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Update: SolarCity and SolarStrong Lose to a Congress With Solyndra Fever

Update: SolarCity and SolarStrong Lose to a Congress With Solyndra Fever

Eric Wesoff: September 23, 2011

Plans to double the number of residential PV installations in the U.S. with help from a DOE loan guarantee thwarted.

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.

It’s Official: Cogentrix $90M DOE Loan Guarantee for 30MW CPV Project

It’s Official: Cogentrix $90M DOE Loan Guarantee for 30MW CPV Project

Eric Wesoff: September 9, 2011

Amonix will provide the CPV hardware—an enormous win

Can China’s Domestic Demand Dominate the Solar Market?

Can China’s Domestic Demand Dominate the Solar Market?

Eric Wesoff: September 8, 2011

The days of China’s PV production being purely for export are coming an end. What’s the impact on the PV industry?

SolarCity Reports for Military Duty in Largest Home PV Project

SolarCity Reports for Military Duty in Largest Home PV Project

Eric Wesoff: September 8, 2011

SolarCity plans to double the number of residential PV installations in the U.S. with help from a $344M DOE loan guarantee.

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.

Greece: Desperately Seeking Solar

Greece: Desperately Seeking Solar

Eric Wesoff: September 6, 2011

The sun-soaked, cash-poor country sees solar as an economic salve.

Amazing Green Building, Questionable BIPV Solar Install

Amazing Green Building, Questionable BIPV Solar Install

Eric Wesoff: September 6, 2011

It’s definitely BIPV, and the goals of the architects behind this building seem pure, but the trees kind of defeat the purpose of actual energy production.

Australia Starting to Get on the Solar Map

Australia Starting to Get on the Solar Map

Eric Wesoff: September 1, 2011

Three big new utility-scale solar projects Down Under totaling more than 400 megawatts  

250MW Genesis Thermal Solar Gets $852M DOE Loan Guarantee

250MW Genesis Thermal Solar Gets $852M DOE Loan Guarantee

Eric Wesoff: August 30, 2011

A genuine loan guarantee, not a loan, for huge energy player NextEra

SolarReserve Gets $15M More for Solar Thermal

SolarReserve Gets $15M More for Solar Thermal

Eric Wesoff: August 26, 2011

But can SolarReserve make CSP work and fend off the PV momentum at the Crescent Dunes, NV site?

The Realities of Building-Integrated PV

The Realities of Building-Integrated PV

Eric Wesoff: August 24, 2011

eIQ Energy partners with Abound Solar and architectural firm Focus Materials on solar glass curtain walls. Can this trio make real BIPV happen?

Unfortunate Solar Installation of the Month

Unfortunate Solar Installation of the Month

Eric Wesoff: August 24, 2011

Adventures in poor design. This month’s winner is on the rooftop of a congresswoman’s office.

Utility-Scale Solar Gains Momentum in Japan

Utility-Scale Solar Gains Momentum in Japan

Michael Kanellos: August 22, 2011

Mitsui and Toshiba plan to build a 50 MW plant following a similar plan from Softbank.