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Published on Mar 11 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
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OneRoof Energy raises $100 million to finance solar installations on homes
Published on Mar 11 2013 // business, Energy, Home and Lifestyle, Money and Business, solar energy
Residential solar financing companies are continuing to expand, thanks to homeowner demand and financiers willing to invest. Most recently OneRoof Energy has joined the fray, completing an agreement to invest in up to $100 million in residential solar projects. That brings the company’s total up to...
Solar is a growing part of Signal Energy’s business
Published on Mar 11 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, renewable energy, solar energy
Report: Policy, market hinder institutional investment in solar
Published on Mar 11 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
There are a lot of reasons renewable energy, especially large-scale solar, projects should be attractive to institutional investors. But policy issues and other limitations are getting in the way.
According to a recent white paper from the Climate Policy Initiative, it’s difficult for institutional...
Solar Freedom Now introduces roadmap to halve rooftop PV Costs
Published on Mar 11 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
The recently formed solar advocacy organization Solar Freedom Now (SFN) is on a mission to reduce the cost of rooftop solar. This week it released a new white paper, ‘A Roadmap for Reducing Rooftop Solar Costs by 50%’. The white paper is aimed at how the organization plans to reduce the soft costs...
Georgia Power launches its advanced solar initiative
Published on Mar 11 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
Georgia Power launched its Advanced Solar Initiative this week.
As the utility opened its doors to applications for what will probably result in a total of about 210 megawatts of utility-scale and distributed generation solar projects over the next two years, installers and developers were no doubt hammering...
Solar, advanced energy CEOs to California: Great work so far, but if you could just…
Published on Mar 10 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
Week in review: Solar rebates in CA running out as solar becomes more mainstream, Honda makes big PV offer for its customers
Published on Mar 10 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
Promise Energy emerges in solar hot water market
Published on Mar 09 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
Promise Energy is a newcomer to southern California’s solar hot water market, but the company has wasted no time building a strong business.
Promise, which is just a year old, has focused on solar hot water installations for multi-family affordable housing complexes in Los Angeles and San Diego, said...
Cogenra chills Johnson Controls new chillers with hybrid solar
Published on Mar 09 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
International services company, Johnson Controls, which provides energy efficiency and other services, recently chose Cogenra’s solar cooling system to integrate with its high-efficiency chillers. The new chillers will take advantage of Cogenra’s solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies.
Cogenra’s...
