This is your SolarWakeup for October 25th, 2013
Create and Deliver Great Solar Content!
News
1 AZ Central:
APS to revise its plan in solar-subsidy debate
2 SJ Mercury:
Taking a page from the solar industry, financing for energy storage
3 Denver Post:
1st auction of solar rights on public lands in Colorado draws no bids
4 UT San Diego:
Residential solar rebates extended
5 PV-Tech:
Half of Chile’s renewable pipeline now solar, but only 6.7MW built
6 Greentech Media:
GTM Research Exposes Hidden Solar Growth Markets
7 Mother Nature:
Robert Moses gets resilient with first of Solar For Sandy installations
8 Breaking Energy:
The Future of Solar
Opinions:
9 Rob Day:
Lessons From The Past Ten Years
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 24th, 2013
The best part of doing SolarWakeup.com is the reception from readers on the trade show floor at #SPICon. Your support is phenomenal and greatly appreciated. As we proceed into another year of innovation, expansion and development keep working to spread the solar message through this and the many great channels in solar media. We will continue to expand how we market and improve. Thank you to all of you!
News
1 Greentech Media:
Arizona Utility Funds Solar Smear Campaign
2 Forbes:
The New Publicly Funded Solar Projects You Should Care
3 BizJournals:
PSC staffer, consultant oppose solar fee
4 Grist:
Chicago makes it easier to put solar panels on roofs
5 Greentech Media:
SunShot Launches $60 Million in DOE Money to Improve Solar
6 Denver Post:
Colorado set be site of nation’s first public lands solar auction
8 Bloomberg:
NRG and Exelon See Batteries Spurring Demand for Solar
Opinions:
9 Fox Business:
Is It Finally Time for Solar?
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 23rd, 2013
A special SPI edition of SolarWakeup. All of the articles are direct release from the companies participating in solar and at SPI. Give them your support by reading their updates!
News
1 SPI Tweet Up:
Brought to you by Solar’s Marketing Experts, Tonight in Chicago!
2 Advanced Energy:
to Feature New Three-Phase String Inverter and Speak at SPI
3 Demeter Power:
Selected By DoE For SunShot Award To Unlock Solar Financing
4 CarbonFree Technology:
Financing Finalized for Largest Solar Project in Canada
5 Fraunhofer CSE:
PVDI, a process to identify durability
6 ZNSHINE SOLAR:
ready for the US market
7 AEG Power:
Solutions extends broad inverter line with new 1000V outdoor inverters
8 Skytron Energy:
to strengthen presence in North America
9 3M & tenKsolar:
Celebrate More than 200 Installations
10 LG:
PV SOLUTIONS AT HEART OF INNOVATIVE NET-ZERO PROJECT
Opinions:
11 Hanwha SolarOne:
Introduces a Zep Compatible™ Solar Module in the U.S.
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 22nd, 2013
Hopefully you have arrived in Chicago and ready for SPI 2013. To make your conference more engaging, don't forget to download the SPI 2013 app and follow the happenings on Twitter using #SPICon. We will be walking the show, so if you see us, say hello!
News
1 Chicago Tribune:
Chicago to make it faster, cheaper to add solar power
2 Bloomberg:
China Solar Says Three Directors Detained in Fraud Probe
3 Motley Fool:
Risks Facing Today's Solar System Players
4 American Progress:
The Rise of Rooftop Solar Among the Middle Class
5 Hartford Courant:
Are Solar Panels Right For Your Home? A Google Maps For Solar
6 CleanTechnica:
Air Force Pilots New Solar Power Storage System
7 Breaking Energy:
Solar Power Coming To Airplane Windows?
8 National Geo:
Solar ‘Gardens’ Let Communities Share Renewable Power
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 21st, 2013
News
1 Forbes:
China's Growing Role In The Global Solar Power Industry
2 Quartz:
Super-large-scale solar installations are surging in the US
3 AZ Central:
APS, solar companies clash over credits to customers
4 BizJournals:
How to apply for Broward’s new building energy retrofits
5 Energy Collective:
Transformative Solar Energy Storage Policy for California
6 GigaOm:
Cleantech VC investments crater, drop down to pre-2006 levels
7 Forbes:
Threatened By Renewable Energy Subsidies
8 RE World:
Why The Money's Flowing Into US Residential Solar Models
Opinions:
9 Tor Valenza:
25 Awareness Actions You Can Take to Make a Sound in Solar Forest
Have a great day!
Yann
Top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
On October 23rd, SolarWakeup will have a special #SPICon edition. All stories will be direct from companies, so if you have a story that you want published, send it our way!
