This is your SolarWakeup for February 28th, 2014
If you were looking for more reasons to attend Vote Solar Equinox, our friend @solarfred typed them up for you
News
1 GTM:
Would a Trade War With China Cut the Industry Off at the Knees?
2 PV-Magazine:
SolarWorld asked to explain recent Qatari backing
3 CleanTechnica:
Is Utility 2.0 A Forecast Or A Post-Mortem?
4 Gigaom:
As the Valley dials back on cleantech, VCs are MIA at energy summit
5 SolarIndustry:
IREC Backs Adoption Of Expedited Grid Interconnection
6 WSJ:
Solar Renewal Casts Shadow Over Utilities
7 Energy Collective:
Utility Scale Solar
8 Fox:
China's rooftop solar goal looks too ambitious
Opinions:
9 Solar Power World:
Now Here’s How To Spend Your Solar Marketing Dollars
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for February 27th, 2014
News
1 CleanTechnica:
New Report Highlights Growth In Solar Jobs For Veterans
2 Solar Industry:
ITC And THC In The Air At Solar Power Colorado
3 Solar Power World:
Danfoss Plans To Sell Solar Inverter Business To SMA
4 GTM:
Solar Paired With Storage Is a ‘Real, Near and Present’ Threat
5 RE World:
Solar Financing Models
6 Nanowerk:
NREL examines solar policy pathways for states
7 HuffPost:
Two New Trends Redefine Residential Solar's Potential
8 Roll Call:
Federal Lending Fuels Growth in Solar Power
Opinions:
9 Grist:
Are Electric Utilities Already Dead?
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for February 26th, 2014
News
1 NY Times:
Solar Industry Jump-Starts a Revival in California
2 RE World:
North Carolina’s Duke Energy Plans Attack on Solar
3 PV-Tech:
SolarCity considering alternative PV module supply
4 GTM:
Growth of the Solar Depends on Module Reliability and Performance
5 Breaking Energy:
Christie Proposes New Energy Bank to Prevent Blackouts
6 CleanTechnica:
New Website Highlights Popularity of Rooftop Solar
7 Charlotte Observer:
Freeze solar net-metering terms, advocates ask
8 RT USA:
Florida woman forced to use utilities instead of staying off-grid
Opinions:
9 Stanford Institute:
Running On Clean Energy
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for February 25th, 2014
News
1 Bloomberg:
LDK Solar Seeks Liquidator in Caymans as Bond Matures
2 GTM:
ALEC Coordinates New Attacks on Renewables and Net Metering
3 Solar Industry:
NCSEA Acts To Protect Rooftop Solar Market
4 Bloomberg:
Bankrupt Solar-Panel Maker Suntech Seeks Court Protection
5 RE World:
Powering the US with Renewables
6 Renew Economy:
Operator says rooftop solar PV shifts peak by hours
7 Motley Fool:
The Truth Behind the Solar Tariff Debate
8 WLTX:
Industry, Nonprofits Face Limits in Solar Power Generation
Opinions:
9 Forbes:
EEI and NRDC Closer To Getting It Right On Net Metering
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for February 24th, 2014
News
1 UT San Diego:
Solar bargain to last 20 years, for some
2 Think Progress:
Could A Solar-Powered Currency Be The Next Bitcoin?
3 EE News:
Bid to connect grids needs buy-in from independent Texas
4 Solar Power World:
Is Vertical Integration The Only Way to Scale Residential?
5 CleanTechnica:
Waiting On Ivanpah
6 Live Science:
Attempting to Defeat Pollution Standards Before They Emerge
7 Telegraph:
Ga. debates permitting solar panel leasing
8 Lowell Sun:
Darkening prospects for Mass. solar?
Opinions:
9 Salt Lake Tribune:
Give solar energy a fair chance in Utah
Have a great day!
Yann
Top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
Exciting news! Vote Solar just confirmed that California's Governor Brown will be attending the VIP reception at this year's Equinox. They'll be honoring him along with solar champion Mark Ferron who recently stepped down from the CPUC. The VIP reception will star-studded, but the whole evening promises to be all kinds of solar fun - so I hope you'll join for whichever portion of the evening you're able.
Exciting news! Vote Solar just confirmed that California’s Governor Brown will be attending the VIP reception at this year’s Equinox. They’ll be honoring him along with solar champion Mark Ferron who recently stepped down from the CPUC. The VIP reception will star-studded, but the whole evening promises to be all kinds of solar fun – so I hope you’ll join for whichever portion of the evening you’re able. Click here to Buy Your Ticket! These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week! #1 News12: Solar panels collapse under heavy snow, ice in NJ #2 VentueBeat: Meet … Read More →
This is your SolarWakeup for February 21st, 2014
News
1 Forbes:
Utilities And Greenies Try To Cool Off Grid Disputes
2 CleanTechnica:
Civil War At Duke Energy?
3 VentureBeat:
Meet Vivint, the latest company stripped from Google’s results
4 GTM:
First Solar’s Quiet Reveal of Its TetraSun High-Efficiency Silicon
5 USA Today:
States in the middle as utilities, solar advocates clash
6 Forbes:
Solar Investing Grows Up
7 CleanTechnica:
Northeast Utilities (NU) Opposes Solar To Protect Profits
8 Tor Valenza:
How Zombies Can Teach Us to Guerrilla Market Solar
Opinions:
9 Ahmad Chatila:
SolarWorld trade victory would devastate US industry
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for February 20th, 2014
News
1 CleanTechnica:
Duke Energy Issues RFP For 300 MW Of New Solar
2 PV-Tech:
SolarWorld lifts lid on rescue plan
3 GTM:
Will Loans for Rooftop Solar Overtake Third-Party Ownership?
4 Solar Industry:
Democratization Of Solar Power Refutes Net Metering Critics
5 RE World:
SunEdison Launches Yieldco Leverage Solar Asset Values
6 TheStreet:
Solar Shines but Fund Managers Cold-Shoulder Energy
7 HuffPost:
U.S. Challenges India's Solar Industry, Again
8 Forbes:
Will The Solar Market Outlook Turn Rosier For 2014?
Opinions:
9 Slate:
The World’s Dumbest Trade War
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for February 19th, 2014
News
1 PV-Tech:
SunEdison to initiate first ‘yieldco’ PV project investment vehicle
2 Energy Collective:
Is the Solar Industry Shifting from Big Solar to Rooftops?
3 RE World:
Can We Reach 100 Percent Renewable Energy?
4 CleanTechnica:
The #1 Solar Utility Is In…Iowa?
5 Grist:
U.S. tries to have it both ways with solar trade policy
6 AZ Central:
SRP customers install more solar
7 SC State:
Solar power boosters keep 'pressure' on lawmakers
8 Business Insider:
CA's Record-Breaking New Solar Plant Is Already Irrelevant
Opinions:
9 Robert Wilson:
Do Renewables Lower Energy Consumption?
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for February 18th, 2014
News
1 Bloomberg:
Shaw Joins KKR Buying Cleaner Energy
2 RE World:
US-Taiwan Solar Trade Dispute Forges On
3 Reuters:
China calls for fair handling of escalating solar dispute with U.S.
4 Triple Pundit:
Cost of Solar Power Still Falling, Falling, Falling
5 Solar Industry:
Trina Solar Takes Majority Stake In PV Cell Manufacturer
6 Solar Novus:
Implementing a Solar PPA
7 ARS Technica:
Is it time to move away from silicon-based solar?
8 Breaking Energy:
Are Subsidies the Answer to Energy Sector Tax Reform?
Opinions:
9 Solarworld:
Time to stop US firms competing with Chinese government
Have a great day!
Yann
