Manufacturing

Clean Edge: $246B Market for Solar, Wind, Biofuels in 2011

Clean Edge: $246B Market for Solar, Wind, Biofuels in 2011

Jeff St. John: March 13, 2012

Market for green energy grows despite failures like Solyndra—or perhaps because of them.

Update: Suntech Joins Solar Firms Setting Records in PV Efficiency, Performance

Update: Suntech Joins Solar Firms Setting Records in PV Efficiency, Performance

Eric Wesoff: March 12, 2012

Suntech’s Pluto cell ups the efficiency bar. Despite dark times, we’re seeing record-setting PV module performance across all materials systems, from CdTe to c-Si to CPV to CIGS to CIS to GaAs.

Oerlikon Solar in a $275M Divestiture Deal to TEL

Oerlikon Solar in a $275M Divestiture Deal to TEL

Eric Wesoff: March 7, 2012

A seeming win for amorphous silicon

MiaSolé Closes $55M in Funding for CIGS Solar

MiaSolé Closes $55M in Funding for CIGS Solar

Eric Wesoff: March 7, 2012

A validation from existing investors in a difficult funding environment

Solon, Bankrupt German Solar Vendor, Acquired by UAE’s Microsol

Solon, Bankrupt German Solar Vendor, Acquired by UAE’s Microsol

Eric Wesoff: March 6, 2012

“Consolidation is a nice word that holds a lot of ugly things.”

MiaSolé Solar Slideshow: CIGS PV Using All PVD

MiaSolé Solar Slideshow: CIGS PV Using All PVD

Eric Wesoff: March 5, 2012

The thin film firm reveals a bit about its technology and progress.

Oerlikon Divests Its Solar Business and the Fate of Amorphous Silicon PV

Oerlikon Divests Its Solar Business and the Fate of Amorphous Silicon PV

Eric Wesoff: March 2, 2012

Oerlikon joins the list of former amorphous silicon vendors.

First Solar’s $215 Million “Manufacturing Excursion”

First Solar’s $215 Million “Manufacturing Excursion”

Herman K. Trabish: March 2, 2012

A process control issue involving its CdTe thin-film solar panels is being put right.

First Solar Q4 Financials, 2012 Guidance: Challenges Ahead

First Solar Q4 Financials, 2012 Guidance: Challenges Ahead

Eric Wesoff: February 28, 2012

In order to thrive, First Solar must deploy 65 GW of photovoltaic panels over the next decade.

Update: Solar Firms Setting New Records in Efficiency and Performance

Update: Solar Firms Setting New Records in Efficiency and Performance

Eric Wesoff: February 28, 2012

Solar Frontier’s submodule at 17.8 percent efficiency. Despite dark times, record PV module performance across all materials systems, from CdTe to c-Si to CPV to CIGS to CIS to GaAs.

NovaSolar, Formerly OptiSolar, Leaving Smoking Crater in Fremont

NovaSolar, Formerly OptiSolar, Leaving Smoking Crater in Fremont

Eric Wesoff: February 24, 2012

Unpaid, furloughed workers and a trail of broken promises

Solyndra’s Final Act: Used CIGS Factory for Sale

Solyndra’s Final Act: Used CIGS Factory for Sale

Eric Wesoff: February 24, 2012

Slightly haunted by the ghost of DOE loans past

Interview With JA Solar’s CEO Peng Fang

Interview With JA Solar’s CEO Peng Fang

Eric Wesoff: February 23, 2012

According to the CEO, JA Solar gets “no free government money” and “no free lunch.”

Korean Exodus From the Solar Industry

Korean Exodus From the Solar Industry

Eric Wesoff: February 22, 2012

The downturn in the solar market is proving too much for even Korea’s industrial giants to handle.

Nanosolar Scores $20M to Keep Its CIGS PV Dream Alive

Nanosolar Scores $20M to Keep Its CIGS PV Dream Alive

Eric Wesoff: February 17, 2012

Investment in CIGS solar companies not completely killed off by Solyndra debacle