Manufacturing

First Solar’s 550 MW Topaz PV Farm Misses DOE Loan Deadline

First Solar’s 550 MW Topaz PV Farm Misses DOE Loan Deadline

Eric Wesoff: September 22, 2011

Project to be sold and financed using alternative means; stock price down 7 percent per share. Ouch.

Solyndra CEO and CFO Pleading the Fifth: Part 2

Solyndra CEO and CFO Pleading the Fifth: Part 2

Eric Wesoff: September 20, 2011

They don’t take kindly to DOE loan recipient CEOs in prison.

Solyndra CEO to Take the Fifth: Part 1

Solyndra CEO to Take the Fifth: Part 1

Eric Wesoff: September 20, 2011

Political grandstanding and a guide to media distortions in the Solyndra affair

SMA’s Microinverter to Land in 2012

SMA’s Microinverter to Land in 2012

Eric Wesoff: September 19, 2011

The solar industry’s most reluctant new product introduction

HelioVolt Gets $50M From Korean Giant SK Innovation

HelioVolt Gets $50M From Korean Giant SK Innovation

Eric Wesoff: September 19, 2011

CIGS thin-film PV company closes deal with a Korean powerhouse strategic partner.

Intel Inside, Joseph Laia Outside at CIGS PV Firm MiaSolé?

Intel Inside, Joseph Laia Outside at CIGS PV Firm MiaSolé?

Eric Wesoff: September 18, 2011

MiaSolé board appoints a big-time Intel executive to take a wider role at the company.

Solyndra’s Loan Guarantee vs. Military Boondoggles

Solyndra’s Loan Guarantee vs. Military Boondoggles

Eric Wesoff: September 16, 2011

A little perspective

Solyndra Hearing in DC Today

Solyndra Hearing in DC Today

Eric Wesoff: September 14, 2011

What if they held a hearing and nobody came?

SolOptics’ Lens Design Improves PV Energy Harvest

SolOptics’ Lens Design Improves PV Energy Harvest

Eric Wesoff: September 12, 2011

Can the front glass of a PV panel be replaced with a polymer?

Solyndra FOIA Release of DOE Loan Guarantee Term Sheet

Solyndra FOIA Release of DOE Loan Guarantee Term Sheet

Eric Wesoff: September 8, 2011

Plus, a letter archive with CEO and congressional letters

Special Victims Unit: Solyndra Edition

Special Victims Unit: Solyndra Edition

Eric Wesoff: September 8, 2011

FBI doing forensics at the Fremont Solyndra chalk outline.

GTM Research Goes to DC to Testify For Solar Jobs

GTM Research Goes to DC to Testify For Solar Jobs

Staff: September 8, 2011

GTM Research Managing Director Shayle Kann talks sense to Congress about solar as job creator and U.S. trade engine.

Two Bidders for the Solyndra Factory? Huh?

Two Bidders for the Solyndra Factory? Huh?

Eric Wesoff, Michael Kanellos: September 7, 2011

You get land, equipment, intellectual property and a spectacular public relations challenge.

Solyndra’s Loan Guarantee Was 3.4% of the DOE Solar Portfolio

Solyndra’s Loan Guarantee Was 3.4% of the DOE Solar Portfolio

Eric Wesoff: September 7, 2011

It’s a portfolio of loans with a range of risk.