The first day of the Distributed Solar Summit yielded much talk about improving environments for financing.  Cost of capital, access to debt, and of course uniform credit pools through PACE or fico score groups.  Projects seems to be the bottleneck, especially projects with reasonable customer acquisition costs.  Tomorrow more talk about financing innovation driving solar growth, stay tuned and follow on twitter for some live info.

News

• HuffPost: Solar Energy Could Be America’s Greatest National Security Asset
• NPR: Solar Can Cut Summer Peak Power Demand in Half in Texas
• Greentech Media: Can a Coal State Like Virginia Create a Real Solar Market?
• GigaOm: Apple’s ground-breaking bet on its clean energy infrastructure
• SolarPowerWorld: Are We There Yet? No. But Solar Securities Draw Near
• Solar Industry: Production Costs For Makers To Drop To Record Low
• Energy Collective: Main Street, Not Wall Street, is Growing Solar Energy

Opinions

• Daily Finance: Are Solar Stocks in a Bubble?
• RE World: Who’s Winning the Net Metering Debate Now?

Have a great day!

Yann