| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.06.2025 | Schwarzenegger tells environmentalists dismayed by Trump to ‘stop whining’ and get to work | “Be the mayor that makes buses electric; be the CEO who ends fossil fuel dependence; be the school that puts (up) solar roofs,” he said.
“You can’t just sit around and make excuses because one guy in a very nice White House on Pennsylvania ... |
| 07.02.2025 | FINANCING ROUND-UP: US community solar attracts billions in private equity funding | - |
| 07.02.2025 | New subscription service aims to electrify Australian homes | - |
| 05.02.2025 | Trump 2.0 energy policies: what they mean for solar | - |
| 27.01.2025 | Fresh thinking needed to close off-grid solar’s funding gap | - |
| 24.01.2025 | Australia’s New South Wales achieves new state record for solar PV generation | - |
| 21.01.2025 | What Trump’s executive orders mean for US solar PV | - |
| 15.01.2025 | Floating solar on US reservoirs could add up to 1TW PV capacity | - |
| 10.01.2025 | Solar industry leaders highlight cost of capital and local opposition to PV as key challenges for 2025 | - |
| 06.01.2025 | How US trade measures are reshaping solar supply chains | - |
| 31.12.2024 | PV Tech’s top ten stories of the year in 2024 | - |
| 24.12.2024 | The PV review, Q2 2024: US legislation drives growth, Europe distances from China and industry leaders struggle | - |
| 17.12.2024 | EU adds 66GW of solar PV in 2024 as residential market slumps | - |
| 17.12.2024 | Romania awards 432MW solar PV in oversubscribed CfD | - |
| 18.11.2024 | Rooftop solar PV provides 107.5% of grid demand in South Australia | - |
| 17.11.2024 | HANZA's Strategic Shift: New Leadership for a Bright Future | In the fast-paced world of manufacturing, change is the only constant. HANZA AB, a rising star on Nasdaq Stockholm, is embracing this truth with a bold move. The company is enhancing its Group Management by introducing two pivotal roles: Ch... |
| 16.11.2024 | Understanding Commercial Energy Storage: Powering Businesses with Solar Solutions | Share
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Commercial energy storage systems help businesses save and manage power more efficiently. These systems store energy that can be used later when it’s most needed, like during busy times or power outages. Busine... |
| 11.11.2024 | Rooftop solar PV uptake prompts consumer-focused pricing review in Australia | - |
| 11.11.2024 | World installs 2TW solar PV, must double momentum to meet COP targets | - |
| 06.11.2024 | The pain points of Trump 2.0 for US solar | - |
| 01.11.2024 | South Africa’s rooftop solar has helped alleviate load shedding, but has undermined demand for residential PV | - |
| 28.10.2024 | German solar industry criticises C&I rooftop solar changes as ‘not feasible’ | - |
| 21.10.2024 | Securing the solar grid — addressing the major threats to PV infrastructure | - |
| 21.10.2024 | Indonesia surpasses 700MW installed solar PV capacity, but progress is ‘inadequate’ | - |
| 14.10.2024 | Inside Australia’s Solar Sunshot initiative | - |
| 02.10.2024 | Solar industry needs to grow up and be more political, says ex-US federal sustainability chief | - |
| 17.09.2024 | RE+ 2024: Solar soundbites from the biggest week in US renewables | - |
| 11.09.2024 | RE+: US solar is infighting over the IRA | - |
| 09.09.2024 | PV manufacturing in US up nearly fourfold since IRA introduction | - |
| 06.09.2024 | Could California’s residential solar fortunes turn despite NEM 3.0? | - |
| 30.08.2024 | Australia: Large-scale solar PV grows 20-fold in six years | - |
| 29.08.2024 | DOE: US solar sector adds 18,401 jobs in 2023, leading energy industry | - |
| 27.08.2024 | China’s decentralised PV boom encounters grid bottleneck | - |
| 25.08.2024 | Home Energy Optimization: The worth of investing in solar power system | Are you tired of watching your energy bills soar every month? Do you feel a pang of guilt every time you think about your carbon footprint?
