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Nine-year-old Israeli startup SolarEdge is planning on raising $125 million in an IPO, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and…
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Nine-year-old Israeli startup SolarEdge is planning on raising $125 million in an IPO, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and…
It might surprise you to learn that Latin America — including Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean — was the…
The eyes of the common moth have led to a novel discovery that could boost the efficiency of solar panels. Scientists at…
Perovskite — have you heard of it? It’s a material that is getting a lot of buzz in the world of solar research. Now a U.K. solar startup plans to bring what it believes is a game-changing technology to make perovskite solar cells to the market.
These early stage lab programs and prototypes could one day be the future of solar panels. Right now they’re hot areas of research.
More solar has been installed in the U.S. in the last 18 months than in the last 30 years.
After 12 months and 15,000 miles, was the Chevy Volt the right car for us? With our prior home solar panel investment and driving habits: yes. But it’s not a good car for everyone and there’s one thing I’d change.
UCLA researchers have improved upon their previous research by building a transparent solar film that is twice as efficient as the one they produced a year ago.
Stanford researchers found gold nanoparticles 14 nanometers tall can absorb 93 percent of reddish-orange light, making them an interesting candidate for use in solar cells.
On the two year anniversary of the Material Genome Initiative, the White House announced several new initiatives to push material research forward.
A French startup plans to debut the thin, transparent screens in consumer phones next year. Cars, buildings and billboards could be next.
Necessity is the mother of invention, and Shawn Frayne, a serial inventor who cut his teeth designing for the developing world at MIT’s D-Lab program, is putting that hypothesis to the test through an emerging network of labs, known as the Ocean Invention Network.
Solar panels have been described as commodities, but are they? A solar project investor says that is not quite true given the uneven quality of solar panels he has seen. And that begs the question: is solar really a low-risk investment?
Water is undeniably important to our physical survival, and energy is the main physical ingredient in our development of modern society. Shortages in either could have major impacts.
Two solar geeks set out to make a device that can make microsolar panels — the kind used in cell phone chargers — in a backyard. The duo raised $77,500 on Kickstarter to fund the machine.
New venture-backed startup QBotix has unveiled its unusual solar technology: robots that tilt solar panels to follow the sun.
The U.S. solar market is shaping up to be larger than anticipated and could end up installing nearly 3.3 GW of solar panels in 2012, a roughly 18 percent jump from the previous forecast of 2.8 GW, according to a report released Wednesday.
Solar startups have been a favorite target for Korean conglomerates looking to boost clean power investments. TenKsolar certainly has caught the attention of one of them, Hanwha, which just led a series B round of $15.5 million the companies said Wednesday.
Enphase Energy, which makes solar electronics and filed for an IPO last June, is still waiting for the right time to make its public market debut. But in the meantime, it’s been doubling its sales.
The future of fresh fruit and vegetables could be disrupted by a new business model of distributed growing and no up front fee “produce purchase agreements.” You know, like a solar PPA with a foodie twist.
Solar thin film maker Energy Conversion Devices held on for much longer than what some industry watchers had expected, but at the end, the Michigan company couldn’t resuscitate its downward spiral and on Tuesday announced it’s filing for bankruptcy.
A 1 GW solar farm in California whose fate was in limbo for a while is finally moving forward: Solar Millennium has sold it to Solarhybrid, which will change the technology for the project from concentrating solar thermal to photovoltaic panels.
Both job creation and layoffs are particularly sensitive topics during a weak economy, let alone an election year, so the big layoff at Amonix’s solar factory in Nevada raises questions about the health of the Kleiner Perkins-backed company and its promise to bring many jobs
A trade complaint filed against Chinese solar makers, accusing them of benefiting from illegal subsidies, has drawn a line in the sand for the U.S. solar industry. Now the Commerce Department has issued a finding that tilts the case in favor of the petitioner, SolarWorld.
Professor Tom Murphy dives into ocean power and looks at how abundant it is, yet potentially useless in the short term.
The turning of the new year didn’t make the solar industry any easier for solar manufacturers. Power electronics maker, Satcon Technology, announced Wednesday that it’s laying off 35 percent of its workers and shutting down its factory in Canada.
Companies continue to bow out of the solar market in 2011. This week it’s BP Solar, which is shutting down, as well as Solar Mlillennium, which has filed for insolvency. Last week it was German solar panel company Solon, which also filed for insolvency.
