Checking in With CPV Semiconductor Startup Solar Junction

Checking in With CPV Semiconductor Startup Solar Junction

Eric Wesoff: May 11, 2012

Great progress is being made in CPV semiconductors. Now if only the CPV system vendors could sell their hardware in volume.

Enphase Q1: Strong Momentum in First Quarter as Public Firm

Enphase Q1: Strong Momentum in First Quarter as Public Firm

Eric Wesoff: May 10, 2012

Net revenues increased to $42.6 million from $18.1 million year-over-year; gross margin increased to 21.8 percent from 14.7 percent year-over-year.

ConEd Taps 10,000 Window AC Units for Demand Response

ConEd Taps 10,000 Window AC Units for Demand Response

Katherine Tweed: May 10, 2012

10,000 down, more than 6 million to go in New York City

Toyota Goes All-Electric With Tesla’s Help

Toyota Goes All-Electric With Tesla’s Help

Herman K. Trabish: May 10, 2012

A sleek new all-electric-drive SUV from Toyota will tighten up the competition for early-adopter dollars.

Echelon Launches Cheap Meter, Warns of Unsure 2012 Outlook

Echelon Launches Cheap Meter, Warns of Unsure 2012 Outlook

Jeff St. John: May 10, 2012

Strong Q1 revenues, but uncertain 2012 outlook and layoffs and restructuring ahead. Will a cheaper meter help?

Fraud Should Be First Priority for Smart Meter Security

Fraud Should Be First Priority for Smart Meter Security

Katherine Tweed: May 10, 2012

With connectivity comes scalability. Are utilities ready?

Guest Post: The Rise and Decline of Oil

Guest Post: The Rise and Decline of Oil

Toby D. Couture: May 10, 2012

Oil’s market share has dropped to below 40 percent and continues to decline.

Slide Show: This Year’s Solar Savior Is ‘Emerging Markets’

Slide Show: This Year’s Solar Savior Is ‘Emerging Markets’

Eric Wesoff: May 10, 2012

Is the “emerging market” rallying cry a mirage or another savior market for solar?

Smart Lighting News: Daintree and Philips Get Networked, Adura Connects to EnOcean

Smart Lighting News: Daintree and Philips Get Networked, Adura Connects to EnOcean

Jeff St. John: May 9, 2012

Networking the world’s office and warehouse lights will require new standards—and deep pockets. 

Kurion Continues Fukushima Cleanup, Moves to Test Vitrification of Nuclear Waste

Kurion Continues Fukushima Cleanup, Moves to Test Vitrification of Nuclear Waste

Eric Wesoff: May 9, 2012

A tiny VC-funded startup is playing a huge role in the Fukushima cleanup—and moving to its next phase in handling the waste materials.

Consolidation Chronicles: Soltecture Joins the List of German Solar Insolvencies

Consolidation Chronicles: Soltecture Joins the List of German Solar Insolvencies

Eric Wesoff: May 9, 2012

Sulfurcell changed its name to Soltecture in 2011, but could not change its destiny—or create a BIPV market.

Siemens Plans to Clean Up Trucking With a Trolley Line

Siemens Plans to Clean Up Trucking With a Trolley Line

Herman K. Trabish: May 9, 2012

Those long lines of eighteen-wheelers waiting to load and unload could be running on clean, quiet electricity.

Compelling Quotes From the GTM Solar Summit

Compelling Quotes From the GTM Solar Summit

Eric Wesoff: May 9, 2012

Quotes and viewpoints from solar leaders on the US utility market, life after 1603, DRAMs, coal, and natural gas futures.

Honest Buildings: 250,000 New York City Buildings Online

Honest Buildings: 250,000 New York City Buildings Online

Jeff St. John: May 9, 2012

The startup with the social media app for property managers and building professionals goes big in its home city.

Saint-Gobain Acquires Sage Electrochromics for Smart Windows

Saint-Gobain Acquires Sage Electrochromics for Smart Windows

Eric Wesoff: May 9, 2012

The French glass giant swallows a long-term partner after an $80 million strategic investment in 2010.