A one-stop-shop for home energy kicks into high gear in New England
New tools for home energy — from a solar roof to better insulation — are leading to big growth for a six-year-old startup in New England.
After twists and turns, SunPower and SolarCity emerge as fierce rivals for solar roofs
As SunPower moves into SolarCity’s market, SolarCity moves into SunPower’s. How a young business model upstart and a three-decade old solar maker morphed into unusual competitors.
The Elon Musk playbook for disrupting energy: vertical integration and huge factories
How to disrupt the power and automotive sectors: go big and vertical.
SolarCity is becoming a solar manufacturer, plans to acquire solar maker Silevo
SolarCity has jumped solidly into solar manufacturing, becoming an even more vertically integrated company.
Why Steve Jobs would hate the solar market
Will solar ever be as easy as buying a TV? Well, no. But it can get a whole lot easier.
As solar panels boom, it was the simple business model that the big energy players missed
Sometimes disruption comes from something so simple in hind sight.
NRG Energy scoops up home roof solar company
NRG Energy is kicking off its home rooftop solar plans by acquiring Roof Diagnostics Solar.
NRG wants to be the Apple of energy, and as big as SolarCity in home solar
Can NRG be as effective as Google, Amazon, Apple or Facebook in the energy space?
A hurdle for Tesla and SolarCity’s grid batteries: Utilities
Are the combination of solar panels and grid batteries so powerful that they’re causing utilities to block them? Or are the utilities just moving slowly?
As utilities face looming disruption, there’s money to be made on both sides
Just how there were winners and losers in the telecom sector, there’s starting to be some truly disruptive successful startups that will make money on both sides of the coming energy transition.