http://gigaom.com/cleantech/look-out-first-solar-ava-solar-scorches-with-104m/ Sun, 27 May 2012 04:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/cleantech/look-out-first-solar-ava-solar-scorches-with-104m/#comment-15210 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:58:01 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=7328#comment-15210 [...] after more than a decade of development at Colorado State University. Abound raised $104 million equity financing in 2008 from DCM, Technology Partners, GLG Partners, Bohemian Companies and [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/look-out-first-solar-ava-solar-scorches-with-104m/#comment-15209 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:31:11 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=7328#comment-15209 [...] Beat sector leader First Solar on cost. When we covered Abound’s massive $104 million equity financing round last summer, we noted that it was using the same material (cadmium telluride) that helped catapult [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/look-out-first-solar-ava-solar-scorches-with-104m/#comment-15208 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:27:23 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=7328#comment-15208 AVASolar is Vaporware!

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/look-out-first-solar-ava-solar-scorches-with-104m/#comment-15207 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:34:53 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=7328#comment-15207 the more competition there is, the cheaper the panels will become. which is nice :)

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/look-out-first-solar-ava-solar-scorches-with-104m/#comment-15206 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:59:04 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=7328#comment-15206 [...] Cadmium is used in one of the leading new thin-film PV panel types, but as a compound that manufacturers argue is much safer than cadmium alone. Thin-film solar leader First Solar uses cadmium-telluride to make the semiconductors that are sandwiched between two sheets of glass to convert the sunlight into electricity. So do newer startups like AVA Solar. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/look-out-first-solar-ava-solar-scorches-with-104m/#comment-15205 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:40:08 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=7328#comment-15205 [...] Cadmium is used in one of the leading new thin-film PV panel types, but as a compound that manufacturers argue is much safer than cadmium alone. Thin-film solar leader First Solar uses cadmium-telluride to make the semiconductors that are sandwiched between two sheets of glass to convert the sunlight into electricity. So do newer startups like AVA Solar. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/look-out-first-solar-ava-solar-scorches-with-104m/#comment-15204 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:20:31 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=7328#comment-15204 [...] been news of hundreds of millions pumped into thin-film solar startups, with both Nanosolar and AVA Solar announcing massive rounds. Well, it’s not over yet, folks. This morning Venture Wire says that thin film [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/look-out-first-solar-ava-solar-scorches-with-104m/#comment-15203 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:39:02 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=7328#comment-15203 I would sure like to purchase solar panels under $2.00 per peak watt. I have been hearing this same story for years now and no fruit has appeared.
This my be just another BS story!

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