Hurricane Update. This is as bad as I have seen Hurricanes get. Irma is organized and powerful which makes me ponder evacuating my house with the family for the first time ever. Evacuation also means giving up on SPI which I am not ready to do quite yet. I’m hoping the storm turns before a decision has to be made.
What The TVA Could Have Been. The TVA is as close to a government utility as it gets. With a board nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, board members could and should leverage the reach of TVA to show what a 21stcentury utility looks like. Obviously the Tennessee Valley has a deep focus on fossil fuels but it had solar hopes in the past which drove some of the early North Carolina projects almost a decade ago.
Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant. Maybe the original quote was meant for government transparency but it is time that solar takes its place as the jobs Americans would most like to have. Out of work coal miner? Former gang member looking to change his ways? Lawyer tired of working long hours inside an office? These are all examples of people working in our industry that are finding a skill that leads to a career. There are still millions, a majority of Americans, that don’t have or understand solar and how it can be installed on their homes.
- Times Free Press: Backers of solar power want TVA to do more to promote sunshine power
- Deutsche Welle: Solar power helps transform LA gang members
- Washington Post: Trump nominates Oklahoma politician and climate skeptic to run NASA
- Engadget: 800,000 low-income UK homes to benefit from free solar panels
- Renew Economy: AEMO says fossil fuel failures, renewable delays biggest threat to grid
- PV-Tech: Ireland opts for solar auctions as FiT rejected
- Solar Industry: Solar Advocates Praise Nevada PUC Decision
- PV-Magazine: Report – Energy storage is starting to become standard for utilities
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Have a great day!
Yann