This is your SolarWakeup for December 8th, 2016

Big Wakeup news coming soon. We’ve been working on a really important project given the fast moving, confusing and let’s just call it interesting political environment we are in. Stay tuned for more.

Thanks for the feedback! I hope we can do this more often, but you said it clearly that you enjoyed the summaries. I also understand the request to put the links for the stories directly in the email instead of having to come to the website. Obviously, the intent is to drive traffic to the site for metrics but that may no longer be the case. May consider doing a trial and having the article links right in the email.

It was a Trump directed headshake. Scott Pruitt will be the head of the EPA. The P used to stand for protection but will soon stand for pilfering. Scott Pruitt is the AG in Oklahoma and favorite attack dog on the EPA for the Koch Brothers. Ivanka stories, Gore meeting, those were all misdirection to this nonsense.

What does $250million buy? The Kochs may have been quiet during the Presidential election but they are far from quiet now. While the President Elect is Donald Trump, the transition is led by Governor Pence who has been close to the Kochs for years. Scott Pruitt and many more are direct contact of the Koch empire.

Out with the old. SunPower is making the cuts to ramp operational efficiency. The factory in the Philippines is one of the first factories the company opened and costly to operating. Cutting the factory will reduce capacity by 700MW and cut 2,500 jobs in the company, most in the Philippines.  It will cost the company about $350 million, about 30% of which will be cash.

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Have a great day!

Yann