San Mateo, CA
Year Founded: 2006
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SolarCity provides clean energy. The company has disrupted the century-old energy industry by providing renewable electricity directly to homeowners, businesses and government organizations for less than they spend on utility bills. SolarCity gives customers control of their energy costs to protect them from rising rates. The company makes solar energy easy by taking care of everything from design and permitting to monitoring and maintenance.
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American Samoa’s solar+storage microgrid
Ta’u, one of five volcanic islands and two atolls that makes up the unincorporated U.S. territory of American Samoa, had relied heavily on diesel generation for electricity until a solar+storage microgrid was installed in 2016. The 17-square mile island, which sits 4,000 miles from the United States’ west coast in the South Pacific Ocean, burned… [Read More]
Panasonic enters partnership with Tesla to manufacture solar cells and modules at New York gigafactory
Tesla and Panasonic have entered into a non-binding letter of intent under which they will begin collaborating on the manufacturing and production of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in Buffalo, New York. Under this agreement, which is contingent upon shareholders’ approval of Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity, Tesla will use the cells and modules in a… [Read More]
Trending now: Vertical integration competition heating up
Full vertical integration is a dream for almost all solar companies, offering the ability to control manufacturing, sales and installation and have a cost-competitive system. First Solar and SunEdison have it figured out on the large scale, although SunEdison’s recent market troubles bring uncertainty to its foothold. Now two players in the residential market are… [Read More]
Not ready to buy a battery today? Here’s how to prepare your solar project for future energy storage
Energy storage may still be cost-prohibitive to some homeowners, but installing solar so batteries can be added later can make the transition smooth when they’re ready to make the investment. In California, this practice will be mandatory for new single-family residential builds starting in 2023. The 2022 California Energy Code says these homes, which are… [Read More]
When the utilities left him stranded, a homeowner went off-grid with solar + storage
Many homeowners might have given up and bought a different home when faced with the utility hassle that landowner Derrick Zearley experienced. Instead, he looked to solar + storage to avoid interconnection altogether. Zearley purchased land located on a boundary of two utility territories in Anderson County, South Carolina — Duke Energy and its energy… [Read More]
LG overtakes Tesla as most-quoted storage brand in latest EnergySage solar market report
Today, EnergySage released its twelfth semiannual Solar Marketplace Intel Report, which is based on millions of transaction-level data points generated within the EnergySage Solar Marketplace throughout 2020. This report tracks the evolving pricing, equipment, and consumer preference trends shaping today’s U.S. residential solar industry, and serves as a leading indicator of where the market is… [Read More]