Solar news: Competitive industries and their mergers

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Notes from the Solar Underground: Highly Competitive Industries and Their Highly Expected Mergers

Paula Mints | October 20, 2017
In 2012, NSP and Del Solar merged, claiming that at 1.5-GWp the new company would be the largest cell manufacturer in the world. In 2015, Motech Solar merged with Top Cell announcing that…

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SunPower Obtains $53 Million Financing for Residential Solar

Brian Eckhouse   | October 23, 2017
SunPower Corp., the second-largest U.S. panel manufacturer, arranged more than $53 million in financing for residential-solar installations…

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Solar Wants to Help Fix a Power-Grid Problem It Helped Create

Mark Chediak and Chris Martin   | October 20, 2017
Big solar farms helped create a power-grid predicament in California. And now they’re offering to help solve it. Solar panels have proliferated in the Golden State, flooding the grid with…

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First Look at Sono Motors’ Solar and Battery-Powered Electric Car

electrek with commentary by Jennifer Delony   | October 23, 2017
Considering the reputation of crowdfunding and also the state of the EV startup scene, which hasn’t delivered in a while, it’s pleasantly surprising to see some actual progress with a new…

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FERC Commissioner Gives Perspective on the Energy Markets in Light of NOPR

Jennifer Runyon   | October 23, 2017
On Friday at the Piece Atwood Energy Infrastructure Symposium, keynote speaker and FERC commissioner Cheryl LaFleur offered insight into how she would be considering the recently proposed…

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