Join Me At Equinox. The famous Vote Solar event is this Thursday evening. Make your way to San Francisco and give to the cause that gives back to you. You can get tickets here, do it now.
Thank You! I want to thank everyone that attended SolarWakeup Live! and the amazing speakers at the event yesterday. With 10 interviews in 8 hours, the content was packed in tight and the audience had great questions. Please support the sponsors below for their generous support of SolarWakeup events.
This Is How You Lobby. The nuclear lobby is out of the gate and they are taking the climate change savior role. Days after receiving a $3.7billion loan guarantee on top of billions in early cost recovery, the nuclear lobby says that the world will end if State and Federal legislators act short-sighted and don’t give more to nuclear. That’s on top of free insurance and free waste management in addition to the cost recovery guarantees. Meanwhile the solar and wind industries are studying on what they want from Federal legislators and our message is being hijacked. Here is the quote from the nuclear lobby, “Now is the time for federal and state policy that values nuclear, that recognizes it for the reliable, resilient, and emissions-free source of energy that it is.” This message is ours, it’s solars to take and run with but while we are busy acting nice and standing in line, Vogtle nuclear power plant received a loan guarantee 7 times the size of Solyndra which kept solar handcuffed for years. Enough is enough, the climate change fight is too big and the solar industry is too strong to be afraid to stand up and demand our industry be supported. Two AD/CVD duties, one 201 tariff and steel and aluminum tariffs on top means that not only is out ITC declining but the headwinds are strong. Our jobs haven’t increased in over two years. SolarPledge 2.0 is coming your way, get your message in order!
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- Department of Energy: Department of Energy Selects $36 Million to Advance Solar Energy Integration
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Have a great day!
Yann