Two items from today’s edition of “Energy Matters” from the American Energy Society with my comments beneath each: – Solar: The US rooftop solar industry contracted in 2017 – after 16 straight years of gains. Meanwhile, Tesla is now in second place to SunRun …
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Renewable Energy Claims Verification
Question: Are the manufacturers of renewable energy products at liberty to make any claims they wish, or is there a third-party organization that validates these claims? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: SolarCity claims to have built …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Louis de Saint Phalle: SolarCity’s Big Plans for the Future
Two weeks ago, SolarCity joined competitors SunEdison, First Solar and SunPower as the fourth vertically integrated solar company in the United States. In order to achieve this status, they acquired California-based Silevo, a manufacturer of hybrid solar panels combining thin-film …
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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 …
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The Sun Shines Brightly on SolarCity Investors
Here, my colleague Harris Roen analyzes SolarCity as we approach the anniversary of the IPO of this company that is growing like a weed. While still not profitable, it certainly is cranking its top-line (78 megawatts of photovoltaics in the …
