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Airbnb Partners With SolarCity to Bring Solar Energy to the Home Sharing Community

October 20, 2016 Anand Gupta

Airbnb, the world’s leading community-driven hospitality company and SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY), the nation’s #1 solar power provider, are announcing a new partnership that will connect Airbnb hosts and guests with an affordable and sustainable way to power their homes with solar energy, and are releasing estimates of the environmental benefits of home sharing for […]

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Research finds roughly one-half of consumers who have solar or EV technology have both

October 20, 2016 Anand Gupta

Recently, Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) has released its latest research, Consumer Driven Technologies. Compiled on behalf of and available to its nationwide energy industry members, the report sheds light on consumer attitudes and their interest in solar power and electric vehicles. Consumer Driven Technologies surveyed 1,571 respondents on four distinct technologies and services: residential solar, […]

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Follow Farmers: The Path to Nearly 2 Megawatts of Solar

October 20, 2016 Anand Gupta

Follow Farmers is the story of how Farmers Electric Cooperative in the small Iowa town of Kalona installed nearly 2 MW of solar. The entire construction of this historic solar array is currently streaming live at followfarmers.solar. Farmers Electric Cooperative partnered with Iowa Wind and Solar to engineer, finance, and construct their newest solar project, a […]

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New Report Names Target the Top Corporate Solar Installer in the U.S.

October 20, 2016 Anand Gupta

Target has grabbed the top spot among American businesses that are going solar. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) revealed Target’s ascension to the top of the list in its 2016 Solar Means Business report, issued recently, which found that more American businesses are installing solar than ever before. Adding more solar this year than any […]

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Standard Solar Breaks Ground on New Solar Project for Choptank Electric Cooperative

October 20, 2016 Anand Gupta

Standard Solar, Inc., a leading solar energy company specializing in the development and financing of solar electric systems nationwide, and Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc. recently celebrated the groundbreaking of a new solar project. The 503 kilowatt, 1,596 panel system, being built by Standard Solar, is expected to produce 706 megawatt hours per year. Being built on […]

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8minutenergy Initiates Development Platform Capital Raise, and Investment Opportunity into Over 500 MW of Projects With Long Term PPAs and $1 Billion Enterprise Value

October 20, 2016 Anand Gupta

-8minutenergy Renewables, LLC, the leading independent solar photovoltaic (PV) developer in the United States, recently announced it is initiating a capital raising process to fuel growth of its 5.5 gigawatt (GW) U.S. pipeline, including over 500 megawatts (MW) of wholly-owned near shovel ready projects with long term power purchase agreements (PPA). 8minutenergy has retained BofA Merrill […]

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Stanford: Solar panels to provide varsity with 50% electricity by year end

October 18, 2016 Anand Gupta

US’ Stanford University is moving ahead with its goal generating 50 per cent of its electricity by a new solar plant now which is in the final stages of construction. With one of the largest campuses in the country, the private research university in northern California announced the Stanford Solar Generating Station project last year. […]

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Denzo Selects Site For 30 MW Solar Farm

October 18, 2016 Anand Gupta

Denzo Group Australia has selected a 90 hectare site in the Wide Bay – Burnett Region of Queensland, Australia, as the location for a 30 MW large scale solar farm. To be developed in partnership with Natcore Technology, the American solar R&D company, the site would be developed to a “shovel ready” stage with storage of […]

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Premium Solar Farms in the U.S. are Almost Impossible to Find and Purchase

October 18, 2016 Anand Gupta

If you have looked at the Solar Farm market in the US lately, it is obvious that premium Solar Farms with superior returns are becoming more difficult, if not nearly impossible to acquire. A tried and true early stage developer of these premium Solar Farms is currently seeking strategic and financial partners. This Solar Farm […]

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SolarCity and Credit Suisse Partner to Finance More Than $300 Million in Residential Solar Projects

October 18, 2016 Anand Gupta

SolarCity Corp. recently announced that it has created a new fund to finance more than $300 million in solar projects with Credit Suisse. The fourth such collaboration between SolarCity and Credit Suisse will allow thousands of homeowners in the U.S. to pay less for solar electricity than they pay for utility bills. The fund represents another new […]