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$25M for SolarEdge’s Solar Panel Power Optimizers

$25M for SolarEdge’s Solar Panel Power Optimizers

Eric Wesoff: October 4, 2010

Growth funding for the current leader in the DC-to-DC solar power optimizer sector

What Happens to the Renewable Grid on a Cloudy Day?

What Happens to the Renewable Grid on a Cloudy Day?

Eric Wesoff: October 4, 2010

Can utility-scale energy storage make renewables dispatchable?

Renewable Industry to Government: More Gruel, Please

Renewable Industry to Government: More Gruel, Please

Yoni Cohen: October 1, 2010

Investors and executives worry aloud about the fading help from states and D.C.

GTM Research Will Unveil New Solar Market Analysis, U.S. SolarInsight, at Solar Power International

GTM Research Will Unveil New Solar Market Analysis, U.S. SolarInsight, at Solar Power International

Staff: October 1, 2010

Introducing U.S. SolarInsight

Greentech VC: Amyris IPO Makes Money for KP and Khosla, Smart Grid, Brightsource, and More

Greentech VC: Amyris IPO Makes Money for KP and Khosla, Smart Grid, Brightsource, and More

Eric Wesoff: October 1, 2010

Which VCs made money on the Amyris IPO?  How did Advanced Equities do?  That and many more VC investments were made in greentech this week.

Australia Shows Off Its Clean Energy Promise

Australia Shows Off Its Clean Energy Promise

Katherine Tweed: October 1, 2010

Aussies want to prove to U.S. companies that it’s the perfect place to invest—and to make inroads into China.

Concentrating PV Chip Supplier Emcore Faces Delisting

Concentrating PV Chip Supplier Emcore Faces Delisting

Eric Wesoff: September 30, 2010

Emcore stock is trading below $1 and the firm has SEC issues.  Will this impact the CPV market?

Update: California Energy Storage Bill AB 2514 Signed Into Law by Governor

Update: California Energy Storage Bill AB 2514 Signed Into Law by Governor

Eric Wesoff: September 29, 2010

“Utility-scale energy storage is one of the game-changers,”  according to veteran investor and energy thought leader Gunderson.

The Sharp-Recurrent Deal: What You Didn’t Know

The Sharp-Recurrent Deal: What You Didn’t Know

Shyam Mehta: September 29, 2010

Did First Solar unwittingly bail out Recurrent?

Khosla’s PVT Solar Raises $13.7M and Names Vikas Desai CEO

Khosla’s PVT Solar Raises $13.7M and Names Vikas Desai CEO

Eric Wesoff: September 28, 2010

Hybrid solar electric and solar thermal system offers more bang for the buck.

BrightGrid Enters Residential Solar Financing Market

BrightGrid Enters Residential Solar Financing Market

Eric Wesoff: September 28, 2010

A new entry in the burgeoning home solar sector

Arnold Lashes Out at Valero, Prop 23

Arnold Lashes Out at Valero, Prop 23

Michael Kanellos: September 27, 2010

The Governator compares the push to overturn California’s greenhouse gas regulations to the light rail conspiracy of the 1920s, but offers little in the way of criticism of Whitman.

BrightSource Raises More Funding for Big CSP

BrightSource Raises More Funding for Big CSP

Eric Wesoff: September 27, 2010

IPO plans afoot. Ivanpah CSP project approved. Desert tortoise placated.

ISET and a Brief History of CIGS Solar Technology

ISET and a Brief History of CIGS Solar Technology

Eric Wesoff: September 24, 2010

CIGS PV pioneer ISET starts to make a little noise.