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The Ikea of Solar
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Growth, Market Share and Dynamic Change in The PV Inverter Industry
The PV inverter market, once short of innovation, has seen a surge of investment in the last few years. Spurred by startup advances, established firms like SMA, Satcon, and National Semiconductor are developing new distributed PV electronics technologies in-house or through acquisition. This Special Report from Greentech Media, sponsored by Enphase Energy, takes a look at the state of innovation in the inverter market, VC investment activity, and the emerging leaders in the $2.4 billion PV inverter market.
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As the price of PV falls, the technology will become more competitively priced in Europe and the U.S. before its prices are competitive in China.
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CPV: New Applications and Emerging Markets
November 16, 2009
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Solar Startup Solasta Seeks Next Round
The solar firm was founded in 2006 with A round funding from Kleiner Perkins and claims its process could increase the efficiency of conventional amorphous silicon PV by up to 150 percent.
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First Solar’s Gift to China: How to Build a Solar Farm
CEO Michael Ahearn says First Solar plans to carry out an ‘IP transfer’ by training Chinese companies how to engineer solar power projects.
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Ucilia Wang September 10, 2009 -
BrightSource Gets Big Brother in Bechtel
The Engineering firm will build and help finance three power plants totaling 440 megawatts in the California desert.
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Ucilia Wang September 9, 2009 -
Nanosolar Boosts Cells Efficiency, Starts Mass Production
The CIGS thin-film solar maker has posted two white papers about its technology and products, and it has named some of its customers who have inked $4.1 billion of contracts.
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Ucilia Wang September 9, 2009 -
Innovalight Ups Silicon Ink Cells Efficiency to 18%
UPDATED: The California startup CEO Conrad Burke talks about its manufacturing plans and the six customers who plan to make cells with Innovalight’s silicon ink technology.
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Ucilia Wang September 8, 2009 -
Solyndra: Fab 2 Construction Begins
The California CIGS thin-film company breaks ground on its second factory complex, which will be partly financed by the federal $535 million loan.
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Ucilia Wang September 4, 2009 -
SMA Solar Enters Microinverter Biz Through Acquisition
The Germany company, which makes centralized inverters, is betting on a technology that’s finding a greater acceptance in the solar energy market.
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Ucilia Wang September 3, 2009 -
Xunlight 26 Solar Aims for CdTe on Plastic
The one-year-old Ohio startup is developing a flexible cadmium-telluride thin film that isn’t like First Solar’s, and plans to go into pilot production next year.
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Ucilia Wang September 1, 2009 -
Suniva Expands Solar Cell Production, Boosts Efficiency
The silicon solar cell startup is on its way to triple its production capacity, and has produced commercial cells achieving about 18 percent efficiency.
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Ucilia Wang August 26, 2009 -
Plextronics Bags $14M for Organic LED, Solar
The startup company plans to use the money for developing organic printed electronics.
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Ucilia Wang August 20, 2009 -
A Mighty Hot Wind for Solar
HelioFocus says it has a new idea for solar thermal power – a 1,000 degree wind stream.
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Michael Kanellos August 19, 2009 -
Feds: Start Applying for 30% Tax Credit for Clean Energy Manufacturing
The tax credit program is capped at $2.3 billion and is the latest of a series of financial aid initiatives aimed at boosting renewable energy and other greentech manufacturing and job creation.
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Ucilia Wang August 13, 2009 -
Applied Materials Designs Mounting System for Supersized Panels
The thin-film factory equipment maker plans to release a reference design to help speed up the adoption of its customers’ ultra-large amorphous silicon solar panels.
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Ucilia Wang August 6, 2009 -
TSMC Goes Shopping for Solar
The world’s largest contract chipmaker wants to buy its way into the solar market. What are its options?
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Ucilia Wang August 4, 2009 -
Solar by Satellite: Who Has the Best System?
Three companies offer solar estimates online. Which works? I am your guinea pig.
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Michael Kanellos July 27, 2009 -
Solar Goes Modular: GreenRay Raises $2M
The Quercus Trust and 21Ventures said Wednesday they have invested $2 million in Westford, Mass.-based GreenRay, which is pairing solar panels with its microinverters to create AC solar panels.
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Ucilia Wang July 15, 2009 -
Video: National Semi’s Green Ambitions
The 50-year old company says it can boost the performance of solar modules with chips. After that, it’s on to smart grid, says CEO Brian Halla.
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Michael Kanellos July 15, 2009 -
SoCal City Promotes Solar Rebates From Sharp
Huntington Beach plans to promote a solar program funded by Sharp the same way it carries out other "buy local" campaigns.
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Ucilia Wang July 6, 2009 -
Sharp Debuts Solar-Powered Handset in Japan
Sharp's SH002 is equipped with a solar cell module on the back of its chassis, which can be used as an auxiliary power source when the remaining battery level is low or at zero.
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Tech-On! June 25, 2009 -
AccuStrata: Fixing a Gaping Hole in PV Manufacturing
Whether we're talking CIGS, CdTe, or a-Si – thin-film solar is a relatively new technology and as a young industry, there are still gaps in its complex manufacturing process.
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Eric Wesoff June 24, 2009 -
Solar Could Fall 8% Per Year, Be Competitive in Italy by 2010
A report says deploying smart grid technologies and energy storage devices would boost solar energy generation from less than 1 percent of the power supply today to 12 percent by 2020.
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Ucilia Wang June 22, 2009
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Vinod Khosla: Smart Grid Hard to Invest In and Win
Jeff St. JohnNovember 19, 20096 comments -
No Climate Bill This Year, Senators Say
Jeff St. JohnNovember 18, 20092 comments -
Aptera Pushes Out Three Wheeled Car Until 2010
Michael KanellosNovember 18, 20094 comments
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Smart Grid Interoperability Panel: Who to Call
Jeff St. JohnNovember 20, 2009 -
PG&E’s Bakersfield Problem: Getting the Customer on Board
Jeff St. JohnNovember 20, 2009 -
Duke Energy Wants to Own Every Piece of the Smart Grid
Jeff St. JohnNovember 19, 20093 comments
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Greentech for Social Good
Ucilia WangNovember 19, 20092 comments -
Data Centers That Feed Power to the Grid?
Michael KanellosNovember 19, 20091 comment -
Giants vs. Startups: SAP Stakes Carbon Accounting Claim
Jeff St. JohnNovember 19, 20091 comment