PV Efficiency Pioneer Suniva Foregoes DOE Loan to Raise $115M in VC

Eric Wesoff: April 15, 2011

Suniva raising big money from VCs after rejecting a $141 million DOE loan guarantee

Solar Manufacturing Secret: Schiller Automation

Eric Wesoff: April 14, 2011

A quiet but large force in helping solar companies build their products.

SunPower and NRG’s 250 MW Solar Project Closer to Reality

Eric Wesoff: April 12, 2011

DOE offers $1.187 billion conditional commitment for loan guarantee for the 250-megawatt California Valley Solar Ranch.

GE: Big, New Player on the Thin Film Solar Block

Eric Wesoff: April 7, 2011

Producing 13 percent efficiency CdTe thin-film panels—better than First Solar

India: The Next Big Solar Market

Eric Wesoff: April 6, 2011

Abound Solar starts its drive to penetrate the Indian solar market.

Emcore Acquiring CPV Firm Soliant for $450K: Correction

Eric Wesoff: April 5, 2011

Emcore clarifies the reliability issue we alluded to in the story we broke last week.

Who is Growing in Solar?

Vincent Tremblay: April 4, 2011

Beginning of the End for Ascent CIGS PV?

Eric Wesoff: April 1, 2011

New CEO, a reduction in staff and a new market focus. It doesn’t bode well.

A Different Focus on CPV From REhnu

Eric Wesoff: March 29, 2011

Can the design for a better CPV mousetrap come from a telescope scientist?

Canadian Solar Expanding Plans

Vincent Tremblay: March 29, 2011

Emcore Acquiring CPV Firm Soliant for $450K

Eric Wesoff: March 28, 2011

A fire sale CPV acquisition amidst a curiously crowded bidding war.

Alion: Stealth CdTe Solar Startup Watch

Eric Wesoff: March 28, 2011

Using acoustic printing to pattern cadmium telluride on a substrate. Funded by Sequoia Capital.

General Electric’s Ecomagination Chief Goes to Samsung

Michael Kanellos: March 27, 2011

It’s all part of the world domination plan.

First Solar Rumors: Buying a VC-Funded CIGS Firm?

Eric Wesoff: March 17, 2011

First Solar acquiring CIGS thin film startup HelioVolt?