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What Changed In The Solar Energy Industry In Quarter 1, 2018?
What actually changed in the world of solar in Q1 2018? Here's our rundown
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States Agree: Third-Party Ownership Enables Distributed Solar, But What’s Next?
Much has changed in the national solar market since an earlier analysis of the market and policy landscape in 2014. The solar market as a whole has continued to grow, and small-scale systems are...
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Getting A Rooftop Solar + Tesla Powerwall 2 System Installed In Vermont...
I didn’t realize until late last year, October to be exact, that our local utility (spelled monopoly), Green Mountain Power (GMP), had to “open up” the area of our state for Tesla Energy to be even...
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The Fascinating Tesla Short Story
The official numbers are now in and more than 38 million shares of Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) were in the hands of short sellers as of April 13, 2018. That’s a whopping 10 million shares picked up by shorts...
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Tesla Plans To Triple Energy Storage Business This Year
In its Q1 earnings letter, Tesla repeated its claim that its energy storage business will triple in 2018. Powerwall residential battery installations are up and production of the SolarRoof tiles is...
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Panasonic Capitalizes On Tesla Partnership, Eyes Expansion In China & Beyond
Panasonic confirmed in recent days that it has not locked in a deal yet with Tesla for its Chinese Gigafactory. Several Panasonic executives commented on the matter, noting that plans are "not...
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Billionaire Ron Baron Sees Potential To Make “20 Times Our Money” With Tesla...
Bullish billionaire Ron Baron sees such potential with Tesla that he expects his investment firm Baron Capital to make an absolute killing on TSLA stock
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From D.C. To Tesla …& Back To D.C? Sam Jammal On Clean Energy & Job Creation
Sam Jammal launched a campaign for Congress in order to bridge the gaps he sees between the cleantech industry and Capitol Hill. He’s currently running for Congress in California’s 39th district
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Tesla Moves To Close A Dozen SolarCity Facilities Across 9 States
An exclusive Reuters report published last week dealt an unfortunate blow to the US solar industry, revealing that EV giant Tesla's move to cut 9% of its workforce will subsequently downsize subsidiary...
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Tesla Cuts Hit Close To Home
My follow-up report to my last CleanTechnica dispatch — the article in which I explained the basics of the my solar array/Powerwall/charging station installation — was supposed to be a show & tell...
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A Sinister Cellar Of The TSLA Short Story?
The ongoing onslaught of anti-Tesla articles in the press surely stems from many sources, and yes, some of these are doubtless legitimate journalists who are simply describing the situation as they see...
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JB Straubel Clarifies Tesla Position On Solar Roof, Powerwall. Expect Big...
The wait time for the Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwall is going up instead of coming down. JB Straubel says, "Don't worry. Be happy."
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8 Retorts To New York Post Attacks On Elon Musk & Tesla — #Pravduh #RealityCheck
It's happened again. Someone who hasn't followed or has only loosely followed Tesla and Elon Musk in the past decade has swooped in with a damning, critical take on the two. The problem is that it's...
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Tesla Energy — Rapid Growth In Solar Roof & Energy Storage Demand...
Tesla energy products were part of a larger conversation about Q2 financial results and the 2018 overall anticipated fiscal picture
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Saudi Arabia Buys Large Stake In Tesla, Elon Tweets Tesla May Go Private —...
Tesla stock surges after the Saudi Arabia wealth fund makes substantial investment
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What Changed In The Solar Industry In June & July?
Complementing our update on key changes in the electric vehicle industry in June and July, below are highly notable news items from the solar energy and energy storage industries in June and July
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How Tesla* Will Help Save The World & Reform Capitalism
This article is a followup to another CleanTechnica article: Tesla’s Secret Weapon. The title of this one contains an asterisk, because a more accurate (but too long) title would be “How Tesla, SpaceX,...
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Tesla Slashes Solar Pricing 10–20% To Make Solar More Affordable
Tesla is slashing prices on its solar systems 10–20% in recognition of the progress it has made streamlining its solar sales process by integrating Tesla Energy products into its existing high-traffic...
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A Look Inside Tesla’s Solar Gigafactory In Buffalo, New York
A local news affiliate went inside Tesla's 1.2 million square foot Gigafactory 2 in upstate New York for a firsthand look at what the company is doing inside its less celebrated solar Gigafactory
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Why Buying A Tesla Is The Best Thing You Can Do For The Environment
Buying a Tesla is the most important thing you can do for the environment because it will help to dramatically lower the cost of batteries, making a 100% renewable grid affordable. Elon Musk recently...
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Panasonic Solar Builds Out National Residential Installer Network
Panasonic Eco Solutions, home of the HIT solar panel, is aggressively building out its residential solar installer network on a national basis, seeking to compete more evenly with the likes of Tesla,...
