SolarCity seeks to beat the grid by making its own panels

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SolarCity is doing something few solar installers would ever dream of: it's going to make its own cutting-edge solar panels to lower solar energy costs

SolarCity thinks the cost of solar power isn't going down fast enough. To speed up the solar industry cost curve, the company said this week that it plans to acquire a solar panel manufacturer, giving...

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