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Tesla Enters The Australia Battery Market
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 1:24pm | 276Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has officially expanded its Powerwall battery shipment to Australia. Powerwall residential systems will soon be available to Australian residents via dealers including CSR Bradford, Origin Energy, Simply Energy, SunEdison Australia and Natural Solar. “Tesla...
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Economic Slowdown Could Spell Trouble For Chinese Solar Companies
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 5:11pm | 1519It is no secret that the Chinese economy has been struggling. The country's equities market has suffered two major downturns followed by stunted recoveries. The real estate bubble could be getting worse, as investors move their money away from stocks and into the housing market. The country's vital...
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Shedding Light On SolarCity's Mexico Expansion
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 4:35pm | 628SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY) and ILIOSSON, S.A. de C.V. on Wednesday announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for SolarCity to acquire ILIOSS, one of the largest commercial and industrial solar developers in Mexico. The price and terms of the ILIOSS acquisition were not...
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Could Solar Energy Be Headed For Consolidation?
Monday, July 20, 2015 - 2:46pm | 348Sunedison Inc (NYSE: SUNE) announced today that it would acquire Vivint Solar Inc (NYSE: VSLR) in a $2 billion deal. The move triggered a 40 percent spike in Vivint's stock. Unexpectedly, however, it also gave SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY) a 7 percent boost, as traders became optimistic that the...
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Wind And Solar Will Soon Become The 'Least-Cost Option'
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 9:17am | 868How long will it take for wind and solar energy projects to be able to compete heads up with fossil fuel? And will that be enough to halt global warming? In the absence of an energy crystal ball analyzing industry trends, the latest research and CEO guidance are what investors must rely upon...
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Exclusive: GTM Research's Cory Honeyman Explains How Community Solar Is Taking Center Stage
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 10:53am | 939When most investors think of solar power projects, two types of projects generally come to mind, massive utility scale solar farms, and solar panels atop residential rooftops. However, GTM Research Senior Analyst Cory Honeyman explained in an exclusive Benzinga interview on June 23, "There...
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What Q1 Data Can Tell Investors About Solar
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 8:38am | 902Each quarter GTM Research (GTM) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) jointly publish a U.S. Solar Market Insight® report and executive summary of the data used to identify and analyze trends in U.S. solar demand, manufacturing and pricing. GTM also utilizes this analysis to...