Paring solar with data centers may not be a novel idea, but you will have a hard time finding companies that rely solely on solar electricity to power their servers. But what if the use of solar could help data center owners save energy?
There’s been a similar sentiment from both companies that received loan guarantees from the Department of Energy and then declared bankruptcy: The terms of the loans were too onerous.
Follow physics professor Tom Murphy on an exercise in galactic energy that points out the absurdity that results from the assumption that we can continue growing our consumption of energy forever.
On Thursday JinkoSolar issued a lengthy explanation of an environmental controversy surrounding its solar cell factory in China that led to a massive protest and plummeting share prices. The disclosure raises questions about what and how JinkoSolar should have disclosed this as a public company.
Solar silicon maker Calisolar is laying off about 80 employees in its Silicon Valley factory as part of its shift in business focus, the company said on Wednesday. The layoff represents about 23 percent of the company’s labor force globally.
What has to happen for the solar industry to recover from the slump? That’s been on the minds of manufacturers, service providers and investors in recent months as solar panels were piling up in warehouses and prices were falling faster than a Russian rocket.
Startup EnFocus Engineering’s technology replaces an ordinary skylight with a high-tech version that features solar cells and optics to manage the light that flows into a room. The company will be installing a prototype system at Google.
Germany has sprinted ahead of the U.S. when it comes to embracing clean energy and becoming the world’s largest solar market. That means Germany has learned some lessons that the U.S. could benefit from, including ways to drive down the cost of solar electricity fast.
When it comes to adopting new technologies, particularly solar, farmers and owners of ag-related operations have often led the way. We list some recent projects that rely on agricultural producers to demonstrate new technologies.
American manufacturers, project developers and policy makers have always had a keen interest in feed-in tariffs, which guarantee premium rates for renewable electricity. The U.K. indicated Monday that it will likely cut the pricing for large-scale solar projects because it wants to promote smaller, rooftop installations.
Rhone Resch, who leads the trade group Solar Energy Industries Association, said in a call with reporters today, “The fact that we have not received one permit to build on federal land is disturbing.”
What happens to an industry when the price of a core component suddenly drops, the credit crisis hits, and countries look to pull crucial subsidies? Well, for the traditional solar industry that means 2010 will be a year of “gross oversupply.”
JinkoSolar Holding, a China-based solar manufacturer, priced shares for its IPO and began trading Friday at $11 apiece — the low end of the expected range. In morning trading, Jinko’s stock has dipped as low as $10.80 and hit a high of $11.23.
Wow, I had no idea solar theft was such a problem. According to a KQED Public Radio, over the past year over…
The kick off speech for the Solar Power International 2009 convention on Tuesday could have been mistaken for a UC Berkeley plaza…
The Solar Power International Conference, which is the largest solar industry-focused event in the U.S., kicks off on Tuesday in Anaheim, Calif,…
If the cleantech industry isn’t delivering enough innovation, we’ll start building it ourselves, was the suggestion of Google’s (s GOOG) green guru…
Start your satellite launchers, folks — the solar space race is on. The idea of capturing sunlight with satellite solar arrays in…
Venture funding for U.S.-based video-related companies so far in 2009 has dropped more than 60 percent over the same period last year,…
The solar arm of Spanish renewable energy and engineering giant Abengoa is already one of the few companies in the world with…
Solar from space: It may sound like a bad sci-fi movie, but a growing number of companies think it could solve the…
Renewables Take the Lead: Global investors spent about $250 billion building new power capacity last year, and for the first time ever…
April Fools’ Day is long gone, so PG&E’s (s PCG) latest blog post can’t be blamed on that: The Northern California utility…
Just when a rebound in solar shares is offering investors some relief, Solarfun (s solf) comes out with dismal fourth-quarter results that…
Solar companies might be shedding jobs at an uncomfortable rate right now, but the U.S. solar industry is expected to provide a…
“Challenging” usually has positive connotations: something tough but invigorating and capable of making you stronger. These days, it’s being used more and…
Research group The Information Network predicts that: ”The solar panel market will reach only 7.1 GWatts in 2009, equivalent to a global…
Senate Could Snip Green Strings Attached to Auto Bailout: They made it through the House, but environmental clauses included in the $14…
One of the world’s largest solar farms that uses “power tower” technology — Abengoa’s “PS20” solar farm just outside of Seville Spain…
J.P. Morgan analyst Christopher Blansett created some buzz in the solar sector Monday with a note urging investors to make a “flight…
While analysts are warning the residential solar market will get hit by the credit crisis, First Solar said today it will invest $25 million into residential solar installer SolarCity and supply it with 100 megawatts of it thin-film solar modules.
