While many solar panel manufacturers struggle to survive amid plummeting prices for photovoltaic modules and overcapacity, Sungevity, SolarCity and other companies that install their products have thrived.
" Green roofs also struggle against better-known technologies such as solar panels, but Gedge points out, "Solar panels can work better on green roofs than on gray roofs.
Analyst Gordon Johnson of Hapoalim Securities thinks a struggle to keep Wall Street happy is leading to financial shenanigans throughout the solar industry.