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Over 800 Buy Groupon-SolarCity $1 Coupon For Rooftop Solar Installation Contract

Not everyday do you find a contact for rooftop solar power system available on the discount coupon website Groupon. SolarCity and Groupon experimented by offering rooftop solar installation and...

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SolarCity CEO Frames SolarCity Offering As “Free Solar Panels”

Originally published on Solar Love. SolarCity, of which cleantech hero Elon Musk is Chairman and his cousin Lyndon Rive is CEO and co-founder, currently dominates residential solar power installations...

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Vivint Solar To File For IPO, Compete With SolarCity

Home security and home automation company Vivint is reported to have confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) for its solar business, Vivint Solar. Reuters is reporting that “people...

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Solar News & Energy Efficiency News Roundup

If you’re itching for more solar news to read this weekend, check out my top (non-CleanTechnica) picks below. Of course, also be sure you’ve read every solar article on CleanTechnica (we’ve only...

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Cleantech News: Solar- & EV-Loving Tea Partier Podcast, Barcelona Solar, …

Here’s another cleantech news roundup. I’m making it a short one since I’m *trying* to start doing these once a day again. Wish me luck! Cleantech News Pie (i.e. solar + EVs + other) I was interviewed...

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Solar News: Recycling Solar Water Wheel, Vivint Solar Rundown …

Time for some more solar news. Enjoy! The solar-powered water wheel pictured above can collect 50,000 pounds of trash per day. (Solar Love) If you want a rundown of the politics of solar energy, this...

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Will Washington State Buck The Trend?

Originally Published by the ECOreport  Between 70% and 80% of California’s solar installations are leased from third party companies. This model has been reproduced throughout much of the US, but some...

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Encouraging Cleantech With Investment

By Patrick Foot, financial markets writer at IG – a leading provider of CFD trading, spread betting and live forex prices* This earnings season has seen several major stories play out, with battles...

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SolarCity’s Planned 1 GW Solar PV Plant Will Cost Up To $450 Million

While SolarCity’s recent acquisition of the solar PV panel manufacturer Silevo has certainly opened up a number of interesting options for the company, none of them are likely to be cheap. According to...

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NCES 7.0 Summary Report (+ Full Speeches From Hillary Clinton & Harry Reid)

The 7th Annual National Clean Energy Summit was just held September 4th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. You ask why Mandalay Bay is significant? Well, its convention center, where the event was...

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Luminescent Tesla, 250,000 Electric Cars on US Roads, Tesla & Toyota May...

EV news buffet below. Eat it up. Lumilor is showing off a luminescent Tesla Model S in order to advertise its electroluminescent coating system. (EV Obsession | GAS2) There are now 250,000 electric...

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Solar Loans Down To 6.5% Interest, NY Solar Schools… (Solar News)

Solar news buffet below. Eat it up! Dividend Solar is now offering solar loans with an interest rate of just 6.5%, the lowest in the country. If you’d like, you can also invest in these solar loans via...

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Solar Panel Prices Down 80%, Recurrent Energy Up For Sale… (Solar News)

Solar energy enthusiasts, here’s another solar energy news roundup. Enjoy! Solar panel prices have dropped 80% since 2008, and wind power prices are down too. (Planetsave) Recurrent Energy, a US-based...

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3D Solar Panel Printing, Integrating Solar Into Grid Not So Hard… (Solar News)

Time for another solar energy news roundup. Enjoy! 3D printing of solar panels may soon be coming to a home near you. (Solar Love) Duke Energy is investing $500 million into solar power in North...

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SolarCity Introduces New Tech To Hugely Improve Rooftop Solar Output

Solar Love. SolarCity this week released the ZS Peak, a new system which has potential to increase solar rooftop output for businesses and other organizations. Coming from its line of  Zep Solar...

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Elon Musk Tops Vanity Fair’s “Disruptors” List

EV Obsession. Elon Musk is as popular these days as the mini-skirt once was. Musk is the renewable energy icon that defines our time. Musk is the top of many things, and now he is #1 of Vanity Fair‘s...

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Time To Buy Tesla Stock?, SolarCity + Tesla = Disruption… (Solar & EV News)

I’m in Germany for a week for a large cleantech tour of the country. As a result, I’m not sure if I’ll have time to do any more than the bare essentials, so I’m doing a quick news roundup right now and...

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Every SolarCity Customer Will Get Battery Backup Within 5-10 Years

Planetsave. At a private shindig in little town called New York City last week, SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive and Chairman Elon Musk (Lyndon’s cousin and also the CEO, Chief Product Architect, and Chairman...

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Elon Musk Building Another “Gigafactory” In New York State

Elon Musk will soon be building what amounts, essentially, to another “gigafactory.” This one will be in New York State as per a recent agreement with the government there. Or course, to be clear, this...

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New California Solar Record, Solarboxes In London… (Solar News)

Here’s some top solar news from around the internet for your weekend reading pleasure. London telephone boxes are being turned into “solarboxes.” (Planetsave) California solar has hit a new power...

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