BNEF came out with the 2015 analysis of clean energy investments. There is also some information about the global markets. In 2015, global solar saw $156Billion (with a B) of investments with the great majority of that in projects. Hard to ignore those kinds of numbers and a 7 year runway in the US will tempt a lot of investors to get off the bench. Remember that until about 2013, the solar numbers in the US were still quite small in comparison to other markets and by the time the numbers came up, the regulatory uncertainty made them sit out for good. Get in the game because the big money is in solar. Just figure out how to create some scale and standardize the process in a risk managed way.
- PV-Magazine: 2015 – 57 GW of solar PV installed, clean energy investment hits highest ever levels
- Fortune: Nevada’s New Solar Fees Have People Furious
- Fast Co Exist: Requiring Utilities To Use Renewables Saves Billions Of Dollars
- Utility Dive: Solar prices are stabilizing at new lower levels, but causation remains elusive
- EDF: State of the Union Recap – We can Afford Obama’s Clean Energy Legacy
- NRDC: Proposal to Charge Electric Cars in Southern California Gets the Green Light
- Solar Power Portal: UK solar investment fell in 2015 despite global upward trend, claims BNEF report
- CNBC: Harvesting solar, 6km in the air
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Have a great day!
Yann