The point of policy. I spoke with Tony Clifford from Standard Solar. His company was one of the few that has been successfully sold to an international energy company. I was curious about Tony’s work at SEIA and MDVSEIA both of which he has been very active in. In an environment where the Energy department is going anti-renewables in their reports, according to a new memo from Secretary Perry, SEIA is on the defensive, as Tony put it. We also talk about the partnership with SEPA and how revenues from SPI are split. But you have to listen to the podcast to see what Tony had to say.
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Leaving Paris? Next week we may find out who is holding on to influence in the White House. Scott Pruitt told Fox News that the US should leave the Paris agreement. Global politics may come into play as well given that China may have some problem with us leaving after being reluctantly pushed into it by the Obama administration. Interesting times in politics when you want Exxon to use its political influence to help push for policy.
Make sure you listen to the latest episodes of EnergyWakeup. I speak with Tony Clifford about being acquired by Gaz Metro and his work at SEIA. Google is now at 100% renewables, how do they do it and what is next? Sam Arons talks to SolarWakeup.
What’s the deal with NYT? We have to do a better job explaining solar to mainstream America. We have over 200million supporters in the US and over 75% approval from either party. NY Times writes an editorial which leads with a broad negative recap of solar investing. If you read the entire article, it probably was meant for solar stocks, which have not done well as a whole. On the other hand, hundreds of billions have been deployed in project capital returning well above market returns to those investors. We, you and I, need to figure out how we can leverage the mass support we have. Being pro-solar should be more politically and editorially advantageous than being pro-fossil fuel.
- SolarWakeup: Tony Clifford from Standard Solar on being acquired by Gaz Metro and working on SEIA
- Portland Press Herald: Energy chief orders power grid study
- The Hill: Trump officials to deliberate on Paris climate pact
- New York Times: Investing in Solar and Wind in a Coal and Oil Moment
- CleanTechnica: Solar Energy Association Calls For Modernizing The Electrical Grid
- PV-Magazine: Bosch Solar voluntarily recalls 28,000 solar panels
- San Francisco Chronicle: Sungevity’s messy solar bankruptcy leaves customers on the hook
- Greentech Media: NRG Energy Has a Secretive Distributed Energy Optimization Platform, Called SpaceTag
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Have a great day!
Yann