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Space startup Reflect Orbital plans to sell "sunlight on demand" — how will it work?
Reflect Orbital's innovative project aims to use satellites with reflective mirrors to extend sunli…
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The eclipse will affect solar power in states like California that are far outside the path of totality
The solar eclipse on April 8 will impact solar power generation across North America, but utilities…
Jenny McGrath
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An overload of solar panels cut prices in half last year — but not in the US
"Prices in Europe have significantly cratered," one expert told Business Insider. "In the US, it's …
Filip De Mott
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An AI-powered robot is helping install Amazon's largest solar farm
AES Corporation's robot can lift solar panels and precisely place them into long rows.
Catherine Boudreau
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Droughts are threatening California's water supply. The state is racing to save what's left.
The US faces a $625 billion cost to repair its drinking- and clean-water infrastructure.
Leila Jordan
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Tesla's Solar Roof has a new competitor — Ikea
Ikea's Home Solar program will launch in select markets in California this fall, but the company ha…
Grace Kay
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California briefly used batteries as its biggest source of power twice in the last week
Giant, rechargeable batteries became the biggest power source for California on two evenings in the…
Alex Bitter
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This California company leases backyards for 99 years to build tiny homes and rent them at affordable rates to fight the housing crisis
With high costs of living and a lack of housing, California has recently made it easier to add acce…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Elon Musk criticizes California's proposal to cut solar energy incentives as 'anti-environment'
Tesla set up a webpage so customers can complain to California's government about the proposal, whi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A Gen X couple moved from California to Massachusetts to escape high housing costs: 'We still pinch ourselves over how lucky we are.'
Steve Dalton and Sydney Sauber left the Bay Area of California for a lower cost of living and great…
Noah Sheidlower
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2 more Tesla solar customers say the projects hurt their credit scores with unauthorized loans
The two buyers said they signed "power purchase agreements" with Tesla, but those deals aren't loan…
Graham Rapier
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VW's electric charging firm unveiled 'the charging station of the future' with solar panels, coffee bars, and lounges
Charging an electric car takes a lot longer than filling up a gas tank. Electrify America wants to …
Tim Levin
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I live in a tiny home mansion and fell in love with it it's the only way I could afford to live in California
She moved into a tiny-home mansion to afford to live in California. Stacey Murphy can now live ther…
Fortesa Latifi
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Aptera has taken more than 3,000 orders for a new solar-powered EV arriving in 2021 that it says never needs to be charged
The startup said it has accepted more than $100 million in preorders. But refundable $100 reservati…
Tim Levin
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California will soon be home to the world's first 3D-printed housing community and it's powered by solar and a Tesla Powerwall
Mighty Buildings will use 3D printers and robots to build the $15 million community of homes in Cal…
Brittany Chang
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Ghosted by Tesla: Customers say Tesla's ultrasleek, expensive Solar Roofs and panels come with nightmare customer service, often leaving them with unanswered calls and emails for months on end
Insider spoke with 14 Tesla Solar Roof and solar panel customers. Tesla's lack of communication "is…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Anna Co…
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Solar electric vehicle startup says its car will go 400 miles on a full battery and never needs to be charged
Aptera says its sun-powered vehicle can travel up to 40 miles per day using solar energy alone. It …
Tim Levin
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'Predatory and harmful': Misleading solar ads touting 100% free panels and fake stimulus programs spread on Facebook as the coronavirus upends door-to-door sales
As solar firms turn to online sales in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, misleading adds are po…
Benji Jones
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Employees at Tesla's solar panel factory in Buffalo are trying to unionize
USW had represented workers at the Buffalo factory when it was operated by Republic Steel. Tesla to…
Mark Matousek
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Walmart is dropping its lawsuit that accused Tesla solar panels of causing fires at 7 stores
In the summer of 2018, Business Insider reported in August, Tesla quietly launched "Project Titan" …