America’s leading solar energy provider, SolarCity, has partnered with global bank Citi to create two funds which together will finance more than $347 million in solar projects for homeowners and small businesses. SolarCity announced on Wednesday that it had partnered with a leading global bank, Citi, to create two funds … [continued]
Tesla is aiming to unveil its new Tesla/SolarCity solar photovoltaic (PV) roof + integrated Powerwall 2.0 battery system on October 28th in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. We don’t have much to work on this time, but here’s his recent tweet on the matter: … [continued]
Days after the company announced its expansion into Austin, Texas, America’s leading solar power provider, SolarCity, announced it has taken in another million-dollar financing investment. It hasn’t been the greatest of years for SolarCity, with its second quarter results yielding a massive $250 million net loss, leading to its founders … [continued]
Amidst lackluster financial results and layoffs, America’s leading solar power provider SolarCity has made its services available to the nearly 900,000 residents of Austin, Texas. SolarCity is the leading provider of solar in the United States, with GTM earlier this year attributing 14% of non-residential and 35% of residential installations … [continued]
Update (Sept 1): I’ll note that it’s clear Elon has multiple reasons for wanting us to pursue space exploration and become a multi-planetary species, and the title was a bit of a simplistic play on that goal. However, unless I hear him say otherwise, I think he does see runaway … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Virunga National Park is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) near borders with Uganda and Rwanda. It was established as the first national park in Africa in 1925. Now a UNESCO world site, it is the most biologically diverse protected area on the continent and … [continued]
Originally published on Climate Nexus. The latest developments in the world of clean energy suggest utilities are in danger of being left in the dust. Let’s start with corporate America. Fed up with the glacial pace many utilities have taken in rolling out renewables and facing pressure from both customers … [continued]
SolarCity announced earlier this month that it intended to begin cutting jobs in an attempt to streamline the company’s business following lower-than-expected quarterly results and forecasted guidance. To soften the blow, somewhat, SolarCity’s co-founders, brothers Lyndon and Peter Rive, asked the board to reduce their salaries from $275,000 per year to … [continued]
Tesla Motors has done a lot to improve public perception of electric vehicles in recent years, and has arguably been one of the main driving forces behind many current trends in the auto industry. With this growing public prestige, even many of those who would ostensibly be “enemies” of the … [continued]
Originally published on sister site Planetsave. The face of the solar workforce is really starting to glow. As of 2015, women are now representing 24% of workers in the solar industry, up 2% from 2014. Helping more women enter the field, GRID Alternatives has been instrumental in this rise. And, with solar … [continued]
