Tag: residential solar

February 2, 2021

LONGi has formally launched its new 66-cell type Hi-Mo 4 monofacial module, taking aim at distributed solar markets around the globe. The ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member’s latest addition to its product line has an area of 2m2, weighs […]

June 19, 2019

Tesla sank to third place among U.S. residential solar providers for installations in the first quarter of 2019, continuing the one-time market leader’s dramatic decline. The latest ranking from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables shows Vivint Solar knocking Tesla out […]

May 10, 2018

California has become the first state in the US to mandate for solar on new build homes. The California Energy Commission approved new Building Energy Efficiency Standards on Wednesday, including the requirement for a PV array on new build homes. […]

November 8, 2017

US residential solar installer Vivint Solar is focusing on higher profit markets over market share gains as it rebuilds its business, resulting in installations flat-lining in 2017. Vivint Solar reported third quarter 2017 installations of 47MW, almost exactly the same […]

September 18, 2017

Potential solar customers are certainly window shopping. But in today’s market, interest doesn’t always equate to sales. The latest Solar Marketplace Intel report from EnergySage shows increasing interest in solar from consumers. But the current array of options aren’t always […]

June 28, 2017

The residential solar market is flipping in favor of cash and loan sales in 2017, after years of leases and power-purchase agreements dominating the landscape. But it’s not just the financing portion of the pie that’s evolving. Third-party-financed home solar systems […]

December 21, 2016

While 2016 is expected to eclipse the 10-gigawatt annual mark for the first time ever, and by a wide margin, three trends are expected to shape the near-term U.S. solar market outlook. Looking ahead to 2017, each of these trends […]

December 1, 2016

Imagine you worked in a high-growth technology market where the pricing of the end product is almost always decreasing, and sometimes falls by 17 percent every six months. No imagination is required for this scenario if you work in the […]

August 8, 2016

Solar Mosaic, which specializes in loans for residential solar, has pulled in $220 million in financing in a new round led by Warburg Pincus. The money isn’t for funding loans, emphasizes co-founder and president Dan Rosen. The funds come as equity […]

June 23, 2016

According to GTM Research’s Q2 2016 U.S. PV Leaderboard, regional installers are now growing faster than top national installers such as SolarCity, Vivint Solar and Sunrun. This highlights a trend that has flipped in the past year — and which […]