This is your SolarWakeup for January 17th, 2017

No Commentary. It’s just too funny not to make it the number 1 story today but I continue to be amazed what politicians can dream up.

Solar jobs, jobs, jobs. DOE is out with the second annual energy employment analysis and the numbers create some political reality for DC. They may not care much but when it comes to the electric power sector, more people work in solar than any other fuel. Over 370k Americans spend all or part of their time within the realm of solar energy. Take that to the next legislative debate you have.

PR sets the bar high. I’ve become a bit jaded. When I read an article about solar or renewables in national papers like the NY Times, I wonder who pitched the story. Someone pushed the story so that a message was put out and in this case the article is all about how AES is excited about the crucial job energy storage is going to perform in California. No fossil fuel plant with much bigger capacity goes through the PR of this level to set the bar of importance this high. It makes me think that any minor issue will be covered with the same lens which perhaps is the intent of this article, to set the bar high.

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Have a great day!

Yann