There always seems to be some sort of hype in solar. Wall street has hit the solar stocks pretty hard recently causing some unnecessary commotion. Ask yourself what has changed in the last few months, has anything changed? Not really. Solar is trying to compete with trillion dollar fossil markets, utilities that have a guaranteed return on capital in the double digits (thank you anti-competitive market regulations); both of which have access to capital at below mortgage rates. Solar still pays double/triple that. So when you read about layoffs at SUNE, don’t buy the hype. They have bought several companies and surely there are duplicative roles; the headlines are lip service to day traders.
- Greentech Media: Layoffs at SunEdison as Investors Question the Renewable Energy Developer’s Strategy
- Forbes: SolarCity Claims New Solar Efficiency Record, Here Is What That Means
- Energy Collective: Community Solar – PV for the Rest of Us
- PV-Magazine: UK – 27,000 solar jobs could go if FIT cut proposals are enacted
- New York Times: A Big Boost for the Climate Summit
- Motley Fool: 5 Technologies That Could Drive Solar Energy Growth for Decades
- PV-Tech: COP21 – Chile outlines ambitious ‘70% renewables by 2050’ pledge
- Renewable Energy World: Global Forecast – Solar Installation Capacity To Top 57 GW in 2015
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Yann