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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.

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?

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.

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.

Surviving as a Solar Manufacturer in Today’s Market

Surviving as a Solar Manufacturer in Today’s Market

Herman K. Trabish: May 8, 2012

It’s about finding the right combination of competencies to “weather the storm.”

Green Jobs: First Solar’s New CEO and CTO; Amyris, SEPA Staff Shuffles

Green Jobs: First Solar’s New CEO and CTO; Amyris, SEPA Staff Shuffles

Eric Wesoff: May 8, 2012

Jeffery Wolfe steps down as CEO of groSolar, plus new blood at SEPA

Guest Post: The Net Energy Metering Debate—Symptom of a Much Deeper Issue

Guest Post: The Net Energy Metering Debate—Symptom of a Much Deeper Issue

Ned Harvey, Virginia Lacy: May 8, 2012

Twenty-first-century technology is colliding with institutional structures that have remained relatively unchanged since the 20th century.

Update—Unfortunate Solar Installation of the Month: Utility-Scale Edition

Update—Unfortunate Solar Installation of the Month: Utility-Scale Edition

Eric Wesoff: May 7, 2012

It turns out that vegetation management on solar farms is a big deal.

Cogenra’s PV and Hot Water Business Heating Up

Cogenra’s PV and Hot Water Business Heating Up

Eric Wesoff: May 7, 2012

Khosla Ventures-funded cogen system harvests the sun for hot water, as well as electricity

Utilities’ Honest Assessment of Solar in the Electricity Supply

Utilities’ Honest Assessment of Solar in the Electricity Supply

Herman K. Trabish: May 7, 2012

“If we fast-forward to this conference five years from now, half of the agenda is going to be storage.”

Is the Window Closing for Thin-Film PV?

Is the Window Closing for Thin-Film PV?

Staff: May 7, 2012

GTM Research releases report on global thin-film module markets, analyzing the future prospects of this embattled solar technology.

First Solar Q1 Earnings: Posts Second-Ever Loss, New CEO, New Plan

First Solar Q1 Earnings: Posts Second-Ever Loss, New CEO, New Plan

Eric Wesoff: May 4, 2012

New plan is emerging markets, emerging markets, emerging markets

SunPower Q1 2012 Earnings: Losses Continue but Business Is Expanding

SunPower Q1 2012 Earnings: Losses Continue but Business Is Expanding

Eric Wesoff: May 4, 2012

The solar efficiency leader holds steady in its strategy and resolve.

Morgan Stanley Brings $300 Million to Residential Solar Leasing

Morgan Stanley Brings $300 Million to Residential Solar Leasing

Herman K. Trabish: May 3, 2012

The Wall Street giant will partner with Clean Power Finance to face SolarCity, SunRun, and the rest of the gang.