Tag: solarcity
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Solar coaster news roundup: SolarCity layoffs, SunPower exits utility-scale, Enphase in trouble?
The solar installer base has strengthened across the country, but the largest companies still loom largest. When they sneeze, the industry catches a cold. Here are some of the latest comings and goings at the top of the market following first-half earnings calls. SolarCity cut backs Tesla closed a dozenRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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GTM: Sunrun tops SolarCity as lease sales leader, and more residential solar sales stats
2017 isn’t quite the banner year for solar that 2016 was. Aside from the trade case drama, it has also been a tumultuous year for the big names in the residential solar space. Three of the largest installers, including NRG Home Solar, Sungevity and Direct Energy Solar, have gone bankruptRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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WATCH: Elon Musk explains SolarCity’s new solar roof product line
In the back lot of Universal Studios Hollywood, Elon Musk took to the stage to debut his latest bet on the future — the solar roof. This is an idea of the future based on a technology that originally hit the scene in 2005, but the Solar City/Tesla architect believesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Airbnb, SolarCity partner to offer customer rebates on solar installs
As if conjured directly from a thinkpiece on millennials, Airbnb and SolarCity Corp. are partnering on a rebate program. The idea is to connect Airbnb hosts and guests with an affordable and sustainable way to power their homes with solar energy and further drive the connection between the environment and theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Panasonic might produce PV modules for SolarCity at new plant
Panasonic Corp. is making bigger and bigger moves in the solar industry. The company already had a relationship with Tesla Motors as a battery partner, but will now is in discussions to manufacture its PV cells and modules at the big new SolarCity facility planned for Buffalo, N.Y., pending theRead More — Solar Builder magazine