GAF Energy, a leading solar roofing manufacturer and a subsidiary of Standard Industries, has officially launched the next generation of its groundbreaking Timberline Solar® Energy Shingle. Dubbed the Timberline Solar® ES 2, the new solar shingle builds upon the company’s innovative approach to solar-integrated roofing, delivering a 23% boost in … [continued]
GAF Energy is building a second factory, this one in Texas, to manufacture its Solar Roof shingles for customers in North America.
Tata Steel aims to capture the huge solar roofing market with perovskite solar cells on metal cladding.
“The American Contractor Show” has shared its review of the installation of a Tesla Solar Roof. The show is a series of episodes featuring contracting and this episode took a deep dive into the Tesla Solar Roof installation process. Davide Silverstein and American Home Contractors demonstrated just what it takes … [continued]
Tesla is getting ready to open a warehouse in the historic Manchester area of Richmond, Virginia, Richmond Biz Sense reports. The location will be 300 Stockton Street and is around 19,500 square feet according to the city documents. The warehouse is related to Tesla’s energy business, not its car business. … [continued]
Boosting solar roofing growth with the DecoTech is the mandate of GAF Energy, a new company formed under the Standard Industries wing. The new entity will assist customers with planning, financing, permitting with utilities, and installation in a streamlined approach, the company says.
The snail-slow solar shingle race is moving once again, as Real Goods Solar accepts the first of its $127 million worth of Powerhouse preorders on December 27. The company also announced plans to ramp up production every quarter during 2019 toward a 5 megawatt annual capacity guarantee from its manufacturing partners. The announcement coincides with Tesla plans to ramp up its solar shingle production next year as well. May the best shingle prevail.
A Tesla copycat? Certainly not — Exasun was in the solar roof tile business before Tesla. It also has what seems to be a cost-competitive, attractive, high-quality product on offer. I visited the company’s headquarters and factory in Amsterdam last year during a cleantech tour Remco van der Horst arranged for me when I was in town for rEVolution 2017.
Solar roof tile production at Tesla’s production plant in Buffalo, New York, has now begun — as of the end of August — according to the company’s Chief Technical Officer (CTO), JB Straubel.
This morning (or late last night, depending on your location), Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the Tesla Solar Roof was ready to go on sale (today) and more details would follow in the afternoon. It’s the afternoon, and as promised, the Tesla Solar Roof site is now live. Preliminary details include what homeowners should expect to pay for such a roof as well as how much money they might save as a result of the solar generation.
