SolarCity, founded in 2006, revolutionized residential solar by offering leasing and financing options that made solar panels accessible to homeowners. First Solar, established in 1999 ...

and the solar panel building and installation business that is SolarCity. Musk explained his reasoning last month in his Master Plan Part Deux: That they are separate at all, despite similar ...

Except in this case, the market remains somewhat oversupplied with panels, thanks to a production boom in China. But SolarCity says it is preparing now for an era when renewables subsidies are ...