Solar should be on every school.  The NFL thinks every football fan captured by the age of 13 has a cumulative lifetime value of $200,000.  The same probably holds through for solar. NRDC and Mosaic recently rolled out solar on schools initiatives.  I have owned solaronschools.com for the past 5 years, and I look forward to use it for a good cause!

News

• SmartPlanet: Financial innovation is the next big thing in clean energy and efficiency
• Greentech Media: What Utility Planners Need to Know About Solar
• VentureBeat: Hawaii’s Excelerator pours $5M into innovative cleantech startups
• SolarIndustry: ISO Changing Rules To Enable Solar To Downsize Projects Risk
• SolarPowerWorld: Start-Up Alley Puts Solar Innovators In The Spotlight At SPI
• RE World: Crowdfunded Solar on Schools: Chance to Make the Sun Shine for Kids
• Energy Collective: Boulder Moves One Step Closer to Localizing the Electric Grid

Opinions

• CleanTechnica: As Xcel Follows National Playbook to Attack Solar
• Medium: Solar energy will be F-ing hug

Have a great day!

Yann

Before you read the news today, click on the 2 links below.  As an industry we have to support the causes.  Let’s get 500 SolarWakeup signatures today for the Arizona and Colorado causes!

1. AZ Action Alert – Protect Net Metering in Arizona

2. CO Action Alert – Stand up for Rooftop Solar

News

• Breaking Energy: EPA Ranks Top Green Power Users, and More
• Bloomberg: California Seen Beating Renewable Energy Generation Goal
• Reuters: China’s ailing solar panel makers see the light, on a farm
• RE World: MN Utility seeks to double state’s solar in coming years
• Motley Fool: Germany’s Solar Boom Isn’t Done
• Energy Collective: Clean Energy’s Next Big Market” Off-Grid Solar
• RE World: Renewables Transfers Illustrate Investors’ Appetites, Utilities’ Pain

Opinions

• Forbes: What The U.S. Can Learn From Germany’s Green Energy Debacle
• Greenbiz: Can robots make solar power cheaper?

Have a great day!

Yann

Storage continues to trend in the solar news environment.  In the past two months, the SolarWakeup Solar Marketing Insight showed the trend as one of the top.  As a company operating in the solar industry it is important for you to guide your team to look into and market around these trends.  Marketing inside the solar industry with valuable non-commercial content increases your brand value and may increase your revenue.  Stay tuned for the October Solar Marketing Insight!

News

• Fortune: Storing solar energy for a rainy day
• Solar Industry: U.S. DOE Awards $12 Million To Cut Solar Soft Costs
• Energy Collective: How Can We Reduce Soft Costs? Lower Acquisition Costs
• Quartz: The sun sets on China’s one-time solar giant
• REnewEconomy: Germany finances major push into battery storage for solar
• Greentech Media: Is the Global Solar Industry a Winner-Take-All Game?
• Solar Industry: Solar Project Services Shine In A Tarnished Year For Cleantech
• Grist: The big election winner: Deep-pocketed Tom Steyer

Opinions

• AZ Daily Sun: Rooftop solar goes middle class

Have a great day!

Yann