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SolarCity markets manufacture, and installs residential and commercial solar panels in the US. It has also provided other energy services. In 2016, the company merged with Tesla, Inc. and now offers energy storage services through Tesla, including a turnkey residential battery backup service that incorporates Tesla's Powerwall. The company, in partnership with Panasonic, operates the Tesla Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York, where it manufactures solar module components.
 

Solar leasing
In 2008, customers paying no upfront costs. In exchange, customers SolarCity entered the solar leasing market with a new solar lease option for homeowners: leasing rooftop solar to cels. SolarCity's solar lease allowed some homeowners, by adopting solar power, to pay less each month than they previously paid for electricity from the utility company.paid for 20 years for power generated by those panels.

The "no-money-down solar" business model became the most popular in the USA and increased installations but also added to SolarCity's debt, accounting for about half of the company's over $3 billion debt. Beginning in 2017, the company is shifting its business model to one where customers buy the solar systems with cash or via financing. Tesla, the parent company, is also changing how solar is sold: in Tesla's stores, which will save on advertising compared to door to door sales which reached new customers.
 

Solar leasing proved harder to expand in Europe despite attempts by incumbents such as RWE.

Commercial solar
In May 2008, the company completed what was, at the time, the largest commercial solar installation in San Jose on the North Campus of eBay. That July, SolarCity completed what was then the largest commercial solar installation in San Francisco, for British Motor Car Distributors, consisting of 1,606 solar photovoltaic panels. SolarCity introduced new financing options for businesses in 2anizations including Walmart, Intel, and the U.S. military