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72% of US 2014 residential solar is third-party owned
New figures from GTM Research have revealed that, of the 1.2 gigawatts of residential solar installed in the US in 2014, 72% was third-party owned.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 30, 2015

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Commentary

Schwarzenegger invests in battery storage, micro-grid startup
Former California governor and “Terminator” actor Arnold Schwarzenegger among investors in battery storage company Advanced Microgrid Solutions.
Stephen Lacey

Jul 15, 2015

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Community Power

How solar power is learning to share: The rapid growth of community solar gardens
A third type of solar in which consumers share renewable energy installations is set to take off this year — could represent a large market share of the industry by 2020.
Ari Phillips

Jul 14, 2015

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Elon Musk

Musk: ‘I’m not a fan of disruption; just a fan of things being better’
Elon Musk wants the people to know that he’s not quite the rebel some have made him out to be.
Julia Pyper

Jun 11, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

The mystery of Hanergy’s thin film market surge and crash
Why is Hanergy opening 1,500 retail stores in China to sell solar stuff? And why did the firm have a market cap of $38.64B?
Eric Wesoff

May 22, 2015

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SolarCity’s plan for Tesla batteries: share grid revenues with homeowners
CTO Peter Rive on how a $5,000 battery, co-financed with solar, can break open markets and serve grid-edge needs.
Jeff St John

May 5, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

SolarCity gets $1bn from Credit Suisse for commercial solar, storage
SolarCity now has access to financing for more than $1 billion in new commercial-scale solar energy systems, including battery storage systems.
James Ayre

Apr 23, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

How Silicon Valley will make oil, nuclear, gas, coal obsolete – by 2030
Tony Seba predicts that by 2030 all power generation will be solar and wind and all cars will be self-driving electric vehicles.
Jose Cordeiro

Apr 20, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

SolarCity to finance ‘microgrids as a service’ to communities
US solar giant to combine solar, storage, and software to offer micro-grids as new energy service. It has already built a microgrid “at an undisclosed island location.”
Eric Wesoff

Mar 17, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

SolarCity secures another $400m from Bank America for solar finance
The leasing giants will partner with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to finance the expansion of the American residential solar sector.
Ian Clover

Dec 12, 2014

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