Sometimes I get concerned, and I am sure you do too, that solar’s gains are going quickly and that before long the energy system will not need any more. Well that is just a notion that comes from the amazing growth we see in our sector because if you look at the energy chart in today’s top story and see the interactive version here, you will be amazed to see how little PV has actually done so far and how much more we are going to contribute. In the other top story we see what happens when you take a ballot to a gun fight (no pun intended). In Florida, some overzealous policy folks tried to bring a 3rd party solar ballot amendment to the people which costs tens of millions of dollars. The amendment failed to garner the votes and fundraising but also created a counterpunch. Utilities got together, created a crazy misleading entity and raised over $15million, to put their own constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Don’t get too excited about ballot amendments unless you are ready to write a big (read huge) check.
- Think Progress: Explaining All Of U.S. Energy Use With A Genius Chart And Cheeseburgers
- CleanTechnica: 44 Ways You Can Slow The Transition To The Solar Century
- Renewable Energy World: Massachusetts Storage Procurement Goals the Next Step
- Energy Collective: The Will to Change – Oil Companies Should Embrace Renewable Energy
- Saint Petersblog: Solar amendment supporters shine, raise $2.8M in 2 days
- PV-Magazine: NRG Yield to issue $350 million in bonds
- Renew Economy: Australian energy markets have echoes of Enron crisis in California
- Rocky Mountain Institute: To Get to Net Zero, Think Bigger
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Have a great day!
Yann