Sunrun, the largest residential solar, storage, and energy services provider in the United States, published its second annual Impact Report on Tuesday, revealing that the cumulative impact of its solar systems has prevented almost four million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, the equivalent of eliminating over 9 billion passenger-vehicle miles.
American residential solar provider Vivint Solar has had an impressive start to the month of November with three big announcements which solidify the company’s standing as the country’s solar leaders, as it surpassed the 1 gigawatt (GW) milestone for rooftop solar installations amidst a strong third quarter and expanding its California offerings.
New figures published today reveal that new residential solar capacity installed in the US during the first quarter fell by 17% on the same quarter a year earlier, led by a lull in the sunshine capital, California.
A year after its intended merger with SunEdison collapsed amidst the latter’s bankruptcy issues, Vivint Solar has announced this week it has hit 100,000 residential solar customers across the United States.
America’s leading solar energy company SolarCity has taken to its blog to highlight “the absurd growth potential of rooftop solar in America” by producing three maps that really do show the phenomenal potential rooftop solar has in the US.
New figures from GTM Research have revealed that, of the 1.2 gigawatts of residential solar installed in the US in 2014, 72% was third-party owned. GTM Research’s latest report, US Residential Solar Financing 2015–2020, explored the current and future residential solar market. The US residential solar market has grown 15 out of the … [continued]
The US residential solar market grew by 76% in the first quarter of 2015, when compared to a year earlier, installing 437 MW, according to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. In figures released in the latest US Solar Market Insight report published by GTM Research and the Solar … [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]
Group buying programs have caught on fast in the US, helping reduce the up-front cost of installing solar PV systems. Via HGACBuy, municipal and state government agencies are getting in on the act.
Home clean energy project financing in Riverside County is surging higher with the launch of an innovative public-private PACE partnership, HERO (Home Energy Renovation Opportunity). HERO is boosting job creation and the local economy, along with helping consumers cut energy costs and helping the state meet its GHG emissions reduction targets […]
