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Tesla solar charger: How much does it cost to charge a Tesla using solar energy?

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Following the news of Tesla’s acquisition of U.S. solar installer giant SolarCity, the world has been keeping a close eye on Elon Musk and his two prosperous clean energy ventures. Tesla and SolarCity, electric cars and solar panels – a two-front war waged against grid reliance and energy dependence. In 2019, Musktopia is both expanding and constricting as two of the tech entrepreneur’s five companies are joining forces around one common goal: decimating your carbon footprint.

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Solar industry news: Tesla’s Gigafactory to run on solar, Musk confident about future of renewables following Trump meeting

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tesla's solar powered gigafactory in nevada

With the holiday season behind us and the U.S. workforce back in full throttle, major solar stakeholders laid out planning for 2017 and reported on solar’s record year this past week. A bullish future for renewables under Trump, strong words from President Obama on clean energy’s momentum and Tesla’s new solar-powered mega factory are the three headlines that are turning heads in this week’s Solar News report.

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Solar News: Solar Skin Design Offers Customizable Panels, Harvard Researchers Announce Solar Storage Breakthrough

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The solar industry was abuzz this week with a major announcement from President Obama and some impressive developments from clean energy CEOs. Elon Musk’s ambitious growth strategy for Tesla, a new solar panel design opportunity known as “solarskin” and Obama’s solar financing initiative for low-income households are the focus stories we’re discussing from this week’s Solar Energy News report.  

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Solar Energy News: The Integration of Musk’s Clean Energy Empire, Solar Predicted to Grow Sixfold by 2030, Local Installers Outpacing Growth of Top Solar Companies

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Elon Musk Tesla SolarCity merger news

Although this past week saw a number of exciting developments in the solar industry, two words were spotlighted in every major headline in solar: Elon Musk. Tesla Motors’ possible acquisition of SolarCity, the projection for sixfold growth of solar by 2030 and news of regional installers’ growth outpacing the top solar companies are the leading stories from this week’s Solar Energy News report.

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