If so, it might be time to consider investing in a solar power system for your home energy optimizat... |
| 13.08.2024 | India adds 12.2GW of solar capacity in H1 2024, exceeds 2023 renewable power installation total | - |
| 01.08.2024 | Australia: 1.4 million solar PV modules to reach end-of-life in 2025 | - |
| 26.07.2024 | Australia proposes integration of VPPs and consumer energy into NEM, with solar PV to benefit | - |
| 24.07.2024 | The costs to the solar industry of a price on carbon | - |
| 24.07.2024 | China installs 102.48GW of new PV in first half of 2024 | - |
| 17.07.2024 | FERC: solar dominates new generation capacity in US | - |
| 17.07.2024 | Solar debt financing reaches record high US$12.2 billion in H1 2024 | - |
| 08.07.2024 | Surveying the risk landscape of an emerging solar sector | - |
| 21.06.2024 | Solar PV to provide 20% of global power on the summer solstice | - |
| 10.06.2024 | Water consumption for solar cell manufacturing could drop 79% with circular strategies | - |
| 07.06.2024 | Community solar boosts access to solar PV adoption | - |
| 06.06.2024 | Bill of materials key to solving next-generation solar module failures | - |
| 04.06.2024 | Solar Solutions for Tomorrow: Redefining Energy Infrastructure for a Sustainable World | Share
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Introduction:
The global energy landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by the mounting urgency to address climate change and the pressing need for sustainable energy sources. As we confront the formida... |
| 24.05.2024 | Will it work? Funding community energy projects | - |
| 16.05.2024 | LBNL: residential solar PV installations remain flat since NEM 3.0 in California | - |
| 14.05.2024 | Efforts to bring US polysilicon and wafer supply face an uphill struggle. Here’s why | - |
| 14.05.2024 | ACP: US adds 4.6GW of solar in Q1 2024, total installed capacity reaches 100GW | - |
| 09.05.2024 | Sunrun Q1 solar installations drop to 177MW, reduces 2024 solar addition targets | - |
| 03.05.2024 | Sunnova Q1 customer additions decrease, to rely on ‘lease and PPA customers’ in 2024 | - |
| 30.04.2024 | PV Data: Where is the 1TW solar capacity queued up in the US? | - |
| 25.04.2024 | U.S. solar companies, imperiled by price collapse, demand protection | - |
| 24.04.2024 | «Зеленое» строительство ждет своего расцвета | - |
| 15.04.2024 | Trident IoT Secures $10 Million in Funding | Silicon provider and RF technology company, Trident IoT, based in the USA, recently raised $10 million in funding. The investment, led by Todd Pedersen, founder of Vivint and Vivint Solar, aims to accelerate engineering support, certificati... |
| 15.04.2024 | EU adopts rules requiring solar installations and zero emissions in buildings | - |
| 12.04.2024 | Trident IoT Closes $10M Funding | Trident IoT, a Carlsbad, CA-based silicon provider and RF technology company focused on decreasing time-to-market for connected device manufacturers, raised $10m in funding.
The round was led by Todd Pedersen, entrepreneur and founder of Vi... |
| 08.04.2024 | 6.5GW of US PV to go dark in today’s solar eclipse | - |
| 22.03.2024 | “More money into solar all over the world”: challenges and opportunities for global solar finance | - |
| 18.03.2024 | Dan Gabardello Warns SOL Investors: 'Be Careful What You Do Next' | - |
| 15.03.2024 | “Investors feeling uneasy”: questions remain about SunPower’s shift to the residential solar sector | - |
| 07.07.2020 | Sunrun’s $3.2 billion Vivint Solar bid challenges Tesla’s energy ambitions | Tesla’s 2014 acquisition of SolarCity turned the electric vehicle manufacturer into the undisputed largest player in residential solar, but that lead has steadily eroded as its major competitor, Sunrun, surged ahead with more aggressive pla... |
| 29.06.2020 | VIVINT SOLAR, INC.
Vivint Solar : Closes $300 Million Of New Tax Equity Commitments | LEHI, Utah, June 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivint Solar (NYSE: VSLR), a leading full-service residential solar provider, today announced it has secured $300 million in new tax equity financing commitments from two repeat investors to support... |
| 03.06.2020 | VIVINT SOLAR, INC.
