SolarCity SuccessStory

Solar City specializes in the designing and marketing of a number of products. Though they started off as service providers of solar energy, they soon introduced the idea of solar leasing to the homeowners, which actually helped them save a lot of money on their energy bills. In 2008, the company completed two major commercial solar installations in San Jose and San Francisco. They went on to install commercial solar equipment for companies like British Motor Car Distributors, Wal-Mart, Intel and even the U.S Army. In 2009, they bought a company called SolSource Energy Business and ventured into manufacturing electric chargers that could be used to charge the batteries of vehicles. In 2011, they announced a large scale project named Solar Strong project, aimed at providing energy to privatized home of military personnel. The company is also planning to come up with a project for making batteries that could store solar energy. This project is likely to go underway at their factory at the Nevada.

Acquisitions

Solar City acquired Clean Fuel Connections Inc.’s, SolSource Energy business in the year 2009 and started manufacturing electric battery chargers for vehicle batteries. They have also acquired Zep Solar in 2013 and ventured into developing solar panels that could be mounted on the rooftops.

Achievements

Immediately after its launch, the company started providing energy to residential sectors in California and within a year became the largest supplier of solar energy for residences. Based on the database of California Solar Initiative and GTM Research, Solar City was announced as number 1 solar residential installer in America. It was also named as the Number 2 Solar Installation Company in USA in 2013, by the Solar Power World Magazine.