SolarCity, the leading residential solar provider in the US, has announced two separate rounds of financing which together total $338 million. With a third of all US residential rooftop installations throughout 2015, SolarCity is repeatedly in the news for a new round of financing. Already this year the company has … [continued]
US solar energy provider SolarCity reported first quarter earnings for 2015, narrowing its net loss and recording a record 237 MW booked. At the same time, SolarCity announced that it had closed what is believed to be the largest financing aggregation facility for distributed generation solar projects, closing a $500 … [continued]
SolarCity now has access to a fund that will allow for the financing of more than $1 billion in new commercial-scale solar energy systems (including battery storage systems), according to a press release out from the company today. This fund — which includes a substantial input from Credit Suisse — … [continued]
It’s hard to believe, but March is here. Aside from my usual roundup of the top CleanTechnica articles from the past week, below that is a list of the 20 most popular CleanTechnica articles from the past month. Enjoy… if you haven’t already thoroughly consumed the articles and CleanTechnica community comments. Top … [continued]
Like I just said, we’re cutting back on reposts drastically to focus more on original content, so I highly encourage you to check out the stories I share in more-regular “cleantech link drops.” Still, there are some big stories there that I wouldn’t want anyone to miss. This weekend at least, … [continued]
Elon Musk’s rooftop solar (and soon manufacturing) company SolarCity has secured a $200 million non-recourse financing facility with Credit Suisse — to be used to support the company’s relatively new MyPower loan program. This program is based on the idea of allowing customers to pay for “MyPower” in a similar way … [continued]
Credit Suisse on December 20 released a report with some quite bullish projections regarding renewable energy growth and generation in the United States, which someone in the solar industry kindly passed on to me. Here’s the short summary: Our take: We see an opportunity for renewable energy to take an … [continued]
Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a device that has the potential to monitor and save the energy consumed by large data centers. Developed at the request of Credit Suisse, EPFL researchers created the Power Monitor System and Management (PMSM) to monitor and track the … [continued]
Terra-Gen Power has just received the financing needed to build the next four wind farms in the largest wind energy project on US soil. The company can now build another 570 MW of the gigantic 3,000 MW Alta Wind Energy Center, in the same energy-rich Tehachapi region of California where … [continued]
Hudson Clean Energy Partners (HCEP) set a $1 billion target for its first fund, a new clean energy investment fund, and just announced this week that it has reached its target despite the difficult economic conditions worldwide. Led by two industry veterans with much individual success, HCEP is looking … [continued]
