Sungevity News

On Thursday, the U.S Commerce Department issued a preliminary decision levying steep tariffs against Chinese solar manufacturers, finding they illegally dumped cheap photovoltaic cells on the American market.

As I report in The Times , legions of companies will offer to install a system at no upfront cost and promise customers cheaper, cleaner electricity over the course of 20 years.

When I first wrote about Solar Mosaic , a startup that's been building a kind of Kickstarter around funding solar roofs, I was excited about their idea of leveraging crowd-funding to offset the large costs of solar rooftop installations.

Sungevity Inc., a closely held developer of rooftop solar systems, is expanding to Australia through a joint venture it says will be the first to offer homeowners there panels at no upfront cost.