Thin Film

What Does a Renewable Energy Developer Owe the Community?

What Does a Renewable Energy Developer Owe the Community?

Herman K. Trabish: February 9, 2012

Riverside County wants $450 per acre from desert solar builders—is it constitutional, too much, or not enough?

Solar Firms Setting New Records in Efficiency and Performance

Solar Firms Setting New Records in Efficiency and Performance

Eric Wesoff: February 7, 2012

Despite dark times, record photovoltaic module performance across all materials systems, from CdTe to c-Si to CPV to CIGS to GaAs

First Solar on the Future of Photovoltaics: Part 2

First Solar on the Future of Photovoltaics: Part 2

Eric Wesoff: January 31, 2012

In order to thrive, First Solar must deploy 65 GW of photovoltaic panels over the next decade.

One Solar-Wind Hybrid Goes Down, Another Goes Up

One Solar-Wind Hybrid Goes Down, Another Goes Up

Herman K. Trabish: January 31, 2012

Element Power and NextEra get delayed; enXco gets started.

A Look Inside the Solar Industry at Schiller Automation

A Look Inside the Solar Industry at Schiller Automation

Herman K. Trabish: January 30, 2012

Schiller makes fabs that make panels—and may know who will survive the current solar turmoil.

First Solar on the Future of Photovoltaics: Part 1

First Solar on the Future of Photovoltaics: Part 1

Eric Wesoff: January 27, 2012

In order to thrive, First Solar must deploy 65 GW of photovoltaic panels over the next decade.

Correction: Layoffs at CIGS Solar Hopeful MiaSolé

Correction: Layoffs at CIGS Solar Hopeful MiaSolé

Eric Wesoff: January 21, 2012

New CEO has to lay off 10 percent of the firm, raise more funding, and try to sell the company.

Tate Out as Nanosolar CEO, Eugenia Corrales In

Tate Out as Nanosolar CEO, Eugenia Corrales In

Eric Wesoff: January 19, 2012

A new CEO at the CIGS thin film solar firm

Who is the World Leader in CIGS Solar Shipments?

Who is the World Leader in CIGS Solar Shipments?

Eric Wesoff: January 17, 2012

It’s not Stion or Nanosolar or Solibro or MiaSolé or any other VC-funded startup.

Green Job Moves at Nanosolar, Solectria, Amonix, BrightSource, and Tesla

Green Job Moves at Nanosolar, Solectria, Amonix, BrightSource, and Tesla

Eric Wesoff: January 16, 2012

High-stakes personnel moves and some positive hiring news in inverters

Longtime Nanosolar Spin Doctor Brian Stone Departs Firm

Longtime Nanosolar Spin Doctor Brian Stone Departs Firm

Eric Wesoff: January 13, 2012

A curious personnel move at one of the first-wave CIGS firms

Biggest Solar Venture Capital Deals of 2011

Biggest Solar Venture Capital Deals of 2011

Eric Wesoff: December 27, 2011

More than $700 million raised in the top six solar deals

Solar Power Year in Review 2011

Solar Power Year in Review 2011

Eric Wesoff: December 23, 2011

There must be a pony in here somewhere.

BP Solar and India: Unable to Compete in Solar

BP Solar and India: Unable to Compete in Solar

Eric Wesoff: December 21, 2011

Can India and Western nations adopt an energy policy that copes with China and promotes domestic industry?