SolarCity to help 120,000 military homes go solar

SolarCity  |  December 1, 2011 

When SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive came up with a plan to put solar on the rooftops of military housing around the country, he was sure he'd need federal backing to get loans for such a big project. But after his company and the Department of Energy missed a deadline to get that help, SolarCity and its lender, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, didn't give up. Now they're announcing a deal to install solar systems on up to 120,000 military homes. "It will be the largest residential deployment of solar in American history," says Rive. 

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