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MiaSolé Sets Efficiency Record for Solar on Flexible Substrate, Plus Recent PV Highs

MiaSolé Sets Efficiency Record for Solar on Flexible Substrate, Plus Recent PV Highs

Eric Wesoff: May 24, 2012

Despite difficult times, we’re seeing record-setting PV performance across all materials systems, from CIGS to organic solar cells to CdTe to c-Si to CPV to CIS to GaAs.

Sadoway’s MIT Liquid Metal Battery Startup Adds $15M and Khosla Ventures as Investor

Sadoway’s MIT Liquid Metal Battery Startup Adds $15M and Khosla Ventures as Investor

Eric Wesoff: May 24, 2012

$15 million for the startup looking to use earth-abundant elements to get beyond lithium-ion batteries

Building the Smart Grid Network That Grows

Building the Smart Grid Network That Grows

Jeff St. John: May 24, 2012

Trees grow, and wireless networks suffer. Proximetry and EDX Wireless say they can fix the problem.

SunRun’s $60M Round Leads a Small Streak of Solar VC Funding

SunRun’s $60M Round Leads a Small Streak of Solar VC Funding

Eric Wesoff: May 23, 2012

Solar firms SoloPower, SunRun, Solantro, SolFocus, and Gen 110 win funding from the VC community.

The Bad News in CPV: Amonix Layoffs and Soitec Losses

The Bad News in CPV: Amonix Layoffs and Soitec Losses

Eric Wesoff: May 23, 2012

Can CPV survive in the face of this solar economy?

SoloPower Raises More Funding for Flexible CIGS Solar Panels

SoloPower Raises More Funding for Flexible CIGS Solar Panels

Eric Wesoff: May 23, 2012

A modest $7.1 million round for the DOE loan guarantee recipient

Leafully Wins Green Button Apps Contest

Leafully Wins Green Button Apps Contest

Katherine Tweed: May 22, 2012

Forgoing kilowatt-hours for trees gets top honors for a Green Button apps contest.

ES-Select: Match.com for Renewable Developers and Energy Storage

ES-Select: Match.com for Renewable Developers and Energy Storage

Herman K. Trabish: May 22, 2012

For any renewable, the DOE’s tool means the perfect storage technology is just a click away.

Update: Solexel, Stealthy Solar Startup, Adds SunPower to KPCB VC Syndicate

Update: Solexel, Stealthy Solar Startup, Adds SunPower to KPCB VC Syndicate

Eric Wesoff: May 22, 2012

Solexel falls in the very-thin-silicon, kerfless-wafer school along with Twin Creeks, AstroWatt, SiGen, Crystal Solar and 1366.

German Solar Death Watch: Inventux Joins the List of German Solar Insolvencies

German Solar Death Watch: Inventux Joins the List of German Solar Insolvencies

Eric Wesoff: May 22, 2012

Inventux (a-Si) joins Germany’s Q-Cells, Soltecture, Odersun, Solar Millennium, Sovello, and Solon in the group of extremely troubled or shuttered German PV manufacturing firms.

One-Third of US Homes Have a Smart Meter

One-Third of US Homes Have a Smart Meter

Katherine Tweed: May 22, 2012

Can the first 36 million meters prove they’re worth the cost?

AlertMe Rolls Out Home Energy Analytics, Advice in the UK

AlertMe Rolls Out Home Energy Analytics, Advice in the UK

Jeff St. John: May 22, 2012

The home automation startup deepens its energy analytics chops with long-time partner and investor British Gas.

A New Smart Grid Powerhouse: Eaton Acquires Cooper Industries

A New Smart Grid Powerhouse: Eaton Acquires Cooper Industries

Jeff St. John: May 21, 2012

A new co-equal for the Four Horsemen of the smart grid. The company is also into smart buildings.

A123’s $50M Debt Desperation Play

A123’s $50M Debt Desperation Play

Jeff St. John: May 20, 2012

The lithium-ion battery maker is forced to seek expensive debt as it struggles with recall, record losses.

GTM Podcast: New Angles on the SolarWorld China Module Trade Case

GTM Podcast: New Angles on the SolarWorld China Module Trade Case

Eric Wesoff: May 18, 2012

The first in a series of podcasts from Greentech Media.