Vivint Solar : Closes $545 Million Of New Financing In Two Separate Transactions | LEHI, Utah, June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivint Solar (NYSE: VSLR), a leading full-service residential solar provider in the United States, today announced the closing of two separate debt transactions, totaling $545 million in incremental ... |
| 03.06.2020 | Vivint Solar raises US$545m to boost liquidity amid talk of Q2 slowdown | - |
| 19.12.2019 | Vivint Solar secures US$200 million loan to forestall ITC wind-down | - |
| 23.08.2019 | Walmart and Tesla are going to try and work things out | Walmart came out swinging earlier this week in a lawsuit that accused Tesla of breach of contract and gross negligence over problems with rooftop solar panel systems installed at the retail giant’s stores.
Now, just days later, the lawsuit ... |
| 20.08.2019 | Walmart sues Tesla for negligence after multiple solar panel fires | Walmart is suing Tesla for breach of contract and gross negligence after rooftop solar panel systems on seven of the retailer’s stores allegedly caught fire, according to a filing.
Walmart said the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in New Yo... |
| 18.08.2019 | Tesla pitches a solar rental program to boost its renewable energy business | Tesla is pitching customers on a new rental offering for solar power as a way to revive the flagging fortunes of its renewable energy business.
Once among the largest installers of renewables in the country through SolarCity, Tesla has seen... |
| 07.08.2019 | Vivint Solar secures US$325m debt refinancing deal | - |
| 24.06.2019 | Vivint Solar closes US$100m funding for residential PV roll-out | - |
| 05.11.2018 | Vivint Solar offers new fixed rate solar lease in California to prep for 2020 mandate | Vivint Solar, a full-service residential solar provider, launched a new fixed rate solar lease plan to expand its options for homeebuyers and builders ahead of California’s 2020 solar mandate. Initially available in select markets in Califo... |
| 01.11.2018 | Vivint Solar expands solar plans in California to give greater flexibility to homeowners and builders ahead of 2020 solar mandate | Vivint Solar, Inc. (NYSE: VSLR), a leading full-service residential solar provider, today announced it has launched a new fixed rate solar lease plan. Initially available in select markets in California, the new solar plan allows new custom... |
| 27.08.2018 | Vivint Solar gets lease option approved for Florida customers | The Florida Public Service Commission has approved Vivint Solar‘s solar lease product proposal, and they are immediately available in the St. Petersburg and Orlando areas. New Vivint Solar customers in other markets in Florida may also have... |
| 12.06.2018 | Vivint Solar closes US$811 million in new financing | - |
| 12.06.2018 | Vivint Solar closes on $811 million in new financing (largest securitization of residential PPAs ever) | Vivint Solar has closed on $811 million aggregate principal amount of debt financing comprised of two separate transactions.
The first is a capital markets issuance by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vivint Solar Financing V, LLC, of $466 mill... |
| 06.11.2017 | Vivint Solar Begins Operations in Delaware | Vivint Solar, Inc. (NYSE: VSLR), a leading full-service residential solar provider, today announced it has expanded availability of its affordable solar energy systems into Delaware. Following this expansion into the “First State,” Vivint S... |
| 31.10.2017 | Vivint Solar and Ski Utah Team Up to Promote Clean Energy | Vivint Solar, Inc. (NYSE: VSLR), a leading full-service residential solar provider, today announced a strategic collaboration to become the official residential solar provider for Ski Utah, the marketing arm of Utah’s 14 resorts. The collab... |
| 09.08.2017 | SEIA battles Suniva, SolarWorld for hearts and minds of the U.S. ITC | The two sides in the Section 201 trade petition filed by bankrupt module manufacturer Suniva and SolarWorld USA, the U.S. subsidiary of bankrupt module manufacturer SolarWorld AG, are getting ready to rumble six days before next week’s hear... |
| 20.07.2017 | They’re back: Campaign for Accountability asks FTC to investigate solar industry | The Campaign for Accountability (CfA) has the solar industry in its sights again.
After putting together test complaints in Texas, California, Florida, and Oregon “to investigate false and misleading acts in the marketing and sale or lease ... |
| 13.07.2017 | GTM: Residential customer-acquisition costs will come down – eventually | Most residential installers are still seeing customer-acquisition costs continuing to rise, which puts a strain on many of their bottom lines. But new research by GTM indicates that trend is about to change.
While the plummeting prices of r... |
| 06.06.2017 | Vivint Solar gets $100 million in tax equity commitments | U.S. residential solar installer Vivint Solar has secured tax equity commitments with an aggregate value of $100 million from two unnamed repeat investors.
