India x Cleantech — September 2019

Credit to Author: Saurabh| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 03:33:41 +0000

Welcome to the inaugural issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we will pull news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article. Ongoing, this series will find a home over on CleanTechnica’s “Future Trends” page. Without further ado, here are this month’s highlights from India x Cleantech

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Tesla Announces Simple Pricing On Commercial Solar, $1.01/Watt (Will Blow Some Minds)

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:31:09 +0000

Yesterday, Elon announced California customers can now order commercial sizes of solar power in 5 minutes at Tesla.com/bigsolar. Instead of starting the process with a site survey or a roof inspection, Tesla just publishes this sizing guide and assumes the commercial customer knows the size of his or her roof. It isn’t about maximizing solar production, it is about simplifying the buying process. It’s easy to see the price per watt going down from $2.22 ($1.55 after the 30% federal tax credit) to $1.44 ($1.01 after tax credit)

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US ITC Solar Tax Credit Decline Is Being Countered With Machine Learning

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:00:45 +0000

Commercial solar has significant untapped potential in the USA. Innovative companies such as OnSwitch Energy are working to maximize that, regardless of federal policies

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Tesla Makes Solar Affordable Again With New Monthly Rental Plans

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:06:22 +0000

Tesla is making solar affordable again with a new solar rental program that lets homeowners simply rent a solar system for a flat monthly rate. To further sweeten the deal, there is no upfront installation cost at all and there is no long-term contract

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