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Vivint moves towards short-term profit

The residential solar company’s Q2 results show a smaller Vivint that is emphasizing direct sales versus the third-party model.

Sunrun continues market share gains in Q2 2017

While other large distributed solar companies are pulling back from the third party model and the U.S. residential market contracts, Sunrun is continuing to grow.

Tesla seeks $1.5 billion bond offering while shifting its solar strategy

The EV, battery and solar company continues to raise record amounts of cash as it ramps Model 3 production. At the same time, it’s emphasizing profitability from its solar business, which has undergone a significant transformation since the company bought SolarCity.

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Tesla begins pilot deployment of its Solar Roof

The BIPV product is only on the homes of its employees (including its executives) right now, but Tesla predicts that it will begin producing Solar Roof tiles from the Buffalo gigafactory by year end.

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SunPower to sell its stake in 8point3

The high efficiency PV maker has decided not to find a replacement for fellow sponsor First Solar, and instead to get out of the yieldco business.

Varun Sivaram: The Hamilton of the solar industry

Richard Matsui, Founder of kWh Analytics, speaks with Varun Sivaram, the Philip D. Reed Fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relations and a professor at Georgetown University.

Three-year-old developer sPower sold for $1.6 billion

Nurtured by Fir Tree Partners since 2014, the fledgling utility-scale developer and IPP nets the hedge fund sponsor a windfall as it is sold to a Canadian-American joint venture.

SMA raises 2017 guidance

The leading inverter maker has increased its earnings forecast for the year to $1.06 – $1.12 billion as orders swell.

Solar materials demand boosts DuPont segment results

The chemical giant says that the growing PV market drove improved results in its electronics and communications division.

First Solar to re-start Vietnam factory for its Series 6

First Solar is scrambling to meet demand as the Section 201 case drives module hoarding, and may keep its Series 4 product running longer at its Malaysia plant.

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