The company said the funds will be utilized to install approximately 70 MW of reside... |
| 06.06.2017 | Vivint Solar secures $100 million in tax equity | Vivint Solar secured tax equity commitments totaling $100 million from two repeat investors. These tax equity commitments will enable the company to install an estimated 70 megawatts of residential solar energy systems.
“Our capital partner... |
| 05.06.2017 | Vivint Solar nets US$100 million in new tax equity commitments | - |
| 18.05.2017 | Mercedes home storage batteries coming to the US | Mercedes-Benz Energy announced that it’s teamed up with Vivint Solar to provide batteries for storing energy at home in the United States, starting in California this spring.
Last year, Mercedes started a program in Germany that works almos... |
| 18.05.2017 | Mercedes-Benz Energy pairs with solar company to sell batteries, rooftop panels | reader comments 43 with 26 posters participating
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Mercedes-Benz/VivintMercedes-Benz maker Daimler is evidently planning for a future where luxury cars refuel in thei... |
| 16.05.2017 | Vivint Solar launches new retail sales channel | Residential solar provider Vivint Solar has announced the launch of a new retail sales channel. The company says it is starting with kiosks at retail locations in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Utah by the end of June a... |
| 08.05.2017 | Vivint Solar expands into Rhode Island | Vivint Solar announced that it is expanding its services into Rhode Island, expecting to employ 10-20 employees in the state in the coming months. Through Vivint Solar, residents in Rhode Island can purchase a system outright or finance the... |
| 04.04.2017 | Vivint Solar Appoints Maggie Heile as Vice President of Marketing | Vivint Solar (NYSE: VSLR) today announced that it has named Maggie Heile as vice president of marketing. In this role, Heile will oversee Vivint Solar’s marketing, communications and branding initiatives.
A veteran marketing leader with 25 ... |
| 13.03.2017 | Vivint Solar Appoints Colt Reid To Vice President Of Sales Operations | Vivint Solar (NYSE: VSLR), a leading full-service residential solar provider, today announced the appointment of Colt Reid to vice president of sales operations.
In his new role at Vivint Solar, Reid will manage the company’s inside sales t... |
| 02.03.2017 | Vivint Solar Brings Rooftop Solar to Orlando, Florida | Vivint Solar, Inc. (NYSE: VSLR), a leading full-service residential solar provider, today announced it has expanded availability of its affordable solar energy systems into Orlando, Florida. Vivint Solar expanded into Florida with initial a... |
| 15.02.2017 | Borrego Solar claims 76% growth in 2016 | Champagne corks must have popped in every office of Borrego Solar yesterday. The company released its 2016 growth numbers, and they were gaudy.
According to the company, it grew 76% in terms of the megawatts it installed and doubled its pro... |
| 20.01.2017 | Vivint Solar expands into New Hampshire | Vivint Solar, Inc. (NYSE: VSLR), a leading full-service residential solar provider, today announced that it has expanded availability of its solar energy systems into New Hampshire, with services beginning in the Manchester, Nashua and Conc... |
| 19.01.2017 | Vivint Solar expands into New Hampshire | Vivint Solar has expanded availability of its solar energy systems into New Hampshire, with services beginning in the Manchester, Nashua and Concord areas.
The New Hampshire market is well positioned for rooftop solar adoption. A recent pol... |
| 12.01.2017 | Vivint Solar closes $303 million of new financing in two transactions | Vivint Solar closed a fixed-rate, 18-year term debt facility with four institutional investors, totaling $203 million. The new debt facility is a fully amortizing loan that relies on the contractual cash flows from four existing investment ... |
| 12.01.2017 | Vivint Solar secures $303 million in fresh financing | Last year was up and down for Vivint Solar, to say the least, as a failed merger set the company way off course, but its fortunes seem to be turning around. News of a combined $303 million in fresh financing is music to Vivint’s ears, as it... |
| 12.01.2017 | Vivint Solar nets US$303 million in new financing | - |
| 04.01.2017 | Sungevity loses acquisition partner, access to public capital | When Easterly Acquisition Corp. announced its intent to acquire Sungevity in June, most analysts saw this as an opportunity for the residential-solar company to gain access to public funding, allowing it to compete against Sunrun, SolarCity... |
