Today's Date:
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Solar
August 21, 2008
With a commercial solar cell manufacturing plant yet to be in operation, the company signs its second multi-million-dollar deal.
August 21, 2008
The Abu Dhabi-based investment company is building a thin-film solar plant in Germany as part of its $2 billion effort to become a leader in the business.
August 20, 2008
Honda says it will expand its thin-film manufacturing capacity. Meanwhile, Solar Thin Films and Amelio Solar team up to bring more CIGS solar cells to market and India claims it's building Asia's biggest solar-thermal plant.
August 20, 2008
The Chinese solar cell and panel maker saw a 58 percent hike in its second-quarter net income and raises its full-year sales forecast.
August 20, 2008
A daylong meeting of political, scientific research and industry leaders converged to create energy policy recommendations for bipartisan support.
August 19, 2008
ReneSola stock falls despite a jump in its 2Q net income, Applied Materials signs a $200 million deal, First Solar expands plant capacity while Green Energy Technology and Concentrix Solar give commercial product updates.
August 19, 2008
The Spanish utility's new wind and solar projects will add a total of 1.25 gigawatts of electricity-generating capacity to its portfolio.
August 18, 2008
Based on confidential data from 10 industry insiders, U.K.-based New Energy Finance forecasts that contract silicon prices could fall 67 percent by 2013, while wafer prices could drop 41 percent.
August 15, 2008
An energy summit featuring Bill Clinton, T. Boone Pickens, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and state governors will aim to craft bi-partisan energy policies.
August 14, 2008
The utility hopes the two solar-power projects will demonstrate the feasibility of building large-scale PV plants that are cost competitive with other technologies.
August 14, 2008
Marrone Organic Innovations raises $10 million, while Amyris Biotechnologies raises $21 million. Meanwhile, Greentech Media's Venture Power Report tracks a series of not-yet-announced solar fundings.
August 14, 2008
The two presidential candidates both promote clean energy and emissions-reduction plans. But they might not agree on how to deal with states enacting their own energy agendas.
August 14, 2008
NREL says it has created a solar cell that can convert a record 40.8 percent of the sunlight that reaches it into electricity. Centrotherm, Oerlikon and the DOE also are taking steps toward more solar innovation.
August 13, 2008
Shares of the Canadian company, which is developing technology to upgrade lower-grade silicon for solar equipment, have plunged this week after news that contamination issues will delay its production ramp up.
August 12, 2008
The equipment maker reported higher revenues for its solar segment for the recent quarter, while also noting that the European Patent Office has ruled in favor of its customer Sunfilm in a patent dispute.
August 12, 2008
After two years of secrecy, BioSolar unveils a bio-based protective sheet for solar cells that it hopes will give chemical giant DuPont some competition.
August 12, 2008
Beijing's pollution has raised greentech's profile in China, to mixed results. Will the love affair last, and will it make a real difference?
August 11, 2008
The Chinese solar-wafer company beats expectations, sending shares up 20 percent, while Canadian upgraded-metallurgical-silicon firm Timminco posts a widening loss.
August 11, 2008
The two utilities plan to erect a 240-mile system in Indiana to ferry the new energy, including wind power, generated from the region.
August 11, 2008
Greentech Media Analyst at Large Eric Wesoff dug up some info from Solyndra's patents about some big supply agreements.