Fiddling on the Roof: How to Play the Boom in Distributed Solar Power
Pure plays on rooftop solar and energy retailing entail greater the risk; investors looking to build wealth for the long term should focus on names that play in these pools but also boast core businesses that generate reliable streams of cash flow.
From Dusk to Dawn: The Challenges of Intermittent Power
Even in the best of all possible worlds, adoption of rooftop solar power and other intermittent renewable-energy sources raises thorny questions about how to meet demand when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine.
Solar Power: The Cost Factor
Development of new solar-power capacity is widely expected to drop off sharply after 2016, when investment tax credits for this technology ends and project economics take a turn for the worse. Bullish longer-term forecasts factor in technological advances that may or may not occur.
Electricity Demand: Uncertain Outlook Creates Risks for Renewable Energy
At what rate will US electricity demand grow over the coming years and decades? The outlook varies widely and depends on a wide range of factors, including the extent to which rooftop solar gains traction.
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