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Brexit likely to have indirect impact on UK’s clean energy market
In the case of Brexit, BNEF analysts wrote that the UK’s decision to leave the European Union may appear to have few direct implications for clean energy or the power market..
Ben Vickers

Jun 29, 2016

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Solar

Northern Territory’s $2 billion scare campaign against solar
Northern Territory’s conservative government and its state-owned power generator go to extraordinary lengths to demonise solar, claiming it will cost up to $2 billion to power Alice Springs with “solar only.” The numbers just don’t make sense.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 27, 2016

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Tesla to create one-stop shop for solar, storage and electric cars
Tesla proposes merger with SolarCity, creating a one-stop shop for rooftop solar, battery storage and electric vehicles, and becoming first vertically integrated company offering complete suite of household and transport energy needs. But the deal has to get shareholder approval, and that may not be easy.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 22, 2016

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Other Good Stuff

Fannie Mae’s financing for solar: a game changer for solar industry
US mortgage giant Fannie Mae just unlocked the lowest cost of capital for new solar installations to date.
Laurie Guevara-Stone & Jamie Johnson

Jun 3, 2016

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How much storage does Tesla expect to sell in 2016?
Tesla could sell 168.5 megawatt-hours of energy storage systems to SolarCity this year – 6 times what Tesla sold to SolarCity in 2015.
Mike Munsell

Apr 27, 2016

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Elon Musk

Tesla’s Elon Musk paid salary in line with California minimum wage
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was paid just $US37,584 in 2014-15 – an amount that reflects the requirements of California’s minimum wage. Meanwhile, his 26.5% share in the company is currently worth $US9.5bn.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 18, 2016

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Other Good Stuff

Top 10 reasons why solar PV has reached escape velocity in US
10 reasons why the solar industry will continue to have sustained and significant growth despite SolarCity stock woes & policy changes.
Laurie Guevara-Stone and Joseph Goodman

Mar 2, 2016

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Other Good Stuff

Solar customers launch a class action lawsuit against NV Energy
Solar customers in Nevada are taking legal action against NV Energy in response to controversial changes to the state’s net-metering program.
Julia Pyper

Jan 20, 2016

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Other Good Stuff

U.S. solar created more jobs than oil and gas extraction
Census finds that even just the U.S. solar installation sector employed 77 percent more people than the coal mining industry.
Ryan Koronowski

Jan 14, 2016

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Commentary

Latest data shows solar installations to surge across the globe
Solar growth around the world is eating further into thermal coal’s ever-smaller share of the pie.
Tim Buckley

Jan 5, 2016

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