Some top clean electricity reading for your Tuesday (& more?) pleasure: Solar America’s Top Solar Cities Rankings Might Surprise You (Also: Top 10 Cities For Solar Power) Vivint Solar Employee Sent to ‘Casual’ Roundtable Meeting Gets a Shock Colorado Utility To Bring Solar Power To Low-Income Families Yingli Solar Profits Rise 53.4% in 2014, Ships Over 3.3 … [continued]
World solar PV module leader Trina Solar announced recently that it has partnered with Vivint Solar, a leading US residential solar provider, to install Trinasmart solar panels in North America. Trinasmart modules are optimized to maximize energy harvest and to reduce the chance of electrical fires. Detailed analytics and alerts from … [continued]
GTM Research has announced the top 5 residential solar installers in advance of its upcoming Q1 2015 GTM Research US PV Leaderboard, with SolarCity and Vivint again taking the top 2 spots. Amidst our coverage of the US Solar Market Insight, 2014 Year-in-Review report, published by GTM Research in partnership with … [continued]
Editor’s Note: There are a bunch of great things about solar. Socio-economically, one of those things is that people on all sides of the political aisle can easily love and support it. It is good for energy independence, self-reliance, the air and water, a more democratized and free-market energy system, … [continued]
Support our troops: while Keystone fans obsess over 35 oil jobs, 120 solar jobs are already waiting for military veterans in a new solar training program.
One of the top residential solar energy system providers in the US, Vivint Solar, is aiming to continue its expansion throughout the nation, according to recent reports. The current plan will see more than 20 new sales and operations offices opened up in 2015, with said plans first beginning in … [continued]
This headline on solar leases from an investment site caught my eye: “Solar Leases Set To Become Toxic in Arizona.” Drawing free renewable energy from the sun sounds like a grand idea to many – but not if you happen to be a utility company operating with a business model based on the selling … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. In a recent interview, Vivint Solar CEO Greg Butterfield said he is optimistic about how the new Congress will be in relation to solar power. His perspective is admirable, because optimism tends to help CEOs be effective leaders. This mental framework is not about expecting positive … [continued]
Here are some more great solar stories from around the interwebs, to complement our own solar stories: For Consumers 1. Going Solar Made Easier By Online Shopping Site and Staples Gift Cards 2. New Financing Models to Drive Demand for Commercial Solar 3. Crowdfunding Solar Power for the World’s Poorest People 4. This Social … [continued]
CleanTechnica Note: Who knows what the future holds? But the present is very clear: the two top solar companies in the US home solar market, SolarCity and Vivint Solar, are dominating the market. At a tiny percentage of current electricity supply, massive home solar growth projected, lower and lower solar … [continued]
