Get your clean electricity fixin’s here (after scrolling through our own clean electricity stories): Solar Energy Rooftop/Small-Scale Solar Make Cities Solar Hubs, Says Stanford Study New Homes Must Be Ready For Solar Panels Says San Diego SolarCity Hits Record 4GWh/Day Energy Generation SolarCity To Offer Integrated Microgrid System Bringing Solar … [continued]
SolarCity this week announced yet another good solar story. It is now offering a highly affordable solar loan in Pennsylvania. According to a press release from SolarCity, described as America’s #1 solar power provider (for a reason), it is “the most affordable solar power offering in Southeastern Pennsylvania.” SolarCity writes: “The company will offer its unique MyPower … [continued]
The economic trade-offs of owning rather than leasing solar photovoltaic systems was explored in depth by a pair of new reports from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). These reports go over the various options available to customers when deciding on which way to go about financing solar energy … [continued]
A new, first-of-its-kind solar financing option based around a combination of low upfront costs and personal ownership has just been unveiled by SolarCity. The new financing option — which has been dubbed “MyPower” — works by allowing SolarCity customers to pay for their solar loan in a similar way to the … [continued]
Westinghouse Solar is looking to move up in the world — based on some of its recent moves. The residential solar PV system provider has, reportedly, secured around $100 million in new funding, with the intention to expand its presence in the American market. This expansion presumably refers to the … [continued]
A few weeks ago I wrote about the potential comeback of solar ownership relative to leasing, as the cost of rooftop solar PV continues to fall and new financing options make ownership easier than ever. It’s been an ownership pile on since then, with others saying Why Lease Solar Panels When … [continued]
Solar news buffet below. Eat it up! Dividend Solar is now offering solar loans with an interest rate of just 6.5%, the lowest in the country. If you’d like, you can also invest in these solar loans via Dividend Solar. (Planetsave) Solar power is now a “default energy source” in … [continued]
If you’re itching for more solar news to read this weekend, check out my top (non-CleanTechnica) picks below. Of course, also be sure you’ve read every solar article on CleanTechnica (we’ve only published 5,450… not including this one). I’m also rolling in energy efficiency news and other energy news, below … [continued]
A few weeks ago, GTM Research released a new report finding that residential solar leases will peak in 2014. According to the report, the expanding availability of solar loan programs and alternate financing mechanisms will drive the trend line back to direct ownership in 2015. This is obviously great for homeowners who’d rather … [continued]
Planetsave Solar leasing and solar power purchase agreements (PPAs)—in which homeowners don’t buy their solar power systems but simply the electricity that comes from them—have become extremely popular in the United States in recent years. The first such residential solar options were introduced in 2007, and they quickly grew and took … [continued]
