2 NY Times: Activist Investor Helps a Solar Power Company Turn Itself Around #3 Motley Fool: Which of These 3 Solar Companies Can Make You Rich? #4 SF Gate: Sungevity shows how solar panels will look on your house #5 GTM: Critics Say MA New Solar Bill Would Create an Unfair Exchange #6 PV-Tech: Top US residential installers tighten grip on market #7 CleanTechnica: Florida Utilities Working To Crush Nascent Solar Industry #8 GTM: What You Need to Know About How Clean Energy YieldCos Work #9 CleanTechnica: SolarCity and SunRun vs Arizona Department Of Revenue #10 Vegas Journal: No significant … Read More
This is your SolarWakeup for July 11th, 2014
A great week in the books with Intersolar wrapping up. Some interesting news coming from the show which we will share with you next week. One overarching theme is apparent, solar is not alone anymore. We are interconnected within our own value chain and other industries like storage, home automation and efficiency. Above all, the energy sector remains a finance industry, with so many attendees once again wearing the suit and tie (except the team at Shoals!)
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