Press

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Recent Media Coverage of Solar Mosaic:

"Mosaic is building the world’s first online platform for people to profitably invest in solar power projects."
The New York Times -- "Postcard from a Solar Rooftop"

TechCrunch--"A Groupon for Solar?"

CNN --"What's Up with Solar Energy?"

GOOD -- "For More Solar Energy, Occupy Rooftops"

Treehugger -- "Occupy Rooftops Seeks to Start a Solar Revolution"

"One day it could be commonplace for a regular person to invest in, and make money by putting solar panels on rooftops. At least, that’s the idea behind startup Solar Mosaic, which has built a Kickstarter-style platform that’s starting to bring together peer-to-peer lenders who want to make loans for solar projects"
GigaOM -- "Solar Mosaic, Kickstarter for Solar Aims High"

Forbes --"Why Crowdfund Investing is the Path to Economic Recovery"

Talking Points Memo -- "Occupy Rooftops Solar Movement Launched"

Arizona Daily Sun -- "Building Solar Power, $100 at a Time"

JustMeans --  "Social Enterprise Shaking Up the Business Eco Energy Industry"

Colorlines --"Bay Area Residents Work to Turn Health Inequities into a Solar Mosaic"

Oakland North -- "Oakland's Asian Resource Center goes solar, thanks to innovative financing program"

"Much in the way that Kickstarter enables average citizens to fund creative projects, Solar Mosaic enables citizens to support local solar development. The difference is that those citizens earn back their investment once the solar has been installed."
Forbes -- "How New Financing Models Could Make Solar the Facebook of the Energy Industry"

GOOD -- "Solar Mosaic: Bring Solar to Your Community for Just $100"

Huffington Post -- "Oakland, California at the Forefront of the Rooftop Revolution"

Tree Hugger -- "Solar Mosaic: This is What Community Owned Energy Looks Like (Video)"

"Solar Mosaic has a totally new way to put renewable energy within reach for renters."
San Francisco Chronicle -- "Solar for Renters"

Tree Hugger -- "Through Solar Mosaic, Oakland is Reducing Emissions, Creating Green Jobs, and Building Community"

East Bay Express -- "People's Grocery Goes Solar"

MIT Technology Review -- "Web Natives Take Aim at Energy"

"A new way to unleash solar power at the community level"
Greentech Media -- "First-of-Its-Kind Community Solar Project"

Grist -- "Mosaic sells solar panels to people who don’t even have roofs"

SolveClimate -- "In Oakland, A Creative Strategy for Financing the City's Solar Roofs"

 Perk Street Financial -- "Solar Mosaic: A new way to invest in the environment"

Oakland North -- "Solar Mosaic uses the power of crowds to fund big solar projects"

"Financing is the first and final word on solar projects. And in these straitened economic times, one company in San Francisco's Bay Area is aiming to spark a rooftop solar revolution"
AOL Energy -- "Promises of a Rooftop Revolution"

PV Magazine -- "Occupy Moves to Rooftops"

Earthtechling -- "Occupy Rooftops Gives Drive a Solar Twist"

Arab Net -- "Occupy Rooftops: Community Solar Day"

GigaOM -- "10 Things to be Thankful for in Greentech This Year"

"Investors might not be able to afford a whole solar system, but they can contribute to one."
GOOD -- "How Communities Can Invest in Solar Power"

Papermag -- "Raise the Roof! The Occupy Rooftops Movement Heats Up" 

(German) WidePR.DE -- "Bürger auf der ganzen Welt besetzen Dächer mit Sonne"

(French) Photovoltaique -- "La journée du solaire collectif"

(Spanish) Casa de la Paz -- "Apúrate, únete ahora a la comunidad solar"

(Romanian) Think Outside the Box -- "Bucureștenii, chemați să 'ocupe' acoperișurile cu panouri solare"