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Solar From an Auto Factory
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A New CIGS Entrant: NuvoSun
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The Ikea of Solar
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Growth, Market Share and Dynamic Change in The PV Inverter Industry
The PV inverter market, once short of innovation, has seen a surge of investment in the last few years. Spurred by startup advances, established firms like SMA, Satcon, and National Semiconductor are developing new distributed PV electronics technologies in-house or through acquisition. This Special Report from Greentech Media, sponsored by Enphase Energy, takes a look at the state of innovation in the inverter market, VC investment activity, and the emerging leaders in the $2.4 billion PV inverter market.
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As the price of PV falls, the technology will become more competitively priced in Europe and the U.S. before its prices are competitive in China.
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CPV: New Applications and Emerging Markets
November 16, 2009
Hot Startup »
Solar Startup Solasta Seeks Next Round
The solar firm was founded in 2006 with A round funding from Kleiner Perkins and claims its process could increase the efficiency of conventional amorphous silicon PV by up to 150 percent.
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Dow to Roofers: Our Solar Shingles Are Coming
The chemical giant says it will launch shingles with CIGS cells in 2010 and plans to work first with homebuilders in North America.
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Ucilia Wang October 5, 2009 -
SolarWorld Plans U.S. Factory Expansion Amid Tough Competition
The Germany solar company plans to more than double its production of solar cells and panels in the United States by 2011. The company appears to be lagging behind three competitors in the California market, an analyst says.
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Ucilia Wang October 5, 2009 -
Running the Solar Gaunlet
Underwriters Laboratories has seen a boom in its solar panel certification service as manufacturers build more factories to meet a growing global demand for renewable energy.
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Ucilia Wang October 5, 2009 -
The Artistic Solar Panel
Japan’s TDK is experimenting with solar dyes and some unusual ways to wire them up.
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Michael Kanellos October 5, 2009 -
Solar Roundup: First Solar Sells Project, Evergreen Plagued by Crickets
First Solar is selling a 20-megawatt Canadian plant to a natural gas distributor. Meanwhile, REC says the market in 2010 will likely remain weak.
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Ucilia Wang October 2, 2009 -
Stirling Energy Sets for 2010 Mass Production, $2.2B Solar Thermal Project
The Arizona startup has signed up suppliers for two key components of its SunCatcher, which uses the Stirling engine to generate electricity.
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Ucilia Wang October 2, 2009 -
China Report: Solar Capacity Could Jump to 1GW or More by 2011
A new GTM Research report looks at the dynamics of China’s power industry and how they would affect the deployment of solar policies.
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Ucilia Wang October 1, 2009 -
Starwood, Lockheed Cancel 290MW Solar Project
UPDATE—Lockheed said the project wasn’t worth it because of its high cost. The two companies were going to build the solar thermal power plant to sell electricity to Arizona Public Service.
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Ucilia Wang October 1, 2009 -
Wacker Ditches Solar Wafer Biz, China to Curb Silicon Oversupply
Wacker Chemie is giving up its share of the solar wafer business with Schott to focus on making silicon at a time when silicon prices have dived.
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Ucilia Wang September 30, 2009 -
Spire Set to Get a Korean Investor
The solar factory tool maker said it’s negotiating to sell a majority stake in a project development company to Uni-Chem. Uni-Chem also has bought equipment to set up shop in the U.S.
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Ucilia Wang September 29, 2009 -
Nitride With Silicon: Think Solar Cells With 30% Efficiency
RoseStreet Energy Labs said it has created a prototype cell that combines gallium-nitride with silicon, a technology that it could license to silicon cell makers and produce on its own.
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Ucilia Wang September 28, 2009 -
Suntech Beats Its Own Solar Record
The company has improved the efficiency of its Pluto panels to 16.53 percent from 15.6 percent, but it still has to prove that betting on the new Pluto technology is a good idea.
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Ucilia Wang September 23, 2009 -
SolarCity Installs Electric Car Chargers Along Cal Highway
The solar energy system seller is entering the electric car charging business by buying SolSource Energy and doing a demonstration project with Tesla Motors and Rabobank.
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Ucilia Wang September 22, 2009 -
Roundup: Suntech Offers Mid-Size Panel, Tianwei Sells to Thailand and More
The start of the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference prompted announcements of new products, deals and partnerships
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Ucilia Wang September 21, 2009 -
BrightSource Energy Ditches Project in Eastern Mojave
The solar thermal energy developer decided to bow out of an area that may receive the national monument designation, which would prevent other solar companies from continuing their projects also.
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Ucilia Wang September 18, 2009 -
Global Solar: BIPV Market or Bust
The thin-film solar cell maker says its products have a top efficiency of 15.45 percent, and it is branching out of the “dinosaur glass module” market to get a slice of the building materials market.
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Ucilia Wang September 16, 2009 -
Ausra Plans Two Projects in Australia, One in Middle East
The solar thermal equipment maker, which shifted its business model over the past year, plans to announce solar thermal projects in the next few months.
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Ucilia Wang September 15, 2009 -
Fat Spaniel Moves Into Power Project Development Biz
The software developer plans to launch software to help developers engineering solar farms. The move is a departure from the business of providing tools for managing energy output and detecting problems at solar power plants.
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Ucilia Wang September 14, 2009 -
The Real (and Potentially Minimal) Impacts of the Cash Grant Program
This excerpt from GTM Research’s upcoming report United States Downstream PV Market: Opportunity, Strategy and Policy takes a look at the Cash Grant program.
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Shayle Kann September 14, 2009 -
Oerlikon Solar Tools Coming to America
The Swiss factory equipment maker has lined up its first U.S. customer, who plans to build an initial 90-megawatt plant in an idled Ford assembly plant near Detroit.
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Ucilia Wang September 10, 2009
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Vinod Khosla: Smart Grid Hard to Invest In and Win
Jeff St. JohnNovember 19, 20095 comments -
No Climate Bill This Year, Senators Say
Jeff St. JohnNovember 18, 20092 comments -
Aptera Pushes Out Three Wheeled Car Until 2010
Michael KanellosNovember 18, 20094 comments
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Smart Grid Interoperability Panel: Who to Call
Jeff St. JohnNovember 20, 2009 -
PG&E’s Bakersfield Problem: Getting the Customer on Board
Jeff St. JohnNovember 20, 2009 -
Duke Energy Wants to Own Every Piece of the Smart Grid
Jeff St. JohnNovember 19, 20093 comments
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Greentech for Social Good
Ucilia WangNovember 19, 20091 comment -
Data Centers That Feed Power to the Grid?
Michael KanellosNovember 19, 20091 comment -
Giants vs. Startups: SAP Stakes Carbon Accounting Claim
Jeff St. JohnNovember 19, 20091 comment