Nevada’s Public Utility Commission (PUCN) has effectively created a solar black hole for the statue’s growing distributed energy movement, voting unanimously on Wednesday against requests to delay implementation of controversial changes to metering rates. One of the sunniest states in the country with a black hole? Absolutely, if you happen … [continued]
Leading rooftop solar company Vivint Solar and leading solar lending platform Mosaic are offering loans to Utah solar energy customers. Vivint Solar has had a busy few months, not the least of which was its strong third quarter earnings reported back in the middle of November, which saw the company … [continued]
Renewable energy developer SunEdison has revised its merger agreement with Vivint Solar, causing a flurry of activity for happy investors. Shares of both SunEdison and Vivint Solar jumped on news that the two companies had revised their merger agreement. It was announced in July that SunEdison would acquire Vivint Solar for $2.2 … [continued]
Vivint Solar has reported a confident series of third quarter earnings figures, including increased installations and revenue. The Utah-based solar leasing firm published its third quarter earnings report on Monday, revealing a total of approximately 61 MW installed during the quarter, which is up 24% year-over-year, and brings the company’s … [continued]
Here’s a huge reading list for hump day. Hopefully it will help get you through to the weekend. 😀 (Click the subheadings to read the full stories) Solar Lamp Design Winner Will Be Distributed Throughout Africa To Dispel Darkness The winning design for a solar lamp, shown above, will be distributed … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Following this weeks’s Project Roof announcement, Vivint Solar has revealed that it will be partnering with Google in the endeavour. Google announced its latest 20% project earlier this week, the brainchild of Google employee Carl Elkin. Project Sunroof allows users to utilise “high-resolution aerial mapping (the same … [continued]
Vivint Solar announced its second quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, reporting increases in installations and revenue. However, it is still nowhere near approaching its main rival, SolarCity, in terms of quarterly installations. According to its quarterly earnings report published Tuesday, Vivint Solar installed 9,312 systems over the quarter, for approximately 66 … [continued]
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. GTM Research’s latest report, US Residential Solar Financing 2015–2020, explored the current and future residential solar market. The US residential solar market has grown 15 out of the … [continued]
Update: The Vivint Solar acquisition never went through, and SunEdison tumbled dramatically into bankruptcy. SunEdison has continued its absurdly prolific acquisition spree this week, announcing the purchase of Vivint Solar in conjunction with its yieldco TerraForm Power, and a separate acquisition of the British company Mark Group. SunEdison, in partnership … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Vivint Solar, a national home solar company, will reportedly partner with SolarEdge, one of the leading suppliers of power inverters and power optimizers, to bring leading-edge technology to all Vivint customers coast to coast, according to a recent SolarEdge press release. SolarEdge inverters have an embedded … [continued]
