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Canadian Solar: Strong Q2 Revenue, Slim Margins

Canadian Solar: Strong Q2 Revenue, Slim Margins

Eric Wesoff: August 17, 2011

Solar firms are going to have to get used to slim margins. Selling modules through disty at $1.40 per watt?

Solar Project Focus: Cupertino Electric’s PV Schools

Solar Project Focus: Cupertino Electric’s PV Schools

Eric Wesoff: August 16, 2011

Back to school—but this time with a district full of solar panels

Solon to Close U.S. Plant, Cut Jobs Worldwide

Solon to Close U.S. Plant, Cut Jobs Worldwide

Michael Kanellos: August 16, 2011

Solar consolidation on the move: where will it end?

Skyline Solar Retrofits CPV System: Half the Parts, More Power

Skyline Solar Retrofits CPV System: Half the Parts, More Power

Michael Kanellos: August 16, 2011

Mirror, mirror on the tracker

Flexible CIGS Firm Ascent Solar’s Q2 Earnings

Flexible CIGS Firm Ascent Solar’s Q2 Earnings

Eric Wesoff: August 15, 2011

Modest revenues, enormous losses: the usual story at Ascent. Daystar shares its quarterly news, as well.

Evergreen Files for Chapter 11, Plans to Sell Assets

Evergreen Files for Chapter 11, Plans to Sell Assets

Michael Kanellos: August 15, 2011

For sale: string ribbon wafer technology. No money down. Runs like a dream.

An Asian White Knight Saves Ascent Solar

An Asian White Knight Saves Ascent Solar

Eric Wesoff: August 15, 2011

The flexible CIGS solar panel manufacturer lives to fight another day.

Q-Cells: Q2 Solar Blues, Part 2

Q-Cells: Q2 Solar Blues, Part 2

Eric Wesoff: August 11, 2011

Losses of $439M, major restructuring, and auctioning off equipment. Can the once-dominant German solar manufacturer recover?

EU On Track to Meet Renewable Goals?

EU On Track to Meet Renewable Goals?

Katherine Tweed: August 11, 2011

Europe is still far ahead of the U.S., but lags behind its own targets.

U.S. Army Creates Renewables Office: Billions to Be Spent

U.S. Army Creates Renewables Office: Billions to Be Spent

Michael Kanellos: August 10, 2011

It has a target of getting 25 percent of its power from renewables by 2025; $7.1 billion to be invested over the next 10 years.

New Greentech Media Conference to Explore the Strategies of US Solar Market

New Greentech Media Conference to Explore the Strategies of US Solar Market

Staff: August 10, 2011

Partnership between Greentech Media and the Solar Energy Industries Association Brings U.S. Solar Market Insight Conference to San Francisco, November 16–17.

Solar Firms in Q2 2011: SunPower, First Solar, Trina, Yingli, Suntech

Solar Firms in Q2 2011: SunPower, First Solar, Trina, Yingli, Suntech

Eric Wesoff: August 10, 2011

SunPower’s revenue up but losses grow and margins shrink. First Solar stock price below $100 for the first time since 2008.

Panel-Level Electronics Break Into the Big Time: SolarCity and SolarEdge

Panel-Level Electronics Break Into the Big Time: SolarCity and SolarEdge

Eric Wesoff: August 9, 2011

SolarEdge’s distributed MPPT technology emerges from the long tail.

Solar Ads: The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid

Solar Ads: The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid

Eric Wesoff: August 9, 2011

Do consumers care about the brand name on their solar panels?