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Is the Sun Setting on Residential Solar? – HotAir

As you can imagine, given my widely varied interests, I get a pretty weird assortment of daily newsletters every morning when I open my Gmail. Some of them come several times a day, and I can’t keep up with the inflow, so I’d normally delete them after a quick glance if I have time for that much.

Today, though, we had a winner. As soon as you see the headline, you’ll know why:

Friday Dive: The Residential Solar Collapse

Examining the Fall of a Solar Pioneer and the Forces Shaking the Residential Solar Market

I was like, “Wowsahs! How’d I miss that?”

The piece starts off talking about a specific company I was unfamiliar with, but apparently one of the major players in residential solar –  SunPower Corporation. Looking back, there have been signs of trouble for months in spite of a tremendous influx of taxpayer dollars to the industry a mere year ago. 

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