Manufacturing

PV Supplier REC Lays Off 500 Amidst Falling Revenues

PV Supplier REC Lays Off 500 Amidst Falling Revenues

Eric Wesoff: May 27, 2011

Check yourself before you REC yourself.

Suntech Q1 Earnings: Flat Results in a Difficult Quarter for the Industry

Suntech Q1 Earnings: Flat Results in a Difficult Quarter for the Industry

Eric Wesoff: May 25, 2011

$877 million in revenue, 19% GM,  2011 shipment guidance of 2.2 GW. Profit up, but forecast cut hits shares.

A Few Words From Alta Devices and Amprius

A Few Words From Alta Devices and Amprius

Eric Wesoff: May 17, 2011

“Really disruptive materials science”

Suntech Adding Third Shift at Arizona PV Factory

Suntech Adding Third Shift at Arizona PV Factory

Eric Wesoff: May 17, 2011

A bit of good American manufacturing news in a gloomy solar quarter.

Evergreen Solar Continues Its Downward Spiral

Evergreen Solar Continues Its Downward Spiral

Eric Wesoff: May 12, 2011

Q1 financials announced. Conference call canceled. What’s next for the struggling PV module vendor? “Restructuring” ahead.

SunPower Q1 Results: Italy Impacts Revenue

SunPower Q1 Results: Italy Impacts Revenue

Eric Wesoff: May 12, 2011

Revenue shortfall on Italian market uncertainty; U.S, biggest market in Q1.

ECD’s Bloody Quarter: PV Sales Collapse, Layoffs

Eric Wesoff: May 10, 2011

Revenues plunge 70 percent; 20 percent of workforce to be laid off. Ouch.

PV News Annual Data Collection Results: 2010 Cell, Module Production Explodes Past 20 GW

PV News Annual Data Collection Results: 2010 Cell, Module Production Explodes Past 20 GW

Shyam Mehta: May 9, 2011

Technology trends, competitive dynamics, top producers, and the outlook for 2011.

PV Electronics Market Gets More Crowded, More Funding

PV Electronics Market Gets More Crowded, More Funding

Eric Wesoff: May 6, 2011

New microinverter from Power-One, new funding for Enecsys, new rumor from SMA

First Solar’s Q1 Results: Flat Sales, EU Outlook Down

First Solar’s Q1 Results: Flat Sales, EU Outlook Down

Eric Wesoff: May 4, 2011

Efficiency up to 11.7 percent, as are other metrics. Sales down slightly.  Gross margin down 2.9 percent to 45.8 percent.

AMAT’s $4.9B Acquisition of Varian for Ion Implant Tech

AMAT’s $4.9B Acquisition of Varian for Ion Implant Tech

Eric Wesoff: May 4, 2011

The semiconductor equipment giant makes a big move with impact in the solar manufacturing world.

Suntrough Goes Small With Solar Thermal in Developing Nations

Suntrough Goes Small With Solar Thermal in Developing Nations

Eric Wesoff: May 3, 2011

Five- to ten-megawatt CSP plants, pre-assembled and containerized might drive down the cost of this technology.

Some CPV News You Might Have Missed Last Week

Some CPV News You Might Have Missed Last Week

Eric Wesoff: May 2, 2011

Concentrating photovoltaics are actually starting to generate megawatts of energy in 2011.

Nanosolar 2.0: New Attitude and New Deals for Up to 1 GW of Solar Panels

Nanosolar 2.0: New Attitude and New Deals for Up to 1 GW of Solar Panels

Eric Wesoff: April 28, 2011

A CIGS photovoltaic panel player rebounds after some setbacks.