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Tesla & The Taxpayer — #Pravduh About Subsidies
Another article attempts to discredit Tesla, this time targeting its financial practices
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Florida Public Service Commission Opens The Floodgates For Solar Leases
Florida residents have a new option for going green with their electricity as the Florida Public Service Commission approved Tesla's SolarLease option today. The ruling came after a long debate over...
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Breitbart Is After Tesla Again — Why Does The Far Right Drool Over Tesla...
Breitbart is at it again, dissing Tesla. But why
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SolarCity Founders Peter & Lyndon Rive Join ZOLA Electric To Advance Solar In...
The co-founders of SolarCity have resurfaced on the global stage and they have a new pet project that also happens to be powered by the sun. Brothers Lyndon and Peter Rive, who are also cousins to...
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Member-Owned Community Solar Poised For National Adoption
Community solar projects are sweeping the nation, enabling individuals to benefit from solar energy even if they don’t have panels on their house or apartment building. The financial design of a...
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Tesla Plans To Boost Solar Business By Slashing Costs
Tesla says it is working hard to streamline the process of ordering and installing rooftop solar systems to reduce soft costs that add to the price of solar systems. Online sales and standardized...
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12 Months Of CNBC’s “Top” Tesla Coverage — 2016 Tesla Flashbacks
While working on this Tesla flashback regarding Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley, I had the thought to take a more thorough look at the media outlet that I think most prolifically covers Tesla —
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Arizona’s Salt River Project Utility Challenged On High Rooftop Solar Rates
The Center for Biological Diversity took legal action in Arizona federal court this week to challenge the Salt River Project, an Arizona utility, in its ongoing rate discrimination against residential...
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From 1% To 30% Solar Power Without Losing Farmland — How Is That Possible?
Researchers are turning conventional solar power wisdom upside down with new evidence that farmland can optimize solar cell efficiency
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Early Investment In Tesla, SolarCity, Zola Electric, & More — Nancy Pfund on...
In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down with Nancy Pfund, founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners. They discuss Nancy’s journey from policy and...
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Walmart Sues Tesla Over Rooftop Solar Fires
Back in 2010, Walmart was one of the first major companies to get involved with the solar power revolution. It teamed up with SolarCity, the rooftop solar company started by Elon Musk's cousins Lyndon...
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The Tesla/Walmart Rooftop Solar Fire Spat — Part Deux, & Enter Amazon
Walmart and Tesla have issued a joint statement saying they will work together to find a solution to their rooftop fire dispute. Meanwhile, Amazon has jumped into the fray.
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Tesla Has “The Potential To Become BMW”
Wall Street is obsessed with Tesla Model 3 production numbers. To some degree, this is understandable. But, according to one disruptive Wall Street analyst, Tesla's production numbers don't accurately...
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Tesla Solar Will Be “Aggressively Ramping”— Stay Tuned
With so much emphasis on the Model 3, the question on many people's mind is, "Will Tesla's solar efforts finally begin to gain traction?" According to USA Today, "The company is going to double down on...
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Largest US Solar Panel Manufacturers By Capacity
Some of the largest US solar panel manufacturers by capacity will probably see growth over the next decade as we (society in general) move toward using more sustainable, renewable energy. The US solar...
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Tesla’s Website Through The Years
It's a new year, a new decade, and a new Tesla. As we zoom into 2020, we can look back over the years and see how not only Tesla the company has evolved but also its website. In 2010, we didn't have...
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Tesla 2019 Highlights & Lowlights — Sustainable Energy
How did Tesla Energy contribute to the company's Big Picture fiscal framework in
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No, Tesla Is NOT The Largest US Automaker Ever
Over the last couple of days, as Tesla continues on this monstrous run, the media seems to have been noting that Tesla is now more valuable than any US automaker's market cap ever. (Tesla is currently...
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Tesla’s Secret Weapon Is Fueled By The Sun
Tesla's secret weapon is something that many investors don't even think to consider when they think of Tesla. CNN Business reminded us that investors only think about EVs when they think about Tesla....
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If A Policy-Based Business Is Good Enough For Elon Musk, Is It Good Enough...
As the Paris Accord and Kigali Amendment implications sweep through North America and the world, more business opportunities will arise
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Why People Love Elon Musk So Much
A little more than 4 years ago, I published an article about why people loved Elon Musk so much. Given that it's still #ElonMuskDay in California, it seemed like a good time to repost this article....
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Elon Musk’s Unlikely Journey: Got To Canada With $2,000 At 17, Dropped Out Of...
How did Elon Musk grow into the business maverick he is today? It didn't come easy. Even though the 48-year old tech titan Elon Musk is currently worth more than $40 billion, CNBC reports that the...
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Elon Musk vs. Warren Buffet: History of Friendly Banter
What exactly is Elon Musk's history with Warren Buffett
View ArticleSolar Carport Using BIPV Solar Panels Completed In China
There are many things in the cleantech world that are inspiring and fun, but there's perhaps nothing that quickly inspires more joy than seeing solar-powered carports that power numerous electric...
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