The SolarCity-backed American rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting solutions specialist Zep Solar is now aiming to enter the UK market later this year. Given that Zep Solar was acquired by SolarCity back in 2013, the move certainly seems to be an interesting one — and suggests that SolarCity may itself … [continued]
Solar Love. SolarCity this week released the ZS Peak, a new system which has potential to increase solar rooftop output for businesses and other organizations. Coming from its line of Zep Solar products, SolarCity notes that it’s quicker to install while bringing down the cost of solar electricity. The ZS Peak’s better … [continued]
By Yann Brandt “According to the filing, ALL of the systems installed by Vivint Solar use Enphase inverters … That means, Vivint Solar bought over 215,000 Enphase products in 2014.″ Residential solar has been growing at a pace beyond anybody’s expectation. With SolarCity’s IPO less than two years behind us, Vivint … [continued]
PV Solar Report By Rosana Francescato SolarCity has announced its acquisition of Silevo, a solar technology and manufacturing company. The acquisition makes SolarCity a fully vertically integrated company, joining just a few others in the U.S. SolarCity is looking to the future, and the company sees a bright future for … [continued]
SolarCity’s acquisition of Zep Solar, which I wrote about in October, has now been finalized. The total price tag is reportedly $158 million, part of which was in the form of 2.75 million shares of SolarCity common stock. Currently, SolarCity stock is selling for $51.30 per share. Zep Solar will … [continued]
Thought Suntech was dead… just because it went bankrupt and all? Not so much. The large, China-based solar PV company just announced that it is launching a new quick-install solar PV module in conjunction with Zep Solar. Notably, Zep Solar was actually bought by SolarCity recently. Its streamlined mounting and grounding products … [continued]
Solar energy is not new to humans. People began considering (the obvious) in the 7th century BC, when humans understood they could concentrate the sun’s heat with glass and mirrors to light fires. Solar energy makes complete sense. Using solar for our houses and business is certainly efficient, economical, and … [continued]
Power optimization company SolarEdge Technologies, in conjunction with PV mounting and grounding specialist Zep Solar, has announced a joint-designed power optimizer that can be seamlessly integrated with the frame of any Zep Compatible solar module and can be installed without the need to run grounding wire. ”We have joined … [continued]
OK, one more roundup post here — following up on my roundups of 10 new cleantech projects, 10 new cleantech consumer products, and 7 green jobs stories roundups, this one is on 10 new cleantech technologies in the works or just out. Zep Solar recently released an innovative mounting system for … [continued]
This is a special guest post from Kriss Bergethon, owner/founder of Solar Sphere. Solar power as we know it has been around for almost a century. Many people believe that its still the same basic technology that helped power early spacecraft and the White House in the 1970’s. But advancements … [continued]
