Solar leasing is well on its way to becoming mainstream. SunPower Corp. and Citi today announced a new fund to finance approximately $105 million in residential solar lease projects. According to the announcement, the lease program will be available to qualifying homeowners in eight states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and [...]

Ah, nothing like a mid-summer promotion… lucky for us, this one is actually pretty cool. Sungevity, a California-based company that bankrolls the option to lease solar panels for an increasing number of Americans, is coming to five northeastern states — in an ice pop truck. As part of the company’s Rooftop Revolution campaign, Sungevity representatives [...]

The world of solar leasing just got a whole lot more interesting. Last week, Google announced a plan to invest $280 million in SolarCity, a California-based company that offers solar leases in ten states across the U.S. Hours after, news broke that Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd — a large China-based manufacturer of solar panels [...]

SolarCity is a big provider of solar home energy leases in ten states across the country. Google is, well, Google. The news today is that the two companies are about to get a bit closer. The Internet search giant made clear its intention to invest $280 million to create a fund that will enable SolarCity to [...]

In an effort to provide solar home energy options to its customers, Lowe’s is teaming up with Sungevity, an Oakland, California-based company that leases the systems to homeowners in handful of states. The home improvement retailer has taken a minority stake in Sungevity that will help each company make up ground where it was previously [...]

As solar City extends its company arms, the number of residential solar installations rises. Why? The California-based company offers a unique, 20-year, zero-down lease deal to homeowners looking to install solar energy systems. Translation: You pay a monthly fixed rate for using the PV system atop your house. That rate won’t fluctuate with the cost of energy. And even though that fee can vary depending on your region, Solar City claims the savings you’ll see the very first month you use the system will exceed your payment.

While the world was saying goodbye to 2010 on New Year’s Eve, many in the solar indsutry were gladly welcoming in 2011 — a year that ushered in a plethora of solar energy policies upon its arrival.

“Sol Lease” is for everyone: home owners, business owners, non-profits, schools and churches in the D.C. area.

Good news for Connecticut homeowners who want to install solar panels: as of July 19, the state’s solar lease program is accepting applications again. As of December 31, 2009,  Connecticut’s solar lease program was suspended because the rate at which applications were being received would have caused funding for the program to run dry in a [...]

Being featured on Good Morning America this morning, solar power has been put in a very pleasant spotlight. If any industry deserves its five minutes in the sun, it’s solar, an we’re always happy to hear that topics related to solar, other renewables, and energy efficiency are reaching a broad audience. This segment showed us [...]