SolarCity raises $345m to finance new solar projects

Michael Holder
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US renewable energy firm has now raised more than $1.5bn in project financing in 2016

SolarCity has raised more than $345m in tax equity in order to finance new solar projects, in one of several financing boosts announced by the US renewable energy company today. The tax equity financing...

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