SolarCity盈利之道

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Well, 嗯，

essentially, 基本上，

SolarCity raises a SolarCity 会筹集

chunk of capital from, 一笔资金，来自

say, a company or a bank. 比如说，一家公司或一家银行。

Google is one of our big partners here, 谷歌是我们在这里的重要合作伙伴之一，

and they have an expected return on 他们对

that capital. 这笔资金有预期的回报。

With that capital, SolarCity purchases 凭借这笔资金，SolarCity 购买

and installs the panel 并安装太阳能电池板

on the roof and then charges the 在屋顶上，然后向

homeowner or business owner a 房主或企业主收取

monthly lease payment, 每月租赁费，

which is less than the utility bill. 这比电费要低。

But you yourself get 但你自己会从中获得

a sort of long-term commercial benefit from 一种长期的商业利益，来自

that power. 这种电力。

You're kind of building a new type of distributed utility. 你正在建立一种新型的分布式公用事业。

Exactly. 没错。

What it amounts to is a 这实际上相当于一个

giant distributed utility. 巨大的分布式公用事业。

And I think it's a good thing 我认为这是一件好事

because utilities 因为公用事业公司

have been this monopoly and people haven't had any choice. 一直都是垄断的，人们没有任何选择。

So effectively, it's 所以实际上，这是

the first time... 第一次...

There's been competition for this monopoly 这种垄断出现了竞争

because 因为

the utilities have been the only ones 公用事业公司一直是唯一的

that own those power distribution lines, 拥有那些配电线路的公司，

but now it's on your roof. 但现在它在你的屋顶上。

So I think it's actually very empowering for 所以我认为这实际上对

homeowners and businesses. 房主和企业非常有赋权作用。

And you really picture a future 你真的设想了一个未来

where a majority of 在其中大部分

power in America, like within 美国的电力，比如在

a decade or two or within your lifetime, is still solar? 一二十年内或在你的一生中，仍然是太阳能？

I'm extremely confident that solo will be at least a plurality of power 我非常确信太阳能将至少是电力来源中的最大份额，

and most likely a majority. 而且很可能占绝大多数。