residential solar

Huawei's Steven Zhou discusses the company's residential inverter system that it hopes to put at the heart of an emerging smart home ecosystem.

Major PV inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology has once again reiterated sales and earnings guidance for 2018, after reporting first half year results but has become increasingly bearish on the global solar market, while its solar product order backlog takes a dive.

California has become the first state in the US to mandate for solar on new build homes.

Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC) has accredited the country’s 5000th installer.

Sunrun has taken over the mantle as the largest deployer of residential solar in the US.

Two years ago the UK government’s new feed-in tariff regime came into force, starting an immensely difficult period for the solar industry. Deployment has fallen by nearly 80%, and thousands of jobs have been lost. This is the inside track of how it happened.

Residential solar system financier Sunlight Financial has announced an extension of a solar loan partnership with Tech CU that will see Tech CU commit another US$400 million for about 15,000 loans originated by Sunlight’s network of solar installers.

US residential solar installer Vivint Solar is focusing on higher profit markets over market share gains as it rebuilds its business, resulting in installations flatlining in 2017.

Residential solar loan financing company Mosaic has completed its largest solar loan securitization issued to date, with US$307 million in bonds sold across four tranches.