Good News on SolarCity’s Asset-Backed Securities
My colleague Stuart Smits, who’s all over the financial world as it applies to solar energy, just sent me this piece on SolarCity’s sales of asset-backed securities at 4.8% (far less than was expected), and wrote tersely, “A very big deal.”
Though I’m not a finance guy, it’s clear that anything that lowers the cost of capital associated with expanding the world of solar is very good news, in that it means lower levelized cost of energy and power-purchase agreements at lower rates, i.e., more competitive with fossil fuels.
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The benefits of the so-called “green” cleaning has long been discussed in certain society and professional circles mostly by people, who work for different cleaning companies and people who provide households and specialized businesses with a variety of detergents, but also by a great number of housewives, who really care about the health and well-being of their families. 
Solar energy continues to gain traction as a mainstream idea for both homeowners and businesses alike. The rush to move to sustainable and green energy has begun to become entrenched deeper in America; who happens to be far behind the green movement as opposed to European countries. Although solar technology has been around for decades, most Americans have relied on the electric grid and fossil fuels to power their homes; with the costs of powering homes and businesses rising, the quest to access efficient, cheap and unlimited power is growing. 
It’s been a while – too long, actually – since I mentioned my friend Bill Paul and the amazing work he’s doing at 
The idea of cordless charging for electric vehicles has been around for more than a decade now, and several car makers, including Nissan, GM and Volvo, have tried to develop a system that would be able to charge cars without having to plug them in. But, wireless charging is still far from becoming a reality, as the technology is too expensive at the moment, and needs to be further developed so that it can be as fast, as convenient and as efficient as plug-in charging. However, Volvo has made significant progress in this regard recently, and hopes to be able to implement the technology in production cars by 2016. 
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