Solar Stks Rally; Citi Analyst Calls Bottom

[kristopher]

36. There was significant press coverage that all the wind and most of the solar survived Fukushima.

In the areas where the towns were washed out to sea, of course, solar didn't fare any better than the houses, but all of the wind turbines on the coast were still up and running.

As for N.O. since there was virtually no renewable infrastructure in place it is disingenuous to say than none survived. You are both arguing against widely accepted and well understood knowledge and you are doing it based solely on a perverse desire to enhance the competitive position of nuclear power without regard for the validity of your arguments. It's not only preposterous, it is so preposterous that it is actually shameful.

In addition to the potential benefits for electric system planning and operations, DG can also be used to decrease the vulnerability of the electric system to threats from terrorist attacks, and other forms of potentially catastrophic disruptions, and to increase the resiliency of other critical infrastructure sectors as defined in the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) issued by the Department of Homeland Security, such as telecommunications, chemicals, agriculture and food, and government facilities. There are many examples of customers who own and operate facilities in these sectors who are using DG to maintain operations when the grid is down during weather-related outages and regional blackouts.

THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND RATE-RELATED ISSUES THAT MAY IMPEDE THEIR EXPANSION
February 2007
U.S. Department of Energy