The cost of acquiring new residential solar customers for installers has disappointed predictions, increasing in costs over the past several years, and will continue to increase before beginning to decrease in 2019, according to a new report from GTM Research.
Sunrun, one of the United States’ leading residential solar developers, announced this week that it has recently completed expanding into seven new US state markets, nearly doubling its market reach in just under four months.
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a handful of new solar and energy related bills today in Carson City to help the state pivot away from the anti-consumer, anti-solar net metering regulation that forced SolarCity out of the state in late 2015.
The United States’ largest dedicated residential solar company announced this week that it is expanding its home solar service into the state of Wisconsin, which represents the first time a national residential solar company is serving the Midwest.
The largest dedicated residential solar company in the United States, Sunrun, has partnered with international utility National Grid in a “multifaceted partnership” which includes a $100 million investment towards owning 200 megawatts of residential solar assets.
Yesterday, a SunRun press release broke news that the company has made its Brightbox solar + storage product available to homeowners in California. SunRun’s Brightbox product was first launched in March with the first installation just a few months later in Hawaii — the land of copious amounts of sunshine, coconuts, and tourists. The high energy prices found on the island state make the ability to generate power, store it, and use it on site especially attractive.
Moments ago, Tesla emailed CleanTechnica with information regarding the next step of Tesla’s SolarCity acquisition. There is not much to add regarding the announcement itself, so it will be pasted in full further down, but I think it’s useful to quickly summarize some of our previous articles on this topic to … [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]
The United States’ leading dedicated residential solar company announced surprising financial results for the second quarter, sending the company’s stocks soaring on the back of the news. Published last week, Sunrun’s current claim to fame is being the United States’ leading dedicated residential solar company — which is sadly not … [continued]
Tesla’s move to acquire SolarCity has taken a big step forward. Below, I share the most recent facts of the Tesla–SolarCity merger (as presented by Tesla today), my thoughts on where this marriage will lead, and the overall background from which my thoughts arose. If you aren’t keen to know a little bit more … [continued]
