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SolarCity is an American provider of energy services, headquartered in San Mateo, California. Among its primary services, the company designs, finances, and installs solar power systems. The company had 9,051 employees .〔(【引用サイトリンク】EDGAR Filing Documents for 0001193125-13-129655 )〕 SolarCity has grown to meet the rapidly growing installation of solar photovoltaic systems in the United States. The overall U.S. market has grown from 440 megawatts (MW) of solar panels installed in 2009 to 6,200 MW installed in 2014. SolarCity is one of the founding members of The Alliance for Solar Choice, or TASC, which is a rooftop photovoltaic power station solar advocacy organization. == History == SolarCity was founded in July 2006 by brothers Peter and Lyndon Rive,〔(Solarcity ) ''Time Magazine'', April 17, 2008.〕 based on a suggestion for a solar company concept from their cousin, Elon Musk, who is the chairman and helped start the company. SolarCity has been the leading provider of residential solar power in California since 2007, its first full year of operation, according to the database kept by the California Solar Initiative〔(Newsmaker: Elon Musk on rockets, sports cars, and solar power ), ''news.cnet.com'', Michael Kanellos, February 15, 2008.〕 and was the number one residential solar installer in the U.S. in 2013, according to GTM Research.〔(Is the SolarCity Model the Only Way to Scale Residential Solar? ), ''greentechmedia.com'', Nicole Litvak, March 31, 2014.〕 In 2013, Solar Power World magazine listed SolarCity as the No. 2 overall solar installation company in the U.S.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2013 Top 250 Solar Contractors )〕 In October 2014, SolarCity announced it would be offering up to $200 million in solar bonds to launch a new online website to buy the debt, the first registered public offering of such bonds in the United States.〔(SolarCity offers $200 million solar bonds in first public offering ). Reuters, 16 October 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SolarCity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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