Today's Date:
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Solar
October 16, 2008
UPDATED 4:40 PM: New residential-solar incentives, which take effect Jan. 1, are slowing down installations in some places as customers put projects on hold to wait for bigger incentives.
October 15, 2008
First Solar CEO Michael Ahearn and other solar industry executives at Solar Power International say tax credits alone won't be enough to win over customers, particularly in a slumping economy.
October 15, 2008
As shares fall again, along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, companies discuss how a weak economy could impact solar.
October 15, 2008
The Atlanta-based startup will begin making its monocrystalline silicon solar cells to fulfill the almost $1 billion in contracts it already has signed.
October 15, 2008
Execs from solar installers Solar Works and SolarWrights discuss their merger, the latest in what could become a trend as companies bolster themselves for the possibility of a more competitive market.
October 14, 2008
In a move that would emulate Germany's feed-in tariff, a utility in Gainesville, Fla., could become the first to pay residents and businesses for solar power.
October 14, 2008
General Electric Energy Financial Services leads the round with a $2.5 million investment in the concentrated photovoltaic solar startup
October 14, 2008
The company will boost its hybrid-panel production in Mexico and finalize a planned joint venture to produce amorphous silicon thin films.
October 14, 2008
Former NATO commander says solar and other renewable-energy sources are important for national security, adding that domestic coal and nuclear power will remain "part of the equation."
October 14, 2008
The Japanese solar firm has built a thin-film production line and is constructing another 480-megawatt factory for 2010. It also is testing concentrating-solar-power systems in Spain and Italy.
October 14, 2008
At the Solar Power International conference in San Diego, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says it's important to focus on solar and the environment in a difficult economy.
October 13, 2008
A new solar-inverter company, a spinoff of Advanced Energy Conversion, is raising $1.5 million for its technology to keep its customers power on, even if the grid has an outage.
October 13, 2008
During the first day of Solar Power International, solar stocks rally and companies – including Deutsche Solar, Advent Solar, Signet Solar, REC, Neo Solar and Solarday – announce new products, plans and deals.
October 13, 2008
Raising money will be tough for startups and public companies, and the greentech world could see "big-name cleantech startups implode" in a depressed economy.
October 10, 2008
News begins to trickle out as companies head to San Diego for a conference and expo next week, while Schott Solar plans to unveil a new solar panel and SkyFuel has released a glass-free solar concentrator.
October 10, 2008
The financial market crisis has made this a hellish week for solar companies – even for thin-film solar star First Solar. GE saw a 22 percent profit decline in the third quarter, but did brisk business in energy.
October 8, 2008
German solar manufacturer cites poor market conditions in decision to end its on-again, off-again plans to go public.
October 7, 2008
The startup joins a growing number of smart-meter technology developers that are attracting hefty investments.
October 7, 2008
Massachusetts-based Konarka says its new plant can make 1 gigawatt of its organic photovoltaic solar "power plastic" material, while thin-film leader First Solar expands Ohio facility, and SolarWorld opens new U.S. crystalline solar cell plant.
October 7, 2008
UPDATED 6:15 PM: The solar startup, which has lined up two customers, is discussing its solar technology publicly for the first time.