Manufacturing

First Solar Early-Announces Q3 After CEO Ouster, Cuts Guidance

First Solar Early-Announces Q3 After CEO Ouster, Cuts Guidance

Eric Wesoff: October 26, 2011

Gillette out as CEO. Guidance for the year has now been cut to net sales of $3.0B to $3.3B. Layoffs ahead?

Updated: First Solar CEO Rob Gillette Out, Stock Tumbles

Updated: First Solar CEO Rob Gillette Out, Stock Tumbles

Eric Wesoff: October 25, 2011

Company founder, Mike Ahearn, to serve as interim CEO. Layoffs ahead?

Barncat Jones Sings “The Solyndra Song”—Elvis Style

Barncat Jones Sings “The Solyndra Song”—Elvis Style

Eric Wesoff: October 23, 2011

Solyndra achieves cultural touchstone status. Presenting the Solyndra audio and video collection.

SolarWorld’s US-China Trade Claim: A Few More Words

SolarWorld’s US-China Trade Claim: A Few More Words

Eric Wesoff: October 20, 2011

Adam Browning of Vote Solar labels a solar trade fight as a “circular firing squad where everyone gets hurt.”

Solar Trade War Officially Starts Today

Solar Trade War Officially Starts Today

Eric Wesoff: October 19, 2011

SolarWorld is announcing a trade action against foreign solar manufacturers, alleging that “illegal activities” have caused “job cuts, losses in shipments and harm in operating margins.”

Solar Module Pricing: $1.03 per Watt for c-Si

Solar Module Pricing: $1.03 per Watt for c-Si

Eric Wesoff: October 14, 2011

How low can it go?

Breaking News: GE Thin Film Plant to Open in Colorado

Breaking News: GE Thin Film Plant to Open in Colorado

Eric Wesoff: October 13, 2011

Facility to produce 13 percent efficiency CdTe thin-film panels—better than First Solar

Silevo Unstealths: Raising the Bar on Silicon Solar Performance

Silevo Unstealths: Raising the Bar on Silicon Solar Performance

Eric Wesoff: October 12, 2011

“It comes down to product differentiation.”

Dear Steve Chu: Send Us All Your DOE Files on 1705. Thanks, Congress

Dear Steve Chu: Send Us All Your DOE Files on 1705. Thanks, Congress

Eric Wesoff: October 7, 2011

The Solyndra blowback continues. A love letter from the House Committee on Energy and Finance.

America Finally Joins the 1 Gigawatt PV Club

America Finally Joins the 1 Gigawatt PV Club

Eric Wesoff: October 7, 2011

The U.S. finally enters the big leagues. Next stop: 2 gigawatts in 2012.

Patent Court: Westinghouse Solar vs. Zep Solar, Canadian Solar

Patent Court: Westinghouse Solar vs. Zep Solar, Canadian Solar

Eric Wesoff: October 6, 2011

The former Akeena Solar, now the publicly traded Westinghouse Solar, leans hard on Zep.

Zep Finds Its Groove With an Innovative Mounting System for PV Modules

Zep Finds Its Groove With an Innovative Mounting System for PV Modules

Eric Wesoff: October 5, 2011

A panel mounting startup looking to be the “USB port of solar”

Suntech, First Solar Stocks at Historic Lows

Suntech, First Solar Stocks at Historic Lows

Eric Wesoff: October 4, 2011

SunPower lowers guidance. What’s up at Trina? And why is the stock market crushing the solar sector? The shifts in the solar industry are just starting.

AstroWatt Speaks About Its Ultra Thin Silicon Solar Cells

AstroWatt Speaks About Its Ultra Thin Silicon Solar Cells

Eric Wesoff: October 3, 2011

You can’t be too thin. Scrubbing out cost from solar panels by scrubbing out silicon.

The Off Grid Solar Miracle PV Firm Comes to an End

The Off Grid Solar Miracle PV Firm Comes to an End

Eric Wesoff: September 30, 2011

For now.