Featured in Testing the waters – 07-2011

Marriage of convenience

Solar and retail: Big U.S. retailers such as Lowes and Costco are increasing their solar electric equipment sales and services by teaming up with solar service providers who can do sales, financing and installation.

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pv magazine

28 Jun 2011

Americans love to shop at giant retailers which resemble warehouses, so it seems natural for a marriage between these big-box stores and solar. But attempts to popularize solar through this hasn’t been successful. Now comes Lowe’s, one of the country’s largest home improvement business, to see if it can do better. The company plans to …

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