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Friday | Santa Cruz Sentinel

New financing schemes make solar more affordable

If you think you need $20,000 to $30,000 in cash up front to install a solar system on the roof of your home, think again.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Startups, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Marketing

Mon Dec 21, 2009

Seeking Alpha

Solar Sector: What's Driving New Projects?

Upstream solar module manufacturers like Evergreen Solar and First Solar sell to developers of residential, commercial, utility scale and government segment solar projects.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Evergreen Solar, Electronics, Startups, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Sat Dec 19, 2009

Clean Edge

Interactive Map Shows Where to Find Top Clean-Tech Jobs and Candidates

A new clean-tech jobs map highlights the regional and sector diversity of the transition to a clean-tech economy.

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Related Topix: Startups, Marketing

Thu Dec 17, 2009

Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Jo...

SolarCity names David White as CFO

SolarCity Corp. named David White as its chief financial officer on Thursday. The Foster City solar installation company said White comes on board as it recently passed the 5,000 customer mark after three years of operation, and continues to expand despite the broader recession.

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Related Topix: Startups

Tue Dec 15, 2009

cbs4denver.com

Ritter Announces New Colorado Solar Energy Jobs

Gov. Bill Ritter says a new solar energy company is bringing 30 more jobs to Colorado.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Startups, Westminster, CO, Denver Metro

Wed Dec 09, 2009

The Nelson Mail

Nelson faces scary scenario

The vexed question of climate change has been called the biggest challenge facing our generation.

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Related Topix: Startups, Agriculture, Science

Sun Dec 06, 2009

The Nelson Mail

Region at risk from rising sea levels

BEACH FRONT: Kaye McNabb, general manager for Nelson Airport, and Andy Booth, of Nelson Company SolarCity, with a red ribbon that signifies the predicted rise in sea levels over the next 100 years and the impact it will have on Nelson Airport which is less than 1 metre above the present sea level.

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Related Topix: Startups

Thu Dec 03, 2009

Sacramento News & Review

Sun dollars

When solar power comes with free satellite TV, everyone will switch. Green Days is on the lookout for innovative sustainable projectsthroughout the Sacramento region.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Startups, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Power Engineering

SolarCity & US Bancorp Find New Ways to Finance Solar Projects

As the credit crunch was starting to loosen earlier this year, one of the first glimmers of hope came from the solar energy space.

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Related Topix: Startups, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Thu Nov 19, 2009

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

So you want a green career?

Victor Zapata of SolarCity installs solar panels at an L.A. home. Many positions at green firms involve skills that are used in other lines of work.

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Related Topix: Startups, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, UC Berkeley, Outsourcing

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Triple Pundit

SolarCity CEO Says Solar Installation Biz Splitting into Big Guys and Little Guys

Solarcity CEO Lyndon Rive said in an interview Friday that he is seeing a growing market schism between the thousands of small, local solar panel installers and a "half a dozen or so" national players that can provide "a trusted brand focusing on scale and services." Rise of the Brand Names Solarcity, which the 32-year old Rive co-founded in 2006, ...

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Related Topix: Startups, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Inventor Spot

Solar City to Provide Charging Stations for Tesla Owners

One of the problems plaguing the all electric vehicle market is the issue of charging.

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Related Topix: Electric Vehicle, Startups

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Arizona Republic

Phoenix makes it easy to go solar at home

A new program will allow about 1,000 Arizona Public Service Co. customers in Phoenix, including many low-income families, to put solar panels on their homes and cut their power bills without paying anything up front.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Energy, Banking, Financial Services, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Startups

Mon Nov 09, 2009

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

SolarCity Aims To Make Solar Power More Affordable

FOSTER CITY, Calif. - Lyndon Rive, a former member of the U.S. National Underwater Hockey team, didn't have a mother who doted on him.

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Related Topix: Startups, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Foster City, CA, Energy

Sat Nov 07, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

Meg Whitman's charitable foundation's biggest benefactor was environmental group

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman gives her speech during her campaign event on Friday Sept.

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Related Topix: Startups, Foster City, CA, Cayman Islands, World News, Central America, Campbell, CA, Sport Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, College, Stanford, CA

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Curbed SF

Trouble in Solar Land: Foster City-based SolarCity is in trouble...

Foster City-based SolarCity is in trouble after having previously lobbied the city to approve the $3 million GoSolarSF program to subsidize solar panel installation.

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Related Topix: Startups, Foster City, CA

Sun Nov 01, 2009

790 KNST FOX News

Soaring Heights Communities at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to Become ...

Housing developer Actus Lend Lease, SolarCity, Tucson Electric Power , and financing parties National Bank of Arizona and U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation are working to create one of the nation's largest distributed, community-wide solar power systems at Soaring Heights Communities at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Startups, Banking, Financial Services, Tucson, AZ, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Triple Pundit

Democratization of Electricity: Are You a Public Utility?

In typical Kennedy-esque fashion Robert Jr. delivered a liberal-environmentalist stem winder from the main stage at Solar Power International this morning, pillorying the coal and oil industries , and calling for the "democratization" of electric power.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Startups

Wed Oct 28, 2009

PR-inside.com

SolarCity Extends Solar Lease to Customers of Anaheim Public Utilities

SolarCity's lease can make it possible for Anaheim customers to adopt solar power with zero money down and save money immediately, because the solar system typically reduces the customer's monthly electricity bill by a greater amount than the monthly lease payment.

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Related Topix: Anaheim, CA, Startups, Orange County, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Bizjournals

Uniformity sought for solar permitting process

Justin Smith, left, and Bill Carruth of SolarCity install panels on a house in Rocklin.

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Related Topix: Startups

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