These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week! On October 23rd, SolarWakeup will have a special #SPICon edition. All stories will be direct from companies, so if you have a story that you want published, send it our way! On Sunday, SolarWakeup.com subscribers will be sent the first edition of the monthly Solar Marketing Insight, a SolarWakeup report on marketing trends in the solar industry! See you in Chicago! #1 GigaOm: Lessons from SunPower’s long and brutal road to becoming a solar giant #2 FastCompany: Time is Ripe for Energy Industry Disruption – Who’s Going To Do … Read More →
This is your SolarWakeup for October 18th, 2013
The solar industry is a gold rush where much of the gold is yet to be found. At this year's SPI show, an exciting section is exhibiting around booth #3650, the Solar Start-Up Alley. With venture capital looking at exciting startups throughout the solar industry, it is great to see these companies be given a place to show what is being worked on. Start-Up Alley, SfunCube and many other great paths are being created for solar innovation.
News
1 Bloomberg:
EBay, Ellison Embrace Microgrids in Threat to Utilities
2 Greentech Media:
5 Strategies Used to Acquire Residential Solar Customers
3 Solar Industry:
Solar Applicants Balk At The U.S. Treasury's Grant Haircuts
5 Grist:
California may force utilities to buy big batteries for renewables
6 NY Times:
Arizona Utility Tries Storing Solar Energy for Use in the Dark
7 Greentech Media:
Vivint Adds Half a Billion to Residential Solar Finance Surge
8 Forbes:
Chinese Billionaire Has Swooped On Cheap Western Solar Technology
Opinions:
9 RE World:
Forty Years Post-Oil Embargo
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 17th, 2013
On Monday, SolarWakeup.com will be publishing the first monthly Solar Marketing Insight, a report only available here. You will find the trending topics that are being read by you, the solar community. Find out when you read the most news, where you are going to read them and where in America you are based. If you are a marketing professional or PR pro, this is not a report that you will want to miss.
News
1 RE World:
Changing the Rules to Help Utilities Embrace the Future
2 Washington Post:
Changing the Rules to Help Utilities Embrace the Future
3 Greentech Media:
Why Charles Darwin Would Love Distributed Energy
4 AOL:
Solar Decathlon's Latest Designs for Affordable, Efficient Homes
5 PV-Tech:
Solar inverter shipments up 7% in 2013 but revenues to fall 9%
6 Earth Techling:
Big Solar, From Canada To The California Desert
7 Breaking Energy:
Journal Documents the Slow Death of European Utilities
8 Crowdfund Insider:
Mosaic Leads in Solar Funding with $5mm Crowdfunded
Opinions:
9 Solar Power World:
Solar Insights
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 16th, 2013
Vote Solar and SEIA put together their 2nd Solar Means Business report and hosted a Hangout about the results. Coming together with corporate sustainability executives, advocates and solar reporters to bring the results which show that corporate America knows the same thing we do. Solar Works!
News
1 Solar Power World:
Who’s Who Of U.S. Companies LOVE Solar
2 Washington Post:
Big box solar and the clean energy revolution
3 Greentech Media:
4 Major Rulings That Will Boost Solar and Energy Storage in CA
4 Clean Technica:
Ontario Kills Coal, But Local Renewables Program Falters
5 RE World:
New Litigation Trips Up Chinese Solar Recovery
6 Solar Industry:
When Disaster Strikes, Solar Has The Power To Save Lives
7 Breaking Energy:
Clean Energy Investment Dropping Again
8 GigaOm:
Lessons from SunPower’s long and brutal road to becoming a solar giant
Opinions:
9 Daily Finance:
Solar Power Is Upending the Energy Industry
Have a great day!
Yann
This is your SolarWakeup for October 15th, 2013
A great day of solar content, with that in mind, remember that next Wednesday is the special SPI edition. We will be at SPI all week tweeting with the conference #SPICon. Send us your news that you want to publish and they will be put on the SPI edition on October 23rd, and don't forget to say hello at the show!
News
1 RE World:
Solar Manufacturing Tidbits
2 Fast Company:
The Time is Ripe for Energy Disruption - Who's Going To Do It
3 Greentech Media:
Brightergy and Capstone Combine Distributed Gas and Solar
4 Solar Industry:
Solar Installs Up Amid Global Decline In Renewables Investment
5 Washington Post:
World Bank support for China solar may have cost U.S. jobs
6 NY Times:
A Staff of Robots
7 RE World:
How The Solar Decathlon Was Won
8 National Journal:
The Two Faces of California
Opinions:
9 Paula Mints:
The Aggressive Solar Pricing U-Turn that Was Impossible to Make
Have a great day!
Yann