Based on reported preliminary figures from Gartner, Apple is set to show incredible PC growth in the US compared to the industry. I’m not…
Soliant Energy, maker of rooftop concentrating photovoltaic systems, has raised almost $21 million in new venture capital, including $2.5 million from GE…
Wesley Clark addressed Solar Power International attendees on topics of clean energy and national security — and voiced support for a carbon tax.
A new web site called Wattbot aims to speed the adoption of clean power and energy-efficiency tools, acts as a sort of middle man for interested consumers and energy providers, which they hope will help.
It’s easy to get lost in the solar development bubble that is California so it’s always good to be reminded that there…
While federal legislators dilly dally over the solar tax credit, local lawmakers in Berkeley, Calif., have decided to move forward with a…
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The mood in the solar stock sector today might best be described as dark green. Shares in Qidong, China-based Solarfun posted financial…
Stock by stock, public solar companies are returning to the sunlight, and soon a German star hopes to shine. German glass maker…
We expected it for quite a while and word comes today that Lenovo has released its Olympic-themed MID, the IdeaPad U8, at…
It takes some serious nerve to brave the IPO market these days. It takes even more if you’re a solar energy company.…
Cisco predicts that traffic on the world’s networks will increase 46 percent from 2007 to 2012, nearly doubling every two years. Given the rise in usage by new economies around the world, it’s a forecast that makes sense. Continue Reading.
After six months of hard-fought politicking, the San Francisco board of supervisors has finally approved the Solar Energy Incentive Program, the country’s…
True confession time: I get plenty of things done, but based on the last six months or so of trying to use…
After a rocky start, Solarfun may finally be winning the respect of investors. Its stock is up 8 percent in Wednesday trading…
MindBites, a marketplace for instructional video, formally launches tonight with about $1 million in funding led by True Ventures. The company is…
We gave the $40 magicJack a brief shout-out last March, but I haven’t seen any reviews of the device up to now.…
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The laws of gravity do seem to apply to solar stocks, after all. After remaining one of the few sectors that was…
[qi:021] Earlier this week, MeeVee, an online television guide, decided to acquire Top Ten Sources, a Boston-based social news and information site.…
Developer Releases Joost Beta 1.0 Flash Mashup; Paul Yanez mimics the P2P service as a Flash app that runs in the browser…
MacBook Battery Life (After 1-year) Wait for Leopard? Does/Can a Mac synch with a Blackberry? IPA phonetic alphabet font(s) for Mac? Why…
Microsoft’s Windows Live online storage and data sharing service takes on the new name of Windows Live SkyDrive today. You’ll get 500…
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If you get a lot of email — and let’s face it, web workers live in their email — it’s likely that…
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How many of you remember Paul Young and his smash hit – Come Back & Stay? The song is playing on the…
Kevin Burton points out that Comcast has a new search page, and looks like it is powered by Google. I did a…
Top Stories: Kevin Tofel joins jkOnTheRun! Kapsel Media Center; small enough to carry along Sling TV progamming on your Mac via Windows…
Let’s try this again. Here’s the full video, starting with the setup and an explanation. Then you’ll see a demo of selecting…
I just ran across an intriguing web site that is obviously some kind of teaser. The web site is origamiproject.com and it…
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Intel Corp., having failed disastrously with its own efforts to break into the digital home/television market, has decided that is going to…
India’s Videsh Sanchar Nigam, a Tata Group owned long distance provider has bought the Tyco Global Networks for $130 million. The deal…
This is the kind of day most start-ups wait for. Flarion has just learned that that Siemens will build wireless equipment based…
On this anniversary of one of the most senseless acts in modern history, many people in the US are asking “Do you…
Arnold Kling notes in the Washington Times how the FCC is being guided into a pro-market stance by it’s chairman, Michael Powell.…
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