SunEdison Will Buy Vivint Solar, Eyes Alt-Energy Crown
SunEdison (SUNE) announced Monday that it will acquire No. 2 residential installer Vivint Solar (VSLR) for about $2.2 billion in cash, stock and notes, the latest of several multibillion-dollar deals that are part of its aggressive strategy to become one of the world’s top alternative energy players. In residential installation, Vivint Solar trails only SolarCity (SCTY), whose chairman is Tesla Motors (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk. In January, Maryland