Aug 25, 2021 | Solar Industry, Solar Installers
The Energy Show · Solar and Storage Industry Nightmares Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. Not from a real nightmare, just worrying about external issues affecting the solar and storage industry. We jokingly refer to our industry as the...
Jul 7, 2021 | Energy Politics, Solar Distributors, Solar Industry, Utility Companies
The Energy Show · Stop the Utility Profit Grab 6/30/21 News Story: “PG&E just asked regulators for a $3.6b rate hike to reduce fires from their own power lines” Another “in your face” profit grab from a utility that blames rooftop solar for...
Aug 5, 2020 | Economics, Energy Technology, Solar Industry
The Covid-19 crisis has disrupted solar and storage supply chains across all segments of the industry, initially devastated customer demand, reduced opportunities for the workforce, and caused permitting and interconnections to grind to a halt in many jurisdictions....
Jul 29, 2020 | Environment, Solar Industry
Today’s solar technology is the most sustainable way of generating energy. Solar power is inexpensive on a kilowatt per hour basis, is low maintenance, has zero fuel requirements, generates no emissions, and is completely silent. But even solar leaves a waste...
Jul 15, 2020 | Solar Industry, Solar Technology
The solar industry is used to rapid changes, hence the moniker “The Solar Coaster.” But this year the changes are at their most extreme in my recollection: rapid adoption of battery storage, tariffs, blackouts, the coronavirus pandemic and a recession. It takes a...
Jun 18, 2020 | Business, Economics, Solar Industry
Everyone is looking forward to a return to some degree of normalcy as we recover from the corona virus pandemic. But it is very hard to make sense what a new normal would be with all the conflicting information from health, economic and policy experts — not to...
