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Solar Module Pricing: $1.03 per Watt for c-Si

Solar Module Pricing: $1.03 per Watt for c-Si

Eric Wesoff: October 14, 2011

How low can it go?

Breaking News: GE Thin Film Plant to Open in Colorado

Breaking News: GE Thin Film Plant to Open in Colorado

Eric Wesoff: October 13, 2011

Facility to produce 13 percent efficiency CdTe thin-film panels—better than First Solar

Maryland Solar: Big Residential Growth, Positive 2012 Outlook

Maryland Solar: Big Residential Growth, Positive 2012 Outlook

Carolyn Campbell: October 13, 2011

Third-party financing and Energy Administration rebates sustain growth in the residential segment.

Enphase Ships Its One-Millionth Microinverter

Enphase Ships Its One-Millionth Microinverter

Eric Wesoff: October 12, 2011

Enphase, 1,000,000. Everyone else, zero. For now.

Silevo Unstealths: Raising the Bar on Silicon Solar Performance

Silevo Unstealths: Raising the Bar on Silicon Solar Performance

Eric Wesoff: October 12, 2011

“It comes down to product differentiation.”

Amargosa Farm Road Switches From CSP to PV

Amargosa Farm Road Switches From CSP to PV

Carolyn Campbell: October 12, 2011

Project changes from CSP to PV with solarhybrid’s acquisition of Solar Millennium.

Unstealthed: How Important is Stealth in a Greentech Startup?

Unstealthed: How Important is Stealth in a Greentech Startup?

Eric Wesoff: October 11, 2011

Did stealth work for Bloom? Will it work for Nest Labs?

How Does a Solar Power Plant Developer Win Over the Community?

How Does a Solar Power Plant Developer Win Over the Community?

Herman K. Trabish: October 11, 2011

In the Antelope Valley, they don’t like change—but they like NRG Solar’s Keith Latham and a million dollars of Big Sun money.

US Residential Solar Installs Hit 59.9 MW in Q2

US Residential Solar Installs Hit 59.9 MW in Q2

Carolyn Campbell: October 11, 2011

Can third-party financing boost future installations?

SPI Themes: The Rise of Solar Balance-of-System and PV Electronics

SPI Themes: The Rise of Solar Balance-of-System and PV Electronics

Eric Wesoff: October 11, 2011

Azuray, ArrayPower, Involar, and many other new names are charging into the panel-level solar electronics market.

Green Jobs: People on the Move in Solar, Energy Storage, Smart Grid, New Nuclear

Green Jobs: People on the Move in Solar, Energy Storage, Smart Grid, New Nuclear

Eric Wesoff: October 10, 2011

Abound Solar gets a new CEO; Clean Power Finance’s new hires and personnel shifts; iControl scores a bigtime CEO; and Ener1 boots its CEO.

Dear Steve Chu: Send Us All Your DOE Files on 1705. Thanks, Congress

Dear Steve Chu: Send Us All Your DOE Files on 1705. Thanks, Congress

Eric Wesoff: October 7, 2011

The Solyndra blowback continues. A love letter from the House Committee on Energy and Finance.

America Finally Joins the 1 Gigawatt PV Club

America Finally Joins the 1 Gigawatt PV Club

Eric Wesoff: October 7, 2011

The U.S. finally enters the big leagues. Next stop: 2 gigawatts in 2012.

Jonathan Silver Out at DOE Loan Program

Jonathan Silver Out at DOE Loan Program

Eric Wesoff: October 6, 2011

The 1705 loan program has come to an end and it’s appropriate for Silver to leave. But the timing is, well, interesting.