Energy storage and advanced inverters will increase the value of distributed generation, make it safer and reduce the need to invest in transmission infrastructure.  The question, as rightly posed by a writer, is who should bear the additional cost, or will a value of solar be the answer? How does this look in your opinion?

News

• RE World: SolarCity Buys Zep: Behold The Power of Vertical Integration
• NREL SACP: How Securitization Debt Fit with Tax Equity in the Solar?
• Greentech Media: Selling Solar Door-to-Door Can Be Effective—Is It Efficient?
• RE World: The “Other” Type of Commercial Financing: PACE
• Forbes: Google The Power Player Invests In Another Giant Solar Farm
• Energy Collective: Who Should Bear the Costs of Advanced Inverters?
• Guardian: Is solar power facing a dim future?

Opinions

• Tor Valenza: Watch This SEIA Video Roundtable on Solar Social Marketing
  
• Breaking Energy: Utility of the Future in an Evolving US Power Market

Have a great day!

Yann

VC Funding is picking up, at least the data points are pointing that out.  We have seen some manufacturing deals but mostly smaller, downstream value chain companies raising capital.  It makes sense, its more efficient from a capital standpoint and the rise of the “My company is built to be acquired by SCTY, Elon Musk will love this” is the new pitch! Congrats to the ZEP team for the acquisition.

News

• Solar Power World: Virginia’s PPA Bill Could Jumpstart The State’s Industry
• Greentech Media: AB 327 Signed Into Law in California, Warning From Brown
• RE World: Solar VC Funding: “The Fear Is Gone” For Investors
• TreeHugger: Could Mexico be at the start of a solar boom?
• Chicago Tribune: Solar panels gives electric cars another path
• CleanTechnica: Three Ways Automation Can Smash Interconnection Costs
• Forbes: SolarCity Buys Zep To Cut Labor Time For Rooftop Solar
• Bloomberg: U.K. Plans to Increase Solar Power Eight-Fold by 2020

Opinions

• Grist: California utilities say, “No batteries for you!”
  

Have a great day!

Yann