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Update! 20 PowerPoint Slides That Shook the Earth

Update! 20 PowerPoint Slides That Shook the Earth

Eric Wesoff: September 22, 2011

These slides have served as change agents in greentech circles.  By popular demand, we’ve added a few slides to the collection. 

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

Cleantech IPOs On Deck: Mascoma, BrightSource, Enphase, and More

Cleantech IPOs On Deck: Mascoma, BrightSource, Enphase, and More

Eric Wesoff: September 20, 2011

How will the markets react to this year’s crop of IPO aspirants?

Chindia Will Consume 31% of the World’s Energy in 2035

Chindia Will Consume 31% of the World’s Energy in 2035

Eric Wesoff: September 20, 2011

What will be the dominant source for that energy?

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

Peter Thiel Doesn’t Like Cleantech VC, Mankind

Peter Thiel Doesn’t Like Cleantech VC, Mankind

Eric Wesoff: September 14, 2011

Cleantech too difficult for software and social networking investors.

Solyndra Hearing in DC Today

Solyndra Hearing in DC Today

Eric Wesoff: September 14, 2011

What if they held a hearing and nobody came?

Guest Post: Energy Predictions for the Second Half of 2011

Guest Post: Energy Predictions for the Second Half of 2011

Michael Butler: September 14, 2011

Energy efficiency, pollution mitigation are sectors to watch, according to Cascadia Capital.

Terrajoule Unstealths: Distributed Power via Solar, Steam and Storage

Terrajoule Unstealths: Distributed Power via Solar, Steam and Storage

Eric Wesoff: September 12, 2011

What’s old is new again as Terrajoule revives an old steam engine technology—stoked with solar power to drive farm and industrial power.